AVALANCHE-LILY 



Erythronium montanum Watson 



Mount Rainier National Park is celebrated among flower lovers 

 for the abundance of this beautiful flower. As soon as the snow melts, 

 and even before it entirely disappears, the swordlike leaves push 

 through the sun-warmed earth and almost immediately the flower 

 buds unfold. The plants grow so close together and in such vast num- 

 bers that the drier meadows and slopes are soon white with the 

 flowers. 



The avalanche-lily has a restricted range, being found only in Ore- 

 gon and Washington. It is closely related to the golden glacierlily of 

 the Rockies, and to the troutlily of the eastern United States. 



The specimen sketched was collected near the hotel in Paradise 

 Valley, Rainier National Park, Washington, at an altitude of 8,000 

 feet. 



PLATE 2.02. 



