1037, 
le F. lanceolata Pursh, Checker Lily. Bulbs flattened globose, 1-1,5 
cm, in diameters; stems 40-60 cm, tall, more or less purple tinged; leaves 
2-5, the uppermost solitary, 5-10 em, long, 8-15 m, wide, lanceolate, 
acute, the first leaf oval or ligulate, the blade 8 em, long, 2.5 cm, 
wide, on a slender petiole about as long; flowers solitary or several, 
on pedicels 1-3 cm, long, nodding; perianth segments narrowly oblong- 
elliptical or lanceolate, obtuse, 25-35 mm, long, deep brownish purple, 
mottled with greenish yellow; each with a conspicuous, green, lanceolate 
gland in the hollow; stamens about half the length of the segments, the 
filaments slender, anthers 3.5 m, long; style branches 8 mme long recurv- 
ing; capsule squarish in outline, 1.5-2 cm, long, 2-2.5 om. wide, tans- 
versely rugose, the angles winged, the wings 1-3 mm. wide; mature seeds 
not seen, 
q) Stream and lake margins below 3000 ft, The bulb is said by Lewis to 
have been eaten by the natives end called tel-lah-thil-pah, 
2e F, pudica (Pursh) Spreng, Yellow Bell. Bulbs flattened globose, about 
1 cm, in diameter; stems 20-30 cm, tall, or less, more or less vurple 
tinged; leaves mostly altcrnate, frequently paired, linear-oblong or 
oblanceolate, obtuse, 5-7 cm. long, 5-8 mm, wides; flowers solitary, some- 
times 2, nodding on peduncles 3-5 em, long, campanulate, perianth segnents 
yellow or orange usually with a tinge of purple, 15-20 mn, long, oblanceolate, 
obtuse or rounded, the gland obscure; stamens 2/3 the length of the segments, 
the filaments slender, anthers yellow, 5.5 m, lon;; style shorter than the 
stamens, obscurely 3-lobed at the apex; capsule erect, subglobose, about 
l cm. in diameter, not winged; seeds obovate-cunciforn, 7 mme long, a rich 
brown, shining, margined, . 
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q Grassy foothills; hardly »rover to our reclion; acey—+e Lewis ,-whe-besk- 
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Bho Lye Coddee on the Clesowetor Re, the bulb was eaten by the natives, 
