CLINTONIA, a genus of beautiful herbs of the lily family (Liliaceae), named in honour of De Witt Clinton (1769-1828), governor of the State of New York. There are 6 species, 4 North American and 2 Asian, all stemless perennials, with a few broad leaves rising from a slender rootstock, and lilylike flowers, usually borne in clusters (umbels) at the top of the flower stalk (scape). The yellow clintonia (C. borealis) is found in woods from New f oundland to Manitoba and southward to North Carolina and Wisconsin; the white clintonia (C. umbellulata) occurs in woods from New York and New Jersey to Tennessee and Georgia; the mountain clintonia (C. uniflora), with a single white flower, grows from Montana and California northward to Alaska ; the western clintonia (C. andrewsiana) is found near the Pacific coast in cen tral California.