Fritillaria,-] . LILIACEiE. 



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Ord. IX. LILIACE^. Juss, 



1. LILIUM. Z. 



1. i. Philadelphicum. L, — PL Am. 1. /?. 229. Bot, Mag. L 519. — jS. floribus 2-4 

 subumbellatis. 



Hab. Lake Huron (Dr Todd), throughout Canada to the Saskatchawan and Prairies of the Rocky 

 Mountains. Dr Richardson* Drummond, — 0. Observatory Inlet, on the N. W. Coast. Dr Scouler. 



2. L. Canadense, L — Ph. Am. I. p. 229. — a. uuiflorum. Bot. Mag,L 229 — ^. pluri- 



florum. Bot, Mag. L 838,— 7. parviflorum. 



Hab^ a. jS. Canada. — y. N. W, Coast. Columbia and Walamet Rivers. Douglas. Tolmie. — My N, W. 

 American specimens have much smaller flowers, of a redder hue, and are more disposed to be revoluto ; yet I 

 dare not venture upon making them distinct. One specimen of this var. has the leaves very broad and 

 obtuse. 



3. L. superbum, L, — Ph. Am, p, 230. Bot. Mag. t 936. — (3. uniflorum. L. Caro- 

 linianum. Ph. ? — Bot, Reg. t. 580. 



Hab. Canada. Ph. — ^. Saskatchawan. Dr Richardson. — Of the /3. a single flowering specimen only 

 was found. Its leaves are an inch broad : the flowers exactly agreeing with the figure of L. Caroliniannm 

 in Bot. Reg. above quoted, except in being rather more spotted. Are the two really distinct? 



2. FRITILLARIA. L. 



1- F, Kamtschatcensis (Fisch. in Herb, nostr.) ; radice omnino granulata, folils verti- 

 cillatis subquaternis lato-lanceolatis tenui-membranaceis supremis oppositis solitariisve, 

 ifloribus terminalibus 1-2 cernuis unicoloribus, sepalis lato-lanceolatis arete nervosis nervis 

 lamellatis glandulosisque, capsulis obtuse 5-angulatis. (Tab. CXCIII. A.) — Lilium Kamt- 

 schatcense. L Lamb, in Linn, Trans, v. x. t. 12. Hook. etAnu in Bot. of Beech, p. 118. 



L. quadrifoliatum. Meyer in Reliq. HcenL Fasc. 2. p. 126. 



Hab. N. W. Coast, on the beach. Observatory Inlet, to Stikine Sound, Sitcha, and Unalaschka. Cha- 

 misso. Dr Scouler. Tolmie. Bongard. — Both in this and the following species there is an evident elon- 

 gated depression or nectary near the base of each sepal, the stigma is trifid, and the habit is altogether that 

 of a Fritillary, rather than of any Lilium. Voyagers to Kamtschatka (where this species seems more abun- 

 dant than on the American coast) bring home small white granulated esculent roots, dried on strings ; these 

 are the bitter tubers of this FritiUary, which are also copiously eaten by the Indians of Stikine, and known 

 by the names of Koch or N, W. Rice; but Mr Tolmie says they are bitter and nauseous. 



Tab. CXCIII. A. Fig. 1, Sepal and stamen of Fritillaeia Kamtschatcensis; / 3, A lamella from 

 the sepal : — magnified i f. 3, capsule -.—nat. size. 



2. F. lanceolata (Ph. Am. I. p. 230. excl. syn.); radice bulbo parvo bulbillifero, foliis 

 verticillatis subquaternis anguste lanceolatis crassiusculis supremis oppositis solitariisve, 

 floribus terminalibus 1-2 cernuis luteo purpureoque tessellatis, sepalis obovato-obloiigis 

 laxe nervosis elamellatis, capsulis profunde 5-aIatis. (Tab. CXCIII.) — Lilium affine. 

 Schult. Syst. VegeL 7./?. 400. 



