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LILIACEAE (LILY FAMILY) 



smooth and shining flat leaves tapering into petioles and sheath- 

 ing the base of the usually i-flowered scape which rises from a 

 deeply placed bulb. Flowers rather large, nodding, vernal. 



E. americanum. Yellow Adder's-tongue. 

 Leaves mottled, perianth light yellow, stigmas 

 united. Rich ground. 



E. albidum. White Adder's-tongue, Dog's- 

 TooTH Violet. Leaves less spotted than those of 

 the yellow-flowered species. Perianth pinkish 

 white, the stigmas short and spreading. Rich 

 ground. 



CAMASSIA 



Flowers perfect, light blue, and in long ra- 

 cemes. Perianth-segments distinct. Style 

 single, slender, and uncleft. Stem a scape 

 from a bulb. The perianth slightly irregular. 

 Leaves linear. (From the Indian name 

 Brythronium ameri- Quamash or camass.) 



der"s'"ton^ue°'" ^'^ ^' «sculenta, WiLD HYACINTH. Low herb. 



Leaves keeled. Bracts of the racemes longer than 

 the pedicels. Rich ground. 



SMILACINA 



Flowers perfect. Fruit a globular 

 berry Perianth-segments distinct. 

 Leafy-stemmed. Flowers 6-parted, 

 racemose or paniculate. The berries at 

 first greenish or yellowish, speckled 

 with brown, and changing to dull red. 

 Perennial herbs, with simple stems aris- 

 ing from rootstocks. Flowers white 

 and sometimes fragraiit. (Name a 

 diminutive of Smilax.) 



S. racemosa. False Solomon's Seal. Camassia esmienta, Wild 

 Flowers on very short pedicels in a ter- hyacinth. 



minal racemose panicle. Stamens longer 



than the very small sepals. Rootstock fleshy. Leaves numerous, oblong, 

 taper-pointed. Frequent in moist woods. 



