(A) Dog-tooth Violet; Yellow Adder’s Tongue 
(Erythronium americanum). These flowers are familiar 
and welcome ones to all who wander beside woodland 
brooks in the Spring. The name “Violet” is of course 
a misnomer. It is often locally known as the “ Trout 
Lily” or the “Fawn Lily,” both of which names are 
far more appropriate than those given it generally. 
The single 6-parted flower grows at the top of a scape 
from 5 to 10 in. high. Two elliptical-lanceolate leaves 
clasp the scape at its base, near the scaly bulb; they 
are pale green, mottled with purple and white. This 
species blooms in April and May in moist woods or 
swamps, from N. B. to Minn, and southwards. 
(B) Clintonia (Clintonia borealis) is a beautiful 
species, its leaves resembling those of the Lily-of-the- 
Valley. The three to six pendulous, bell-shaped flowers 
are cream-colored within and greenish outside. Three 
large, oblong, pointed leaves clasp the flower scape at 
its base. The plant is about 6 to 16 in. high; it flow¬ 
ers during June in damp woods from Labrador to Man. 
and southwards. 
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