326 COLLEGE BOTANY 



Liliaceye (Lily Family). — Herbs or occasionally woody 

 plants; perennials; nndergronnd parts bulbous, tuberous or a 



Fig. 166. — Dog-toothed violet {ErythTOnium americanum), a type of the Uly family. 



rhizome; flowers regular, perfect, symmetrical, usually ter- 

 minal, solitary, racemes or spiked; perianth tubular and in- 



