LILY FAMILY. Liliaceae. 
There are six kinds of Clintonia, of North America and 
Asia; with creeping rootstocks and a few, broad root- 
leaves; flowers without bracts, their divisions separate, 
equal or nearly so, each with a stamen at its base; style 
with two or three, inconspicuous lobes; fruit a berry. 
These plants were named in honor of De Witt Clinton, 
Governor of New York, a naturalist, interested in botany, 
so Thoreau need not have been so annoyed at their having 
been given this name. 
A magnificent plant, one or two feet 
Red Clintonia ‘ : : : 
high, with five or six, exceedingly hand- 
Clintonia 
Andrewsiana some, glossy, rich green leaves, very 
Red, pink conspicuous and sometimes a foot long, 
Spring, summer 
i\iueR 5 ; 
Oreg., Cal. and a tall, slightly downy flower-stalk, 
usually with a few flowers scattered along 
it, and crowned with a large, roundish cluster of beautiful 
flowers. They are about three-quarters of an inch long, 
very rich in color, a deep shade of warm reddish-pink, or 
crimson, not common in flowers. The form of the cluster 
varies a good deal; sometimes the flowers are not mostly 
at the top, but clustered quite thickly along all the upper 
part of the stalk. The large, deep-blue berries are very 
handsome and, altogether, this is one of our most con- 
spicuous and attractive woodland plants, especially when 
growing in the deep shade of redwood forests. 
In rich moist soil, in shady woods, we 
Queen-cup = find this lovely flower, with a white chalice 
White Clintonia 1 Id aean8 
Clintonia and heart of pale gold, surrounded by 
uniflora two or three, beautiful, large, glossy 
White leaves, resembling those of Lily-of-the- 
Spring : : E 
eS Deal valley, and fairly carpeting the ground in 
favorable situations. The slender flower- 
stalk is hairy, six to ten inches tall, and usually bears a 
single flower, an inch or more across, with pure-white 
petals that soon drop off. The fruit is a handsome blue 
berry. 
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