lts very large flowers, with their segments bent back 
almost to their base, distinguish this at first sight from the 
other American species. 
Beautiful as it is this cannot be compared with an 
unpublished species from the same country, which we possess 
from Mr. Douglas; and which is most remarkable for having 
an irregularly branched scape. This may be named and 
characterised as follows :— 
Erythronium giganteum ; foliis oblongis lanceolatisve, scapo irregulariter 
ramoso 5-floro foliis dupld longiore, foliolis perianthii acuminatis medio reflexis, 
stigmate 3-lobo. 
