1898] POPULAR AMERICAN PLANT-NAMES 255 
IRIDACE. 
Tris versicolor, L., blue lily, Madison, Wis. 
Sisyrinchium angustifolium, Mill., forget-me-not, Hartford, Me. 
AMARYLLIDACE. 
Agave Parryi, Engelm., century plant, Ariz. 
Cooperia Drummondit, Herb., rain lilies, star flowers, Waco, Tex. 
Narcissus (all species), Easter flowers, Sulphur Grove, Ohio. 
LILIACE. 
Camassia esculenta, wild hyacinth, “ kmass,” Cal. 
Chlorogalum pomeridianum, Kunth, soap root, soap plant,! “amole,” 
Cal. 
Clintonta borealis, Raf., hound’s tongue, calf corn, Hartford, Me. 
wild corn, corn flower, Oxford County, Me. 
Dasylirion Wheeleri, Watson, bear grass, Ariz. 
Erythronium albidum, Nutt., tulip, Southwestern Mo. 
Erythronium Americanum, Ker., wild yellow lily, Norridgewock, Me. 
jonquil, cornflower,? Oxford County, 
¢. 
Hemerocallis flava, L., lemon lily,3 Sulphur Grove, Ohio. 
Flesperocallis undulata, Gray, California day lily, Cal. 
Lilium Philadelphicum, 1., freckled lily, South Berwick, Me. 
Maianthemum bifolium, DC., wild lily of the valley, Fairhaven, 
ass. 
Muscari racemosum, Mill., var. plumatilis, feather hyacinth, sugar 
loaf, Sulphur Grove, Ohio. 
Oakesia sessilifolia, Watson, wild oats, Paris and Hartford, Me. 
corn-flower, Oxford County, Me. 
Smilax Bona-nox, L., bamboo vine, stretch-berry, Waco, Tex. 
Smilax rotundifolia, L., horse brier, dog brier, Mass. 
Streptopus roseus, Michx., Jacob’s ladder, Paris, Me. 
Solomon’s seal, West. 
Trillium erectum, L., red Benjamin, Woodstock and Paris, Me. 
wild peony, or “ piny,” Oxford County, Me. 
Trillium erythrocarpum, Michx., white Benjamin, Woodstock and 
Paris, 
Trillium recurvatum, Beck., cowslip, Parke County, Ind. 
Jack-in-the-pulpit, Central Ill. 
Trillium sessile, L., nigger-heads, Ind. 
1 Used in washing. 
2 Sometimes used for “ greens.” 
8 Lemon-colored. 
