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CON\\\LLARIACEAE 



2. Disporum trachycarpum (S. Wats.: 

 Benth. & Hook. 



Rough-fruited Fairy Bell. Fig. 1118. 



Prosartes trachxcarha S. Wats. Bot. King. Expl. 344. 



1871. 

 Dis forum trachycarpum Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. 3: 



832. 1883. 

 Disporum majus Britton, Bull. Torrev Club IS: 188. 



1888. 



Short-woolly pubescent at least when youno-, 

 3-6 dm. high. Leaves ovate to oblong-lanceo- 

 late, 8 cm. long, acute or short-acum-nate at 

 the apex, rounded or subcordate at base. 5-11- 

 nerved ; flowers solitary or 2 or 3 together, 

 creamy-white, 8-14 mm. long ; perianth nar- 

 rowly campanulate, the segments narrowly ob- 

 long or oblanceolate, acute, little spreading; 

 stamens slightly exceeding the segments ; 

 style slender nearly equalling the stamens, or 

 only slightly pubescent toward base, o-lobed at 

 apex ; ovary depressed-globose ; berry depress- 

 ed-globose or somewhat obovoid, 8-10 mm. in 

 diameter, roughened, 4-18-seeded. 



Moist wooded slopes. Arid Transition Zone; British 

 Columbia and Alberta south to Colorado, northern 

 Arizona, eastern Washington and the Blue Mountains, 

 Oregon. Type locality: "Wasatch and Uintahs," Utah. 



3. Disporum hookeri (Torr.) Britt. 

 Hooker's Fairy Bell. Fig. 1119. 



Prosartes hookeri Torr. Pacif. R. Rep. 4: 144. 1857. 

 Disporum hookeri Britt. Torrey Club 15: 188. 1888. 



More or less roughish pubescent, with short 

 usually spreading hairs, 3-6 dm. high. Leaves 

 ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 3-8 cm. long, 2-4 cm. 

 wide, acute or acuminate at apex, mostly deeply 

 cordate at base, the uppermost very oblique ; flow- 

 ers 1-6 in a cluster, greenish white, narrowly 

 campanulate, 10-12 mm. long; perianth-segments 

 mostly oblanceolate, spreading at the tip ; stamens 

 about equalling or a little exceeding the segments ; 

 anthers obtuse, 4-5 mm. long, style equalling the 

 stamens, entire, glabrous ; capsule broadly obo- 

 void. obtuse, about 8 mm. in diameter, 6-seeded. 



On shady wooded slopes, Humid Transition and Upper 

 Sonoran Zones; Coast Ranges of California from Men- 

 docino and Sonoma Counties south to Santa Cruz and 

 Santa Clara Counties. Type locality: "mountains near 

 Oakland, California." 



4. Disporum oreganum (S. \A'ats.) 

 Benth. »Sc Hook. 



Oregon Fairy Bells. 



Fig. 1120. 



Prosartes oregana S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 271. 1879. 

 Disporum oreganum Benth. & Hook.; Howell, FI. N. W. Am. 

 1: 659. 1902. 



More or less soft-woolly pubescent, 3-8 dm. high. 

 Leaves ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 3-9 cm. long, 1.5- 

 6 cm. wide, mostly long-acuminate, deeply cordate at 

 base ; flowers 1-4 in a cluster, creamy-white often 

 tinged with green, narrowly campanulate, 10-12 mm. 

 long ; perianth-segments oblanceolate acut,: and 

 spreading at apex ; stamens mostly well-exserted ; 

 anthers glabrous, oblong, rounded at apex. 2-3 mm. 

 long ; styles very slender, equalling the stamens, en- 

 tire or obscurely 3-lobed, glabrous to near the base; 

 ovary oblong, narrowed to the style, pubescent ; cap- 

 sule ovoid, acute, somewhat pubescent, about 8-16 

 mm. in diameter, 6-seeded. 



In deep shaded coniferous woods. Transition Zone: British 

 Columbia to Idaho, Blue Mountains, eastern Oregon and the 

 Siskiyou Mountains, southern Oregon. Type locality: not 

 designated. 



