40 Melanthaceae 



and attractive plant during early summer. 



Low with numerous tufted grass- 

 Tofieldia 



palustris like leaves J ~ 2 inches long. 



Huds. Flowers 6-parted, minute, green- 



Scottish ish-white in a compact oblong 



Asphodel. of a 



gated in fruiting; stamens 6; anthers yellow 

 not exceeding the perianth; head of flowers 

 borne on a slender, smooth stem 3-7 inches 

 high. 



Abundant throughout the Rockies in 

 damp sandy or gravelly ground, on the 

 flood-plains and banks of rivers and streams 

 and on the gravelly shores of lakes and 

 ponds; flowering in June. 



Plant with a cluster of grass-like 

 Tofieldia 



intermedia leaves > 3~8 inches long and 



Rydb. about J of an inch broad, 



False yellowish-green, from an oblique 



Asphodel. and chaffy r ootstock. Flowers 



few, less than J of an inch long, pale yellow, 

 6-parted, on very short pedicels; stamens 6, 



