114 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI STUDIES [256 



244. A. Oepa L. Onion. 

 Occasional in waste places. 



Not known in a wild state but of Old World origin, now 

 universal in cultivation. 



85. NOTHOSOORDUM Kunth. False garlic. 



245. N. striatum ( Jacq.) Kunth. ^N. bivalve (L.) Britton]. 

 Summits of cliffs in light soil; frequent along Hinkson 



creek. 

 Virginia to Nebraska; Florida to Texas and Mexico. 



86. LILIUM L. Lily. 



246. L. superbum L. Turk's-cap lily. 



Low meadows; rather frequent in 1897, very scarce in late 

 years. 



Maine to Minnesota; North Carolina to Tennessee and 

 Missouri. 



87. ERYTHRONIUM L. Adder's tongue. 



247. E. Americanum Ker. Yellow adder's tongue. 

 Boone county, G. C. Swallow; specimen not dated, and 



no station now known. 

 Nova Scotia to Minnesota; Florida to Arkansas. 



248. E. mesachoreum Knerr. Prairie adder's tongue. 

 Open woods and thickets: early blooming; frequent. 

 Iowa to Nebraska; Missouri to the Indian Territory. 



249. E. albidum Nutt. White dog's-tooth violet. 

 Rich hillsides and alluvial flats; common. 

 Ontario to Minnesota; Georgia to Texas. 



88. OAMASSIA Lindl. \_QUAMASSIA Raf.]. 



Quamash. 



250. 0. Fraseri (Gray) Torr. [Q. hyacinthina {Kai.) Brit- 

 ton]. Wild hyacinth. 



Oak forests, especially on the middle portions of hill- 

 sides; common. 



Pennsylvania to Michigan and Minnesota; Georgia to 

 Texas. 



