. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. r PI,ATE i6i. MARIPOSA LILY, BUTTERFLY TULIP. CALOCHORTUS VENUSTUS. iLlLY FAMILY.) Smooth pftenntii!: itemi rf fit from a ualy bu/K fIftHom. ifiarin^h hianckrd; UavfS few, navtow, Uneat the omifr thref nat^uu. jtr»case. uKttenti of the /vrianlh jir. â ^. I^^^N till- face of llie k1'>'«^ "" other area of size cm show as many strangely fasliioiied flowers as California. Hers is .1 ve^jetation unlike any other in the world, peculiar and almost a thinj; ajuirt To behold i
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. r PI,ATE i6i. MARIPOSA LILY, BUTTERFLY TULIP. CALOCHORTUS VENUSTUS. iLlLY FAMILY.) Smooth pftenntii!: itemi rf fit from a ualy bu/K fIftHom. ifiarin^h hianckrd; UavfS few, navtow, Uneat the omifr thref nat^uu. jtr»case. uKttenti of the /vrianlh jir. â ^. I^^^N till- face of llie k1'>'«^ "" other area of size cm show as many strangely fasliioiied flowers as California. Hers is .1 ve^jetation unlike any other in the world, peculiar and almost a thinj; ajuirt To behold it is in Chalmers' phrase to fed "the expulsive (lower of a new ; A plant that is always identilied with is the su|n-rli Mariposa Lily. Calochorlus venustus. It i-. a native of the coast mountains, almost throuj;hont the length of the Slate. The stem, lca\'- md bulb are somewhat like those of the onion, but the l)li>ssom is unique. The three outer leaves or sepals are green and inconspicuous, but tli' three larnc, hollow petals are exceedingly sliow\-. They are usually purple in color, varying from almost whi'e to a deep, rich lilac. The markings are striking and characteristic. Near tl'.e summit of the petal is a 'le' s]k>\, rather faint ' tline. In the centre is a crimson-brown <1 "f liutterllies. So the Bnttirlly Tnli]) is a very appropriate >)ne ; for here, as elsewhere, mimicry in nature crosses the Itoundaries we --et uj) Ijctweeu her kingdoms, animal an likf the n'k'itf fltitt mm A A'.im. krj; /rtjrv* afi/tinit/ ,tw tftv ifintt fflmley. tafyx It^i buitt/ffiitinlfii; mtotia U'ltk .1 loMft ilrndfr tuir aittt 'ftrailiNg, /HHitrt-shafirii binder. ^ii'-. tiblu^e : H" 'â »! clustered in the leaf- \\\\\ Acanthus is a well-known genus of Old World plants remarkable for the beauty of their foliage. The admired the form of the leaves and imitated them in art. It is said that the idea of
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