LILY FAMILY. Liliaceae. 



The leaves of this plant are its conspic- 

 False Hellebore . . < ^ 



Veratrum uous i eature - A few near the top are 



Calijdmicum long and narrow, but most of them are 

 Greenish-white boat-shaped, with heavy ribs, and from 

 six to twelve inches long. They are bright 

 yellowish-green and, although somewhat 

 coarse, the general effect is distinctly handsome, as we 

 see masses of them growing luxuriantly in rich, moist 

 meadows and marshes in the mountains. When they 

 first come up in the spring, the shoots are packed into 

 green rosettes, in which the leaves are intricately folded, 

 but they soon grow to a height of three to six feet. The 

 flowers are beautiful, in fine contrast to the coarse foliage. 

 They measure about half an inch across and are cream- 

 white, streaked with green, and form a fine cluster about 

 a foot long. The flowers are far prettier and the plants 

 handsomer than their eastern relations and they flourish 

 at an altitude of six to nine thousand feet. The plants 

 are supposed to be poisonous to cattle, but in a recent 

 bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the 

 State of Washington, it is reported as being a popular 

 food with horses and sheep, particularly the latter, which 

 eat it greedily and without ill effects. 



There are several kinds of Hastingsia, perennials, with 

 bulbs or rootstocks; the stamens on the base of the peri- 

 anth, with swinging anthers; the ovary with a very short 

 stalk and short style. 



Reed-lily ^" n attract ive marsh plant, with a 



Hastingsia alba smooth, stiff, bluish stem, over three feet 

 (Schoenolirion) tall, springing from a cluster of long, 

 White narrow, sword-like leaves. The slightly 



Oreg mC Cal Nev sweet - scente(i flowers are white, about 

 half an inch across, forming a long, grace- 

 ful, fuzzy wand of bloom, which has a pretty silvery 

 effect and looks interesting at a distance, but is not 

 very striking close by, as the flowers are too colorless. 

 The seeds are black and shiny. 



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