42 A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



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126. ADAM'S NEEDLE. YUCCA. 



Sometimes with a short woody stem, but the crown of 

 leaves mostly basal. Leaves thick and leathery, the margins 

 fibrous. Flower-cluster large, often 2-10 ft. tall, the flowers 

 white. Fruit an oblong pod. (Liliaceae.) 

 Adam's Needle. Yucca filamentosa. Woody stem very 

 short or wanting. Leaves sharp-pointed, roughish, 1-2 ft. 

 long, 1-2 in. wide. Flower cluster much branched, the lower 

 branches often i ft. long, the individual flowers bell-shai^ed 

 and nearly i in. high. Pod 1^-2 in. long. June. Maryland 

 to the Gulf. Cultivated and sometimes escaping farther north. 

 Fig. 126. 



127. Oceanorus. 



A smooth, nearly bulbous swamp herb, with narrow leaves, 

 the outer sheathing and fibrous towards the base. Flowers 

 very numerous, green or white, in a branched cluster that 

 is often i ft. long. Fruit a 3-tipped erect pod. (Mclantha- 

 ceae.) 



Oceanorus leimanthoides. (Zygadenus IcimanfJwides.) No 

 common name. Stem 1-4 ft. tall. Leaves about i ft. long, 

 green both sides, blunt. Flower cluster much branched, the 

 flowers about ys in. wide. Pod about yi in. long. Summer. 

 Long Island, N. Y., to Tennessee and Georgia, in moist sand. 

 Fig. 127. 



