LILY FAMILY. Liliaceae. 
three-angled. The younger plants are often flowerless, 
with only one broad leaf, with a long leaf-stalk. The name 
is from a Greek word meaning ‘‘red,’’ though these flowers 
are mostly yellow. The common name, Dog-tooth Violet, 
is old, and suggested by the little, white, toothlike off- 
shoot often found on the bulb, but of course they are not 
in the least like Violets. In California they are often 
called Chamise Lily, and sometimes Adam and Eve, 
because the plant often bears a large and a small flower 
at the same time. Mr. Burroughs would like to call it 
‘Fawn Lily, on account of the mottled leaves of some kinds, 
which slightly suggest the ears of afawn. Adder’s-tongue, 
probably suggested by the long forked pistil, is also an 
old and usual name. 
Runiadche sate An exquisite kind, peculiarly graceful 
Dog-tooth Violet in form, with from one to nine, pure- 
Erythronium white flowers, nearly three inches across, 
eae each petal prettily ornamented at the 
Sicaaer base with some orange-colored markings, 
Northwest arranged in a symmetrical scalloped 
pattern. The anthers are orange-yellow, 
the pistil white, the buds are pinkish and the leaves are 
very bright green and not mottled. This is very common 
around Mt. Rainier. 
Glacier Lily A lovely flower, much like E. grandt- 
_ Dog-tooth Violet 45,4m, but the anthers are white or pale 
Erythroni ge 
ere yellow. Around Mt. Rainier these beau- 
Yellow tiful plants often grow in large patches 
Summer at the edge of the snow, alongside of the 
Northwest 
Avalanche Lily, E. montanum, but the 
two kinds do not seem to mingle. 
One of the loveliest of a charming group, 
Dog-tooth Violet growing in rich nie woods. The 
Benth oni delicately-scented flowers, rom one to six 
grandiflorum on a stalk, are about two inches across, 
Yellow clear yellow shading to white at the base, 
Spring, summer ith purplish-red anthers, turning brown. 
Northwest a baie ‘ 
and’ Utah A patch of these lowers bordering the 
edge of a glacier, as if planted in a garden- 
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