L I L I A CEiE. lErythroniwn, 



Hab. Head waters of the Missouri and Columbia. 3L Zetcis (in Ph.). Nutka Sound. Mcnzies. Fort 

 Vancouver on the Columbia. Douglas. ro?;«/e.— Habit of the' precedin-, but smaller and of a more rigid 

 texture throughout. Leaves much narrower. Flowers tessellated. Sepals with much laser nervation, the 

 nerves quite destitute of lamellae and glands. Capsule and roots also exceedingly different. 



Tab. CXCIIL B. FiiiTiLLARiA LANCEOLATA. FiQ. 1, SepSP and Stamen ; /. 2. Pistil:— ma^^ii/^e^/; 

 / 3, Capsule :—nat. size, 



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3. F.? pudica; foliis alternis lineari-lanceolatis, flore terminali solitario pendulo 



campanulato, sepalis obovato-spathulatis sessilibus, stigmate integro.— Lilium pudicum 

 Ph, Am. \.p. 228. ^.8. 



Hab. Head waters of the Missouri. M. Lewis. Common on the banks of streams from the Great Falls of 

 •the Columbia, to the vallies of the mountains near the source of the Missouri. i>o«/7?as.— Habit of Fritil 

 larxa, and the sepals have an obscure nectary ; but the stigma is simple. Perhaps it should form a distinct 

 genus, which might include F. Fleischeri. Stend. et Hochst. from Smyrna, and F. tulipiflora Bieb which 

 have altogether the habit of the present plant— A small and very graceful species, with a solitary terminal 

 very drooping flower, according to Pursh of a pale yellow colour. 



8. ERYTHRONIUM. Z. 



1. E. Americanum (Gawl. Bot. Mag. t. 1113); foliis oblongo-seu elliptico-lanceolatis 

 punctatis, peclunculo unifloro, sepalis oblongo-lance'olatis obtusis ad medium reflexis 

 stylo clavato trigono, stigmate triangulari integro.-E. Dens Canis, var. Mx.-Willd.— 

 E. lanceolatum. Ph. Am. 1. p. 230.— E. flavum. Sm. in Rees. Cycl. - 



Hah. Canada, frequent.-Leaves distinctly dotted wiih minute papilla;, which are indistinct or wholly 

 wanting m the following species. What I have for E. albidam. Ph., from Drs Beck and Torrey, seems 

 merely a white-flowered var. of this, with less conspicuous papilla; on the leaves.* 



2. E grandiflorunK {Fh.) ; foliis oblongo-seu elliptico-lanceolatis vix punctatis, pedun- 

 culo 1-paucifloro, sepalis lanceolatis valde acuminatis fere ab ima basi reflexis, sti<rmate 

 tripartito.— a. minor; caule unifloro, flore flavo.— E. grandiflorum.. Ph. Am. I./23I 

 Lindl. Bot. Beg. t. 1786.—^. giganteum; caule 2-5-floro, floribus flavis.—E. giganteum! 

 Lindll.c. ad calcem.—y. alUflomm; caule elatiori unifloro, flore SiVoo.—h!' Smithii ; 

 caule elato unifloro, flore purpureo-roseo.— E. revolutum. Sm. in Bees. Cycl. 



Hab. .. N._ W. America. Banks of Koos-koosky River. M. Lewis.-., and /3. Summit of the low hills 

 near the junction of Spokan River with the Columbia, and in the vallies west of the Rocky mountains, often 

 in blossom before the snow has disappeared. Douglas.-y. Fort Vancouver. Menzies.-li will be seen that 

 the indefatigable and venerable Menzies was the first to discover this fine and very distinct species, though 

 he only appears to have found a pale purple-flowered variety. Specimens in my collection bear from 1 to 4 

 Sowers, and they are so described in Douglas mst. The colour of the blossom seems very variable 



I possess from Dr Boott a very remarkable state of this plant, or a distinct species, from Vermont U. S 

 E. hracteatum Boott, mst. The leaves are lanceolate, and taper gradually into the foot-stalk. The flower is small 



one Wr" nT^ ^""'"''' ^""^ '^""" '' ' *"^"'' "" ""^ P^^""'='«' ^^«''"°S '^ aisposition to bear more than 

 one flower. Only one specimen was found. 



