The Botanical Gazette. 
Erythronium Americanum, lambs’ tongues, Banner Elk, N.C, 
yellow bells, Shorthills, N. J. ‘ 
yellow lily, Ferrisburgh, Vt. : 
Povecvocallis fulva, L., Eve’s thread, West Va. 
Hyacinthus orientalis, L., Jacob's ladder, No. Ohio. 
Lilium Canadense, L., meadow lily, nodding lily, N. Y. 
Lilium Philadelphicum, L., tiger-lily, N. J. 
glade-lily, West Va. 
Lilium superbum, L., nodding lilies, ete 
wild tiger-lily, Min 
Matanthemum Canadense, Desf., wild \dy-obthe-alley Penobscot Co., 
Me 
bead ruby,! N. Y. 
Melanthium Virginicum, L., bunch-flower, West Va. — 
Oakesta sesstlifolia, Watson, wild oats,Penobscot Co., Me. 
straw-lilies, Conn. 
_ Polygonatum biflorum, Ell., conquer-John, Mo. 
Smilacina Serledinc Desf., Jol? s tears, N. Y. 
golden seal, Banner Elk, N. C. 
Smilax rotundi ifolia, L., biscuit-plant,? Cape Ann, Mass. 
orse-brier, Mass. 
Streptopus amplexifolius, D.C. 
Streptopus roseus, Michx., 
Trillium, sp., moose-flowers, N. Y. a 
- Irillium erectum, L., daffy-down-dilly, orange-blossom, Bradford, Vt. : ‘ 
squaw-flower,* Ferrisburgh, Vt. q 
birth-root, nosebleed, N. Y. 
Trillium erythrocarpum, Michx., Sarah,5 Penobscot Co., 
Trillium grandiflorum (?) Salisb., bath-flower,® Franklin pian P.Q. 
Veratrum, sp., branch eliber,’ Banner Elk, N. C. 
Veratrum viride, Ait., poke-root, Franconia, N. H. 
Yucca alotfolia, L., Spanish daggers, Ala. | 
Yucca angustifolia, Pursh, soap-weed, Iowa. 
_ Zygadenus elegans, Pursh, alkali-grass, Minn, 
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’ ' liver-berry,’ St. Francis, Me. 
1 Probably from the beauty of the berries. 
* Children eat the tendrils and new leaves. 
* From the supposed medicinal value of the cathartic fruit, hee is 
by children wherever the Streptopus grows. ae 
* Perhaps from the smell. . hunt. 
® Trillium erectum is here called Benjamin, and children every spring 8° 
ing Benjamins and Sarahs. birth 
‘ 6 Evidently a chiuption of beth-flower, which is in its pai aes oe 
ower, the Trilliums being quite generally known as birth-roo the 
Equivalent to bratch Raleboees £ ‘ m4 the hellebore siete grows ane m3 
brooks or “ branche 
freely eaten 
