APLECTRUM 153 



Missouri and California. It is, however, rare in New 

 England. A Michigan botanist wrote some years ago that 

 it was very abundant near Detroit, but that he had watched 

 some years and had seen no flowers, only buds that had 

 never matured. 



Though the flowers have a sweet fragrance, the bulbs have 

 a decidedly unpleasant odour as well as taste. 



