Convallariaceae 45 



This beautiful lily is frequent on the slides 

 and mountain slopes throughout the region 

 at an elevation of 5000 feet or higher, ap- 

 pearing immediately after the snows have 

 melted, and lasting but a short time. It may 

 be found flowering according to the elevation 

 and condition of the snow, from May through- 

 out the summer. The plant has derived its 

 common name no doubt from its habit of 

 blooming so close to the melting snows. 

 Where the plant occtirs it is usually found in 

 great numbers during the brief flowering 

 period. 



CONVALLARIACE.E 

 Lily -oj -ike-Valley Family 



Resembling the lilies, sometimes with 

 naked but usually leafy stems, and simple 

 or branched, frequently creeping rootstocks, 

 flowers usually small and variously disposed 

 on the stem, either scattered in the axils of 

 the leaves or in terminal clusters, or occasion- 



