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SELECTED WESTERN FLORA 



capsule 6-angled, many-seeded, 

 bearing large nodding flowers. 



Herbs springing from soaly bulbs and 



1. F. pudica, (Pursh.) Spreng. 



Stem simple, 4-8 in. high ; bulb very scaly ; leaves 3-8, rather scattered 

 flowers 1-6 on the stem, usually solitary, nodding, yellow tinged with purple. 

 S. Alta. " McLeod and Lethbridge the only known stations east of the Rocky 

 Mts." — Macoun. 



3. ZYGADENUS. 



Flowers perfect; perianth spreading, persisting after it withers; 

 sepals with conspicuous glands near the base. Very smooth peren- 

 nials with simple stems, usually from a bulb, and bearing a panicle 

 of rather large, conspicuous, whitish flowers. 



1. Z. chlor^nthus, Richards. 



Stem 1-2 ft. high; leaves somewhat grass-like; perianth coherent with 

 the base of the ovary; sepals marked with a large hear^t-shaped gland, the 

 inner narrowed to a claw. {Z. elegans, Pursh.) Low, grassy land, Man.- 

 Alta. 



2. Z. venenosus, Wats. 



Differing' from the preceding by having the perianth free from the ovary, 

 the sepals with broad, short claw, and the gland at the base not well defined. 

 W. Sask. and Alta. 



4. SMILACiNA. False Solomon's Seal. 



Fig. 12. — Smilacina stellata. 



Perianth 6-parted, spread- 

 ing, persistent; filaments 6, 

 slender; ovary 3-celled; style 

 short with ' an obscurely 3- 

 lobed stigma. Perennial 

 herbs with simple stems from 

 a creeping rootstock, simple 

 sessile leaves and white flowers. 



1. S. stelUta, (L.) Desf. 

 Stem 6-15 in. high from a 

 slender rootstock; leaves usually 

 arranged on opposite sides of the 

 stem; raceme simple, few-flowered; 

 stamens included; fruit a globu- 



