LILY FAMILY 33 
1. C. luteum Gray. Unicorn Root, Devit’s Bir. Stem furrowed, 
staminate plants 1-2 ft. high, pistillate taller, often 3 ft. or more. 
Lower leaves obovate, clustered, the upper small and bract-like. Stam- 
inate racemes slender and drooping, the pistillate erect. Flowers short- 
pediceled. Capsule 3-valved, seeds linear-oblong, winged at the ends. 
On low ground.* 
Il. AMIANTHIUM Gray. (CHROSPERMA) 
Stem simple, glabrous, erect from a bulbous base. Leaves 
long and slender. Flowers white, in a simple terminal raceme, 
bisexual. Perianth of 6 segments which are sessile and gland- 
less. Stamens 6,somewhat perigynous. Ovary 3-lobed, 3-celled; 
fruit a dehiscent, 3-lobed capsule, the lobes becoming awl- 
shaped by the persistent style bases; cells few-seeded.* 
1. A. muscetoxicum Gray. Fry Poison. Bulb ovoid or oblong. 
Stem somewhat angled below, 1-3 ft. high. Lower leaves strap-shaped, 
channeled, the upper small and bract-like. Raceme dense, cylin- 
drical, pedicels from the axils of minute ovate-bracts. Perianth seg- 
ments ovate, white, becoming greenish, nearly as long as the sleuder 
stamens. Styles spreading. Capsule with divergent lobes; seeds ovoid, 
red. In rich woods.* 
Il. VERATRUM L. 
Simple-stemmed perennials. Roots fibrous, from the thick- 
ened base of the stem, poisonous, emetic. Leaves 3-ranked, 
plaited, and veiny. Flowers panicled, greenish or brownish. 
Sepals 6, spreading, nearly hypogynous. Stamens shorter than 
the perianth, and somewhat perigynous. Ovary of 3 carpels 
united at base. Fruit a few-seeded capsule, splitting into . 
3 parts. 
1. V. viride Ait. Waite Hettesore, INDIAN Poke. Stem stout, 
2-7 ft. high, very leafy. Flowers very numerous, in a panicle, com- 
posed of spike-like racemes. Sepals yellowish-green. Wet meadows 
and brooksides. 
2. V. Woodii Robbins. Stem slender, 2-5 ft. high, not very leafy. 
Flowers in a long, narrow panicle. Sepals greenish-purple or almost 
black. Woods and dry hillsides. 
IV. UVULARIA L. 
Rather low plants with short rootstocks. Leaves alternate, 
broad, and parallel-veined. Flowers yellow or yellowish, 
