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Descriptive Flora 



by the Indians. This plant is most abundant along water- 

 courses. 



LILIACEAE. Lily Family. 



MELANTHACEAE. Bunch-Flower Family. In SmalVs Flora 



Schoenocaulon drummondii. Gray. Green Lily. 



Bulbous plant with a basal cluster of long, slender, chan- 

 neled, parallel-veined leaves out of which rises a long, naked 

 flower-stalk, 1 — 2%" high, the upper 2 — 6" being a spike-like 

 raceme of numerous small, green flowers with showy stamens. 

 Perianth inconspicuous, green, 6-lobed, about % " long. Stamens 

 6, longer than the perianth, the filaments white or pinkish, the 

 anthers splitting in the middle on the upper side and opening up 

 into a disk, yellow with pollen. Pistil 3-celled, 3-lobed, the 3 

 styles tapering toward the tips. April and May. Stony hill- 

 sides. Rare. 



ALLIACEAE. Onion Family. In SmalVs Flora. 



AlUum helleri Small. Wild Onion. Wild Garlic. 1 6 Cebolleta. ' f 

 A low onion-scented plant springing from a small onion- 

 scented bulb. Leaves all basal, onion-scented, long, narrow, 

 somewhat fleshy. Flowers small, pink rarely white, in clusters 

 1 — 2" across at the end of a flower stalk that varies from 3 to 8" 

 in height. Sepals and petals 3 each, alike in size and color. 

 Stamens 6. Bulbs % to %" across. Blossoms from March to 

 June and some times in very late fall following heavy rains. 

 Common in lawns and waste places. 



Allium mutabile Michx. Wild Onion. 



Plants similar to Heller's Onion but with longer leaves, a 

 much taller flower stem (12 to 18"), white flowers, and larger 

 bulbs with conspicuous fibrous outer coats. Blossoms in April 

 and May usually when Heller 's onion is about through blooming. 

 Not as wide spread as Heller's Onion. In rich, shaded soil. 



