LILY FAMILY. Liliaceae. 



_ A handsome graceful plant, with one ; 



Zygadene 



Zygadtnus or more stl " stems, from six inches to 



tlegans three feet tall, springing from a large 



White clump of rather stiff, bluish-green leaves, ] 



covered with a pale "bloom," and bearing ! 



fine clusters of cream- white flowers, less j 

 than an inch across, their divisions united below and 

 adhering to the base of the ovary and each with a sticky, 1 

 bright-green, heart-shaped gland. This grows in moist 

 places in the mountains, across the continent. 



Much like the last, but the foliage with 

 Star Zygadene 



Zygadtnus ^ ess "bloom" and the flowers handsomer 



Fremdntii and rather larger. Their divisions are 



White free from the ovary, only the inner divi- 



Spring, summer s{ons haye j d th landg 



California 



greenish-yellow and toothed. This grows 



among bushes, on hillsides and sea-cliffs along the coast. 



Not nearly so handsome as the two 

 Death Camass 



Zygadtnus * ast ^ ut a pretty plant, from one to two 



venendsus feet tall, with dull-green leaves, folded 



Wh ) te lengthwise, with rough edges. The cream- 



Was^ Ore Cal co ^ orec ^ fl wer s are less than half an inch 

 across, striped with green on the outside, 

 their divisions free from the ovary and all with claws, 

 with roundish, greenish-yellow glands, not toothed, and 

 with long stamens. This grows in meadows and the bulb 

 is very poisonous except to hogs, so it is often called Hog's 

 Potato. 



There are several kinds of Veratrum, natives of the 

 north temperate zone; tall, perennial herbs, with thick, 

 short, poisonous rootstocks; stems tall and leafy, more or 

 less hairy; leaves broad, plaited, with conspicuous veins; 

 flowers more or less downy, polygamous, whitish or green- 

 ish, in a cluster, their six, separate divisions colored alike, 

 adhering to the base of the ovary, without glands, or nearly 

 *o, and without claws; stamens opposite the divisions, 

 with heart-shaped anthers; styles three; capsule three- 

 lobed, with several flat, broadly-winged seeds in each com 

 partment. Veratrum is the ancient name for Hellebore. 



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