_Lily Family_
Plants with bulbs or corms but never rootstocks; leaves either at the
base or in whorls or pairs on the stem; the flowers brightly coloured,
frequently large, borne singly or in clusters at the summit of the
frequently naked stem, the six parts though usually distinct, sometimes
more or less united into a tube; stamens 6; stigma 3-lobed.
Bracts of the inflorescence thin and translucent. =Allium.=
Bracts of the inflorescence leaf-like or none.
Bulbs scaly. =Lilium.=
Bulbs corm-like. =Erythronium.=
[Sidenote: =Allium recurvatum= Rydb. _Wild Onion, Garlic._]
Plant 12—15 inches high with an oblique base from an oblong-ovoid bulb.
Leaves narrow and grass-like, 6—8 inches long, thick and half rounded
on the back, the old ones persistent and forming a mat at the surface
of the ground. Flowers numerous, on slender pedicels, in a nodding
terminal head; sepals and petals ¼ of an inch long, elliptic-ovate and
obtuse, rosy pink with a darker mid-vein; stamens and styles exserted,
anthers pale yellow.
Frequent throughout the Rockies on dry grassy or stony slopes and
slides; flowering in June.
[Illustration: Tofieldia intermedia Rydb. (⅔ Nat.) False Asphodel.]
[Illustration: Vagnera stellata (L.) Morong. (¼ Nat.)