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constricted tube from which upper ^ ej) reads rotately, tips not 

 recurved; stamens exserted, a little shorter than segments, not 

 spreading much from the straight style, which they exceed a little. 

 Intiorescence strictly racemose, lower pedicels 4 to 5 inches long, 

 upper 1^ to 2 inches long; color orange red, a little more orange 

 than in L. Columbiaiium., lower portion dotted thickly with small 

 maroon spots. Very fragrant, perfuming the air for rods around. 

 Pedicels bracted with 1 to 3 bracts. Capsule as in L. Columbianum. 



This little lily is close to L. Columbianum in general, but the 

 form of perianth clearly distinguishes it from that species in which 

 the segments of perianth are closely reflexed from the middle. Its 

 fragx'ance is also a distinctive point. 



In sandy woods along Puget Sound in northern Washington and 

 southern British Columbia. Named in honor of J. G. Baker, whose 

 work in the genus Lilium is so eminent. The bulb at its largest is 

 5 inches in circumference and weighs 2 ounces. 



Lilium parvum, var. luteum. Bulb, as in L. parvum, rhizom- 

 atous, not forming clumps, scales often 3-jointed. Leaves mostly 

 scattered, some in whorls in the middle of stem, obovate-lanceolate, 

 light green, smooth; stems from slender and few-flowered forms to 

 tall, short and many flowered forms ; the segments of perianth are 

 revolute from the base, and the color a clear brilliant reddish- 

 orange throughout, not tipped with red, spotted with small spots of 

 bright red ; capsule as in L. parvum. 



This showy form of L. parvum is from Plumas County, where 

 it was collected by Mrs. Austin. I do not agree with those authors 

 who would limit L. parvum to the funnel-formed type and throw 

 any or all of those forms with reflexed petals into L. pardalinum. 

 I consider the peculiar 3-jointed scales, the pale foliage, and the 

 shorter, rounder capsule more specific characters than the form of the 

 flower, and would throw all of these alpine lilies into L. parvwtn. L. 

 pardalinuin, var. m,i7ior, is, in my opinion, a form of L. parvum. 



