LILY FAMILY. Liliaceae. 



three-angled. The younger plants are often flowerless, 

 with only one broad leaf, with a long leaf-stalk. The name 

 is from a Greek word meaning "red," though these flowers 

 are mostly yellow. The common name, Dog-tooth Violet, 

 is old, and suggested by the little, white, toothlike off- 

 shoot often found on the bulb, but of course they are not 

 in the least like Violets. In California they are often 

 called Chamise Lily, and sometimes Adam and Eve, 

 because the plant often bears a large and a small flower 

 at the same time. Mr. Burroughs would like to call it 

 Fawn Lily, on account of the mottled leaves of some kinds, 

 which slightly suggest the ears of a fawn. Adder's-tongue, 

 probably suggested by the long forked pistil, is also an 

 old and usual name. 



An exquisite kind, peculiarly graceful 

 in form, with from one to nine, pure- 

 white flowers, nearly three inches across, 

 each petal prettily ornamented at the 

 base with some orange-colored markings, 

 arranged in a symmetrical scalloped 

 pattern. The anthers are orange-yellow, 

 the pistil white, the buds are pinkish and the leaves are 

 very bright green and not mottled. This is very common 

 around Mt. Rainier. 



A lovely flower, much like E. grandi- 

 florum, but the anthers are white or pale 

 yellow. Around Mt. Rainier these beau- 

 tiful plants often grow in large patches 

 at the edge of the snow, alongside of the 

 Avalanche Lily, E. montanum, but the 

 two kinds do not seem to mingle. 



One of the loveliest of a charming group, 

 growing in rich northern woods. The 

 delicately-scented flowers, from one to six 

 on a stalk, are about two inches across, 

 clear yellow shading to white at the base, 

 with purplish-red anthers, turning brown. 

 A patch of these flowers bordering the 

 edge of a glacier, as if planted in a garden- 



Avalanche Lily 

 Dog-tooth Violet 



Erythronium 



montcLnum 



White 



Summer 



Northwest 



Glacier Lily 

 Dog-tooth Violet 



Erythronium 



parviflorum 



Yellow 



Summer 



Northwest 



Easter Bells 



Dog-tooth Violet 



Erythronium 



grandifldrum 



Yellow 



Spring, summer 



Northwest 



and Utah 



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