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purple, 9 to 12 lines long, on long pedicels. — Benth. PI. Hartw. 338 ; 

 Baker, 1. c. 270. Sierra Nevada (Butte and Placer Counties). 



9. F. pudica, Spreng. Bulb-scales very small and rounded : stem 

 low, usually 1-3-flowered : leaves 3 to 8 : flowers yellow or orange, 

 tinged outside with purple, 5 to 9 lines long. — Baker, I.e. 267. 

 Lilium (?) pudicum, Pursh, Fl. 228, t. 8. Amblirion pudicum, Raf. ; 

 Torr. Stansb. Rep. 396, t. 9. Theresia pudica, Klatt, Hamb. Gart. 

 16. 439. Northern Sierra Nevada to British Columbia, and east to 

 Utah and Montana. 



28. ERYTHRONIUM, Linn. 



* Flowers solitary: capsule obovate : often propagating by offshoots or 



runners. 



1. E. American™, Smith. Offshoots arising from the base of 

 the bulb: leaves oblong-lanceolate, mottled and dotted: flower light 

 yellow, often dotted at base, 10 to 20 lines long: style club-shaped 

 and stigmas coherent : capsule 6 lines long. — Ker, Bot. Mag. t. 1113 ; 

 Bigel. Med. Bot. 3. 151, t. 58; Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. 14. 298.' 

 E. dens-canis, var., Linn. E. Carolinianum, Walt. E. lanceolatum, 

 Pursh. E. angustatum and flavum, Raf. E. bracteatum, Boott. E. 

 NuttaUianum, Schult. ; Regel, Gartenfl. 1871, t. 695. Canada (New 

 Brunswick to W. Ontario) to Florida and Arkansas. 



2. E. albtdum, Nutt. Like the last, but leaves usually narrower 

 and not mottled nor dotted: flowers bluish-white ; segments not toothed 

 at base : style more slender, the stigmas somewhat spreading. — Gen. 

 1. 223 ; Baker, I.e. 298. New York and Pennsylvania to Minnesota 

 and Texas. 



3. E. propullans, Gray. Offshoot arising from the stem near 

 the middle : leaves smaller and more acuminate : flowers bright rose- 

 color, yellowish at base, 6 lines long : style slender ; stigmas coherent. 

 — Amer. Naturalist, 5. 298, f. 74 ; Baker, 1. c. 299. Minnesota. 



* * Flowers one to several : capsule oblong : new corms sessile at the base 



of the old. 



4. E. grandiflorum, Pursh. Corm often 2 inches long, narrow : 

 leaves not mottled, opposite : flowers solitary or racemose (1 to 6), 

 yellow or cream-colored with a more or less orange base, 1 or 2 

 inches long: filaments slender: stigmas at length spreading: ovary 

 and capsule (an inch long or more) narrowly oblong. — Lindl. Bot. 

 Reg. t. 1786; Regel, Gartenfl. 1876, t. 874, f. 6; Baker, 1. c. 297. 

 Oregon and Washington Territory. The following varieties need 

 farther investigation. 



