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4. L. rubescens. Similar, but bulbs small (2 inches in diameter) : 

 flowers erect or ascending, with revolute segments, usually 1| or 2 

 inches long, sometimes more, pale lilac or nearly white, becoming 

 rose^uqsle : anthers 2 or 3 Hues long. — L. Washingtonianum, var. 

 parpureum, Masters, Gard. Chron. 2. 2. 822, f. 67 ; Baker, 1. c. 233. 

 California (Coast Range, Marin to Humboldt Counties). 



5. L. Parryi, Watson. Bulb small, with jointed scales : leaves 

 linear-oblanceolate, usually scattered : flowers horizontal, pale yellow ; 

 segments about 3 inches long, with spreading or recurved tips : capsule 

 narrowly oblong. — Proc. Davenport Acad. 2. 188, t. 5, G. Cali- 

 fornia (San Gorgonio Pass, San Bernardino County). 



* * Segments oblanceolate, yellow or orange, coarsely spotted with brown. 

 Flowers erect or horizontal, small. 

 ++ Species of Atlantic States. [See page 301.] 



6. L. Grayi. Leaves lanceolate, 2 inches long or less, in whorls 

 of 4 to 8, not acuminate : flowers 1£ to 2\ inches long, horizontal, 

 often solitary ; segments spreading but not recurved, apparently deep 

 reddish-orange, covered throughout with purplish spots. — Summit of 

 Roan Mountain (Gray, 1840) and Peaks of Otter (A. H. Curtiss, 

 July, 1871). The specimens are scanty, but appear very distinct. 



++ ++ Californian species. 



7. L. parvum, Kellogg. Bulb rhizomatous, of small narrow jointed 

 scales : leaves mostly verticillate, acute or acuminate : flowers few to 

 very many, suberect, 1 to 1} 2 inches long, yellow or orange, rather 

 finely dotted except on the reddish spreading or recurved tips : anthers 

 a line or two long: capsule subglobose, truncate, 6 to 9 lines long. 

 — Proc. Calif. Acad. 2. 179, f. 12; Regel, Gartenfl. 1872, t. 725; 

 Elwes, Monogr. t. 24. L. Canadense, var. Walker i, Wood, 1. c. 166, 

 and var. parvum, Baker ; Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 6146 ; Babbage, 1. c. 

 156, tig. (bulb). In the Sierra Nevada to Oregon. 



8. L. maritimum, Kellogg. Bulb small, conical : stem rather low : 

 leaves usually scattered, narrow, often obtuse : flowers solitary or few, 

 horizontal, 1^ to 2 inches long, deep reddish- orange, spotted below ; 

 segments recurved above : style and stamens short ; anthers 2 lines 

 long: capsule "long and narrow." — Proc. Calif. Acad. 6, 140. L. 

 Canadense, var. parvijlorum, Bolander, same, 5. 206. Swamps, Marin 

 to Humboldt Counties. 



-t- -t- Flowers nodding, large. 

 ++ Species of the Atlantic States. 



9. L. Canadense, Linn. Tall, rhizomatous : leaves usually ver- 

 ticillate, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acuminate, scabrous on the 



