LILY FAMILY 



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Perianth-segments narrowing gradually to a distinct claw, spotless or finely dotted; flowers funnel-formi 

 bulb-scales not jointed. 

 Flowers white or pale lilac, often turning purple. 



Flowers horizontal, 7-9 cm. long. 1. L. ivashiiigtoniaiium. 



Flowers erect or ascending, 3.5-S cm. long. 2. L. rtibescciis. 



Flowers pale lemon-yellow, horizontal. 3. L. parryi. 



Perianth-segments oblanceolate, without a claw, orange-yellow or reddish, mostly conspicuously spotted. 

 Flowers erect or ascending, funnel-form, only the upper third spreading or recurved. 

 Flowers reddish; bulbs conical or ovate, the scales not jointed. 



Perianth-segments slightly spreading at top, not recurved, reddish purple, spotted with brown- 

 purple; leaves mostly verticillate. 4. /,. bolandcri. 

 Perianth-segments reddish orange, spotted with purple, the tip? recurved; leaves mostly scattered. 



5. L. maiitiinum. 

 Flowers bright orange-yellow, spotted with purple; bulbs on l>ranching rhizomes, the scales jointed. 



6. L. parvum. 

 Flowers nodding, the segments revolute to below the middle. 



Bulbs on branching iliizomes, oblique and mat-like, the scales jointed. 



Anthers 5-6 mm. long; capsule subspherical ; bulb-scales 3-jointed. 7. L. occidentalis. 



Anthers 10-14 mm. long; capsule narrowly obiong; bulb-scales jointed near the base. 



8. L. pardaliiui'H. 

 Bulbs ovoid, the scales not jointed. 



Anthers 4-6 mm. long; herbage glabrous. 9. L. coluinbiaunm. 



Anthers 12-15 mm. long; herbage scabrous. 10. L. humboldtii. 



\. Lilium washingtonianum Kell. 

 Washington Lily. Fig-. 1020. 



LiliiiDi zvasliingtoniaiiuii! Kell. Proc. Calif. Acad. 2: 13. 1863. 



Btilbs 15-20 cm. long, somewhat rhizomatous and 

 oblique, the imbricated scales 25-50 mm. long, not 

 jointed. Stem 6-15 dm. high, glabrous or slightly 

 scabrous ; leaves in several whorls of 6-12. oblanceolate, 

 acute or acutish, 4-12 cm. long, 10-35 mm. wide, more 

 or less undulate; inflorescence a 2-20-flowered th\rsoid 

 raceme ; flowers horizontally declinate, very fragrant, 

 pure white, becoming purplish, or often sparingly and 

 hnely dotted, funnel-form ; perianth-segments 7-9 cm. 

 long, 8-15 mm. wide, the upper third spreading; anthers 

 8-12 mm. long; capsule ovate-oblong, 25 mm. or more 

 in length, truncate at apex, obtusely 6-angled or some- 

 times slightly winged. 



Growing in chaparral, in comparatively dry situations, mainly 

 Arid Transition Zone; Columbia River, Oregon, southward 

 through the Cascades and Sierra Nevada to the southern end 

 of the range. Type locality: Sierra Nevada, California. Also 

 known as Shasta Lily. 



2. Lilium rubescens S. Wats. 

 Lilac Lily. 



Fig. 1021. 



Liliiiin washingtonianum purpurcum blasters. Card. 



Chron. II. 2: 322. /. 67. 1874. 

 Lilium rubescens S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 256. 



1879. 



Bulbs about 5 cm. in diameter, somewhat 

 rhizomatous and oblique, the thick broadly lan- 

 ceolate scales about 25 mm. long. Stem usually 

 stout, 5-20 dm. high, smooth ; leaves oblanceo- 

 late, 4-8 cm. long, or sometimes longer, 12-25 

 mm. wide, acute or acutish, glabrous, glaucous 

 beneath, undulate, scattered below, the upper in 

 3-7 whorls ; flowers 3-8, erect or ascending, pale 

 lilac or nearly white, becoming rose-purple, 

 finely dotted with brown, funnel-form, the upper 

 third revolute, 35-50 mm. long ; perianth-seg- 

 ments about 1 cm. broad, acutish ; anthers 5-6 

 mm. long; capsule 25-30 mm. long, about 10 

 mm. wide, narrowed at base, slightly winged. 



On wooded slopes. Transition Zone; Siskiyou Moun- 

 tains, southern Oregon to Marin and Lake Counties, 

 California. Type locality: Marin County, California. 



Lilium kelloggii Purdy. (Garden 59: 330. 1901.) 

 Perianth-segments pink, dotted with maroon, revolute to 

 the base. Closely related to LiHum rubescens and prob- 

 ably best considered as a color form. Wet places, Del 

 Norte County to Red Mountain, northern Mendocino 

 County. Type locality: Kneeland Prairie. 



