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In bogs. Mass. to Florida, mostly near the coast, and al- 

 ways rather rare. Fig. 102. 



103. LOPHIOLA. 



Somewhat similar to the preceding, but with narrower 

 leaves and less crowded flower clusters. Roots not red. Sta- 

 mens 6 (see Fig. 103). {AinaryUidaceae.) 

 Lophiola americana. (L. aurca.) No common name. Stems 

 1-2 ft. high, woolly above. Basal leaves considerably shorter 

 than the stem, the stem-leaves much reduced in size up- 

 ward. Flower cluster not very crowded, white woolly. Flower 

 yellow, the stamens 6. July. New Jersey to Florida, in pine 

 barren bogs. Fig. 103. 



104. STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM. ORNITHOGALUM. 



Bulbous herbs with nearly fleshy basal leaves. Flowers 

 white in a scanty terminal cluster. Petals separate, white, 

 but usually greenish outside. Fruit a pod. (Liliaiccae.) 

 Star-of-Bethlehem. Ornithogalum umbellatum. Scarcely 

 more than 10 in. high. Leaves linear, scarcely yg in. wide, 

 fleshy, the mid-rib lighter colored than the rest of the leaf. 

 Clusters few-flowered. Flowers white, scarcely i in. long. 

 June. Along roadsides, or in cultivated ground. New Eng- 

 land to Penn. and Virginia. Native of Europe. Flowers open 

 in the sunlight. Fig. 104. 



