ERYTHRONIUM AMERICMUM-ADDER'S TONGUE VIOLET- 



LINN. CLASS, HEXANDRIA ; ORDER, MONOGYNIA. 

 NATURAL ORDER, LILIACE^E. 



The corolla of this flower is liliaceous, inferior, six-petalled ; 

 petals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse at the point, reflexed, having 

 two pores and two tubercle-form nectaries at the base of the 

 three inner alternate petals ; capsule somewhat stiped ; seeds 

 ovate ; leaves lance-oval, maculate ; style clavate ; stigma 

 three-lobed. 



This is one of the earliest gifts of spring, being rarely found 

 later in the season than the month of April, and delighting in 

 low wet meadow lands. Its bright yellow petals, and its leaves 

 ornamented with crimson spots, make it altogether one of the 

 prettiest flowers to be found at this season of the year. Its 

 height generally reaches from six to eight inches. 



VIEW NEAR TIOGA POINT, PENNSYLVANIA. 



This view was taken a few miles below Athens, Pennsylvania, 

 on the Susquehanna river. Tioga Point, on the neck of which 



