Its very large flowers, with their segments bent back 

 almost to their base, distinguish this at first sight from the 

 other American species. 



Beautiful as it is this cannot be compared with an 

 unpublished species from the same country, which we possess 

 from Mr. Douglas ; and which is most remarkable for having 

 an irregularly branched scape. This may be named and 

 characterised as follows : — 



Erythronium giganteurn ; foliis oblongis lanceolatlsve, scapo irregularlter 

 ramoso 5-floro foliis duplo longiore, foliolis perianthii acuminatis medio reflexis, 

 stigmate 3-1 obo. 



