LILY FAMILY. Liliaceae. 

There are several kinds of Streptopus, much like Dis- 
porum, but the pedicels of the flowers are twisted or bent. 
This is a fine plant, two or three feet 
hokeaing Twisted tall, with a smooth, branching, bending 
Stréptopus stem and handsome leaves, thin in texture, 
amplexijolius with strongly marked veins and pale with 
Whitish whitish ‘‘bloom’’ on the under side. The 
Spring, summer 5 recnish-white flowers are about half an 
U. S. except : 
Kciabehstedek inch long and hang on very slender, 
crooked pedicels, from under the leaves, 
and the oval berries are red and contain many seeds. 
This grows in moist soil, in cold mountain woods, up to 
an altitude of ten thousand feet and across the continent. 
The Greek name means ‘‘twisted stalk.” 
A smaller plant, from one to two and a 
et ne half feet tall, with a slightly hairy stem, 
Stréptopus réseus OTnamented with pretty leaves, green on 
Pink both sides and hairy along the edges, and 
Pee © hung with pretty, little, dull purplish- 
oe oe pink flowers, more or less streaked with 
deeper color and less than half an inch 
long. This grows in the same sort of places as the last 
and is also found across the continent. 
There are two kinds of Stenanthella; smooth herbs, 
with bulbs and small nodding flowers, in bracted clusters, 
the divisions of the perianth separate, without glands or 
distinct claws; the short stamens inserted at the base of 
the divisions; the styles three; the capsule with three beaks 
and containing oblong, winged seeds. 
This is a graceful plant, from ten to 
Stenanthella > 3 
Stenanthélla twenty inches tall, with long, rather 
occidentalis narrow leaves and a slender stem, ter- 
Brownish minating in a long spray of about ten, 
Spring, summer 
Northwest rather pretty, little brownish-green or 
purplish . flowers, each less than half an 
inch long. This grows in shady places. 
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