120 UL1ACE2E. 



7. li. pardalinum, Kell. Rootstocks thick and branching, forming mat-like massea 

 of bulbs: stems 3-7 ft. high: perianth segments 2-3 in. long, bright orange red with 

 large nurple spots below: anthers red, 4-5 lines long. Cent. Cal. to Or. 



Var. angfustifolium, Kell, Slender, small: leaves 3-4 lines broad, scattered. 



8. It. Humboldtii, Eoezl & Leichtlin. Bulbs 2-6 in. thick, often purplish, the fleshy 

 ovate-lanceolate acute scales 2-3 in. long: stems purplish, 4-8 ft. high: leaves un- 

 dulate in 4-6 whorls of 10-20 each: pedicels mostly 3-6 in. long: perianth-segments 

 3-4 in. long, i-1 wide, papUlose-ridged near base: anthers red, ^-§ in. long. Cal. 



9. IJ. Columbianum, Hanson. Perianth-segments 1^-2 in. long: yellow anthers 2-3 

 lines long. Wash, to Cent. Cal. 



17. FRITILIiARIA, Linn8eua.>^ 



Styles distinct above; stigmas linear: capsule obtusely angled 1, S, 3 



capsule acutely angled or winged 4, 5, 6 



Styles united: stigma 3-lobed: flowers not spotted: stamens tinequal .- 7 



1. F. recurva, Benth. Segments narrow, scarlet and yellow, spotted. Cal., Or. 



2. F. liliacea, Lindl. Leaves near base: flowers greenish white. San Francisco Bay. 



3. F. biflora, Lindl. Leaves near base: flowers dark brown, purple, green-tinged; 

 segments widely spreading: mucronate anthers 2 lines long. Coast, San Diego to 

 Meadocino. 



4. F. lanceolata, Pursh. Bulbs with a few large scales and many like rice grains: 

 ^ — leaves in 1-3 whorls: flowers dark purple mottled with greenish yellow; segments 



not spreading. 

 Var. floribunda, Benth. Flowers 1-8, lighter colored, blotched with brownish pnrple; 



segments acute, ^-^ in. broad, finely crenulate. 

 Var. gracilis, Wats. Flowers smaller with narrower acuminate segments. 

 ."). F. parviflora, Torr. Flowers 3-20, with spreading segments ^-§ in. long, lighter 



colored than the last. Cent. S. N. Alts. 

 G. F. atropurpurea, Nutt. Capsule not winged, acutely 6- angled. S. N. Mts. 

 7- F. pluriflora, Torr. Stems leafy: flowers reddish purple, j-1 in. long. Cent. Cal. 



18. ERYTHRONIUM, Linnaeus. 



1. E. grand iflorum, Pursh. Leaves not mottled: flowers 1-6 or more, yellow, or 

 cream color with darker center; segments recurved 1-2 in. long. Wash, to N. Cal. 



Var. Smitliii, Hook. Large flowers purple-tinged. Cent. Cal. Coast. 



2. E. Hartwegi, Watson. Bulb |-§ in. long: leaves mottled: flowers 1-3 on scape- 

 like pedicels, light yellow and orange; segments scarcely recurved. S. N. Mts. 



3. E. purpurascens, Watson. Leaves undulate: peduncle racemosely or subumbel- 

 lately 4-8-flowered or more; pedicels very unequal: flowers light yellow, purple-tinged, 

 orange center. S. N. Mts. 



