4 2 Liliaceae 



singly or in clusters at the summit of the 

 frequently naked stem, the six parts though 

 usually distinct, sometimes more or less 

 united into a tube ; stamens 6 ; stigma 3-lobed. 



Bracts of the inflorescence thin and transluscent. 



Allium. 

 Bracts of the inflorescence leaf-like or none. 



Bulbs scaly. Lilium. 



Bulbs corm-like. Erythronium. 



Plant 12-15 inches high with 

 recurvatum an ODnc l ue base from an oblong- 

 Rydb. ovoid bulb. Leaves narrow and 



Wild Onion, grass-like, 6-8 inches long, thick 



and half rounded on the back, 

 the old ones persistent and forming a mat 

 at the surface of the ground. Flowers num- 

 erous, on slender pedicels, in a nodding 

 terminal head ; sepals and petals J of an inch 

 long, elliptic-ovate and obtuse, rosy pink 

 with a darker mid-vein; stamens and styles 

 exserted, anthers pale yellow. 



Frequent throughout the Rockies on dry 

 grassy or stony slopes and slides; flowering 

 in June. 



