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lighter yellow in the centre, 2 or 3 inches long ; segments strongly 

 revolute : anthers 4 or 5 lines long : capsule narrowly oblong, 1 ^ 

 inches long or more. — Proc. Calif. Acad. 2. 12; Baker, 1. c. 242; 

 Elwes, 1. c, t. 26. L. Californicum, Lindl. ; Florist, 1873, t. 33. 

 L. superbum, var. pardalinum, Baker, Journ. Hort. Soc. 1873, 45. 

 L. Canadense, var. pardalinum and var. Californicum, Bolander, Proc. 

 Calif. Acacl. 5. 206. Coast Eanges and foothills of the Sierra Nevada 

 (in wet places) from Central California northward. 



Var. angustifolia, Kellogg. The form with narrow scattered 

 leaves. — L. Roezli, Kegel, Gartenfl. 1870, t. 667; Baker, Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. 14. 243. L. Canadense, var. Hartivegi, Baker, Gard. 

 Chron. 1871, 1165. 



27. FRITILLARIA, Linn. 



* Styles distinct to the middle ; stigmas linear. 



-•- Capsule rather obtusely angled: flowers mostly large (an inch long) : bulb- 

 scales 3 or 4 lines long. — § Liliorhiza, Baker. 



1. F. RECURVA, Benth. Bulb-scales numerous and thick: leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, mostly in two whorls near the middle of the stem : 

 flowers 1 to 7, tinged or blotched with light purple or scarlet, 12 to 

 18 lines long; segments narrowly oblanceolate with recurved tips: 

 stamens a little shorter, equalling the very slender style. — PL 

 Hartw. 340; Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. 14. 272, and Bot. Mag. t. 

 6264 (poor). Sierra Nevada (Placer County to Oregon). 



2. F. liliacea, Lindl. Bulb-scales few, very thick : leaves ob- 

 lanceolate to linear, approximate or whorled near the base : flowers 1 

 to 5, greenish white (not blotched), 8 to 12 lines long; segments 

 oblanceolate, spreading : anthers shorter (1 to 1 \ lines) : style stout. 

 — Baker, 1. c. 273. F. alba, Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. 1. 46. Lilio- 

 rhiza lanceolata, Kellogg, 1. c. 2. 46, f. 1 ; Kegel, Gartenfl. 1872, 

 t. 715. Lower Sacramento Valley; stamens much shorter than the 

 styles, as in all the following species. 



3. F. biflora., Lindl. Usually low : bulb-scales few, ovoid, often 

 tipped with a small scarious blade : leaves narrowly lanceolate to 

 oblong-lanceolate, few, scattered or somewhat whorled near the base : 

 flowers 1 to 3, dai'k brownish or greenish purple ; segments oblanceo- 

 late, widely spreading : style stout : capsule broadly obovoid. — Baker, 

 1. c. F. Kamschatcensis, auth. F. lanceolata, Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound, 

 t. 61. F. Grayana, Reich, f. & Baker, Trim. Journ. Bot. 1878, 

 262. Coast Ranges, from Mendocino County to San Diego. 



