LILY FAMILY. Liliaceae. 



State* TWiStCd 



Streptopus 



amplexijdlius 



Whitish 



Spring, summer 



U. S. except 



Southwest 



There are several kinds of Streptopus, much like Dis- 

 porum, but the pedicels of the flowers are twisted or bent. 

 This is a fine plant, two or three feet 

 tal1 ' with a smooth ' benching, bending 

 stem and handsome leaves, thin in texture, 

 with strongly marked veins and pale with 

 whitish " bloom " on the under side. The 



gree nish-white flowers are about half an 

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lnch lon S and han S on ver y 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 

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half feet tall, with a slightly hairy stem, 



Streptopus rdseus ornamented with pretty leaves, green on 

 both sides and hairy along the edges, and 



hung With P 1 " 6 ^' little ' dul1 P ur P lish ~ 

 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. 



Pink Twisted 

 Stalk 



Southwest 



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 



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twenty inches tall, with long, rather 



narrow leaves and a slender stem, ter- 

 minating in a long spray of about ten, 

 rather P rett y little brownish-green or 

 purplish flowers, each less than half an 

 inch long. This grows in shady places. 



Stenanthella 



Stenanthella 

 occidentals 

 Brownish 



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