. Selected western flora : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta . Botany; Botany; Botany. 16 SELECTED WESTERN FLORA capsule 6-angled, many-seeded, bearing large nodding flowers. Herbs springing from soaly bulbs and 1. F. pudica, (Pursh.) Spreng. Stem simple, 4-8 in. high; bulb very scaly; leaves 3-8, rather scattered flowers 1-6 on the stem, usually solitary, nodding, yellow tinged with purple. S. Alta. " McLeod and Lethbridge the only known stations east of the Rocky ; —Macoun. 3. ZYGADENUS. Flowers perfect; perianth spreading, persisting after it withers; sepals with conspicuous gla
. Selected western flora : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta . Botany; Botany; Botany. 16 SELECTED WESTERN FLORA capsule 6-angled, many-seeded, bearing large nodding flowers. Herbs springing from soaly bulbs and 1. F. pudica, (Pursh.) Spreng. Stem simple, 4-8 in. high; bulb very scaly; leaves 3-8, rather scattered flowers 1-6 on the stem, usually solitary, nodding, yellow tinged with purple. S. Alta. " McLeod and Lethbridge the only known stations east of the Rocky ; —Macoun. 3. ZYGADENUS. Flowers perfect; perianth spreading, persisting after it withers; sepals with conspicuous glands near the base. Very smooth peren- nials with simple stems, usually from a bulb, and bearing a panicle of rather large, conspicuous, whitish flowers. 1. Z. chlor^nthus, Richards. Stem 1-2 ft. high; leaves somewhat grass-like; perianth coherent with the base of the ovary; sepals marked with a large hear^t-shaped gland, the inner narrowed to a claw. {Z. elegans, Pursh.) Low, grassy land, Alta. 2. Z. venenosus, Wats. Differing' from the preceding by having the perianth free from the ovary, the sepals with broad, short claw, and the gland at the base not well defined. W. Sask. and Alta. 4. SMILACiNA. False Solomon's Fig. 12. — Smilacina stellata. Perianth 6-parted, spread- ing, persistent; filaments 6, slender; ovary 3-celled; style short with' an obscurely 3- lobed stigma. Perennial herbs with simple stems from a creeping rootstock, simple sessile leaves and white flowers. 1. S. stelUta, (L.) Desf. Stem 6-15 in. high from a slender rootstock; leaves usually arranged on opposite sides of the stem; raceme simple, few-flowered; stamens included; fruit a globu-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hales, B. J. (Benjamin Jones), 1868-1945. Toronto : Macmillan Company of Canada
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