LILIALES. 



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Southern and Eastern Africa, the inspissated juice of whose leaves con- 

 stitutes the drug Aloes. 



Smilax officinalis, of South America, and other species, furnish Sarsa 

 parilla root. 



Pig. 349. Underground parts of Colchlcum autumnale at the time of flowering. 

 ji front view ; k, old conn ; ', a", scales surrounding flower stalk. B, section show- 

 ing new stem, h', with rudimentary leaves. /', I" ; the very long tubular flowers, b, P, 

 spring from near the summit of the new stem, h'. The following spring h' will elon- 

 gate and carry the fruit, and leaves I', I", above ground ; the lower part of h/ will en- 

 large into a corui like k', while at k" a new plant will form as a lateral bud. After 

 Sachs. 



Scilla mariiima ; the sliced bulb of this Mediterranean sand plant is 

 the drug Squill. 



Veratrum album, tha White Hellebore of the mountains of Central 



