LILY FAMILY. Liliaceac. 



There are several kinds of Streptopus, much like Dis- 

 porum, but the pedicels of the flowers are twisted or bent j| 

 This is a fine plant, two or three feet 



State* TWiStCd tal1 ' with a smooth ' branching, bending 



Streptopus stem and handsome leaves, thin in texturej 



amplexijdlius with strongly marked veins and pale with 



Whitish whitish "bloom" on the under side. The 



Spring, summer grccn i sh . w hite flowers are about half an 



U. S. except 



Southwest lncn lon and " an on verv slender* 



crooked pedicels, from under the leaves,! 

 and the oval berries are red and contain many seeds.| 

 This grows in moist soil, in cold mountain woods, up to| 

 an altitude of ten thousand feet and across the continent. 

 The Greek name means "twisted stalk.". 



^ A smaller plant, from one to two and a| 



Stalk half feet tall, with a slightly hairy stem^ 



Streptopus rbseus ornamented with pretty leaves, green on 

 pink both sides and hairy along the edges, and 



S j pr ^ ng e ' x ^ t mer hung with pretty, little, dull purplish*, 

 Southwest pink flowers, more or less streaked with 



deeper color and less than half an inch 

 long. This grows in the same sort of places as the last 

 and is also found across the continent. 



There are two kinds of Stenanthella; smooth herbs, 

 with bulbs and small nodding flowers, in bracted clusters, 

 the divisions of the perianth separate, without glands or 

 distinct claws; the short stamens inserted at the base of 

 the divisions; the styles three; the capsule with three beaks 

 and containing oblong, winged seeds. 



This is a graceful plant, from ten to 

 Stenanthella 

 Stenanthelia twe&ty inches tall, with long, rather 



accident &lis narrow leaves and a slender stem, ter- 



Brownish minating in a long spray of about ten, 



Spring, summer rather pre tty, little brownish-green or 

 Northwest ,. , _ . , ._ '. V * 



purplish flowers, each less than nalr ap 



inch long. This grows in shady places. 



