It is a native of California and belongs to the lily family.
Another strange specimen in the novel collection is a portion of the Yucca tree, an abnormal growth of the lily family.
Mohave Yucca (Yucca mohavensis) is one of a half dozen or more palms of the yucca genus and the lily family.
It differs from the other umbellate-flowered genera of the lily family in not having its flowers jointed upon their pedicels.
It has been truly said of the lily family that "the flowers of most are beautiful, of many brilliant, and of some truly splendid."
Even flowers, of the lily family (apparently), are still detected in the crushed and petrified remains.
This last plant is really of the lily family, and its flat leaf-like branches end in a sharp spine.
It completely filled my heart, and has made every member of the lily family dear to me.