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DIOSCOREACEiE ; SMILACEJS; LILIACEyE; MELANTHACE/E. 



Latin Names. English Names. Geoloq'l Station. 



Dioscoreaceae. Yam Family, 



Natubal Habitat. 



Dioscorea, Plun., . . Yam. 

 *D. quaternata, Walt., . 



. Arkansas. (Nutt. Cat.) 



Smilacege. 



Smilax, Tour., . . Greenbrier. 



S. rotundifolia, L., Thickets (common). 



*S. glauca, Walt., Dry thickets. 



*S. tamnoides, L., Thickets. 



S. lanceolata, L., Alluvial, . . Swamps. Washita River. 



S. laurifolia, L., Sandy, . . Pine barren. 



S. herbacea, L., Alluvial, . . Banks of rivers. 



Trillium, L., . . . Three-leaved Nightshade. 



*T. sessile, L., Woods. 



*T. unguiculatum, Nutt., Shady woods. 



*T. viridescens, Nutt., " " 



Liliaceae. Lily Family. 



Polygonatum, Tour., . Solomon's seal. 



*P. biflorum, Ell., Wooded banks. 



*P. multiflorum, Ell., Arkansas. (Nutt. Cat.) 



Smilaciua, Desf., . . False Solomon's seal. 



*S. racemosa, Desf., Moist copses. 



*S. stellata, Desf., ..." " 



Scilla, L., . . . Squill. 



S. Fraseri, Gray, 1 . . Quamash, Thickets & moist prairies. 



Allium, L., . . . Garlic. 



A. stellatum, Nutt., . Prairies (rare). 



*A. angulosum, B. Nutt, Arkansas. (Nutt. Cat.) 



*A. ochroleucum, Nutt., Prairies. " 



*A. Canadense, Kalm., Moist prairies. 



A. striatum, Jacq., Prairies. (M. Cox.) 



Lilium, L., . . .Lily. 



*L. Philadelphicum, L., Prairies and copses. 



*L. superbum, L., Alluvial, . . Rich low ground. 



Erythronium, L., . . Dog's-tooth Violet. 



*E. Americanum, Sm., Limestone, . Banks and thickets. 



*E. albidum, Nutt, " . " " 



Yucca, L., . . Spanish bayonet. 



*Y. recurvifolia, Salisb., Arkansas. (Nutt. Catt.) 



Vvularia, L., . 

 *U. sessilifolia, L., . 

 Mclanthium, Gron. 

 *M. Virginicum, L., 



Melanthacese, 



Bellwort. 



Nutt Cat. 

 Wet meadows. 



1 Bulb sweet to the taste, and eatable. 



