OF THE WASATCH REGION 



With odor of onions; inflorescence umbellate, 



spathaceous 7. Allium 



Without odor of onions; inflorescence racemed or 



panicled, not spathaceous. 

 Leafy-stemmed; raceme compound; fruit septi- 



cidal 8. Zygadenus 



Leaves all basal; raceme simple; fruit loculi- 



cidal 9. Camanala 



1. SMIL.ACE1VA. . (Vagnera.) False Solomon's Seal. 



Leaves firm; alternate; elliptical, lanceolate or ovate; 

 short-petioled or sessile; entire. Flowers small; white or 

 greenish-white. Floral envelopes of 6 distinct segments. 

 Flowers numerous, in a racemose panicle.. . . 1. S. aniplexicaulls 

 Flowers few, in a simple,' open raceme 2. S. sessilifolla 



1. S. amplexlcuulis Nutt. Wild Spikenard. Stem 1-3 ft. high, 

 perennial, from a thick rhizome with short internodes. Leaves 

 broadly lanceolate to ovate; sessile and clasping; acute. Sta- 

 mens exserted. Berry reddish. Rich soil in light shade along 

 streams. May-July. 



2. S. sessillfolin Nutt. (Vagnera liliacea (Greene) Rydb.) 

 Star-flowered Solomon's Seal. Stem 1-2 ft. high, perennial 

 from a slender rhizome. Leaves elliptical to lanceolate; sessile 

 and somewhat clasping; acuminate or sometimes acute. Flow- 

 ers on long pedicels. Stamens included. Berry reddish-purple 

 to nearly black. April-May. Rich soil in shade along streams. 

 (Locally called "Wild Lily of the Valley.") 



2. DISPORUM. (Prosartes.) Fairy Bells. 



Stems branching above from rather slender rhizomes. Leaves 

 alternate, sessile and somewhat clasping; the veinlets netted. 

 Floral envelopes 6, distinct, somewhat deciduous; all colored 

 alike. The pedicel is slightly enlarged at the apex, forming 

 a cup or hypanthium, and on this cup are borne the stamens 

 and the floral envelopes, thereby making the stamens appear 

 to be perigynous. Stigma 3-lobed or entire. 



1. D. trachycarpum (S. Wats.) B. & H. (Prosartes trachy- 

 carpa S .Wats.; D. majus (Hook.) Britton.) Stem 9-24 inches 

 high. Leaves thin; ovate to elliptic-lanceolate; acute or rarely 

 acuminate; light-green and shining; 5-11-nerved. Flowers 

 nodding; whitish; narrow bell-shaped; solitary or in clusters 

 of 2-3; y s -% inch long. Floral envelopes slightly spreading. 

 Berry obovate; bright red (orange if unripe); obtuse, rather 

 deeply lobed; papillose; leathery. In flower the last of April, 

 berry ripe by first week in June. Along streams, in rich soil 

 in shaded places. 



3. ERYTHRONIUM. Easter Bells. 



Scape from a deep-seated solid bulb. Leaves netted-veined: 

 2, basal and opposite on flowering plants, but only 1 on sterile 

 plants, and that cauline, long-petioled. Flowers nodding, 

 showy, solitary or in a naked raceme or umbel. Floral en- 

 velopes all colored alike, spreading, acute. Fruit a 3-angled 

 loculicidal capsule. 



1. K. grandlflorum parvlflorum S. Wats. (E. parviflorum 

 (Wats.) Goodding.) Yellow Dog-tooth Violet. Leaves uni- 

 formly pale-green. Flowers bright yellow. 1-6, about 1 inch 

 long. Anthers innate; purplish-red. In rich moist soil in oak 

 copses and' along mountain streams. March -July, according 

 to altitude, 6,000-11,500 ft. 



