CLUSTERLILY 



Hookera pauciflora (Torrey) Tidestrom 



The Desert Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Wtshington 

 is located near Tucson, Arizona, high up on a small desert mountain 

 notable for its profusion of cactuses and other strange plants which 

 are able to exist with a minimum of water. Among the sun-baked 

 rocks grow many clusterlilies, which are always attractive in their 

 dainty beauty. Their bulbs, sunk deep in soil, enable the plant to live 

 from one blooming season to another. 



The genus of the Lily Family to which clusterlily belongs contains 

 many species restricted to Western North America, and occurring 

 mainly in California, but the present species grows in Arizona and 

 New Mexico. The technical name of this genus was given in honor 

 of Sir William Jackson Hooker, one of the most eminent of English 

 botanists. 



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