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lumbia River, and northward. Bulb oblong-ovoid. Flowers (when more than 

 one) racemed, as if by the splitting of the scape. 



/?. mullijiorum (Torr.) Flowers 5—8 in the raceme. — Sierras. 

 y. mul'iscapidea (Kellogg). Scapes several, all radical, each 1-flowered. — 

 Sacramento Valley (Dr. Stillman. V. s. in herb. Torrey). A remarkable 

 plant ; but the scape is often one only, and then undistinguishable from 

 var. at. 



E. GioAXTEi'M Lindl. Scapes 5 or 6-flowered ; segments acuminate ; stigmas 

 united and club-shaped, somewhat 3-lobed. — Oregon to Idaho (Mr.E. Walker), 

 and northward. My specimens are all l-flowered, and too small to justify 

 Liudley's name. Flowers straw-yellow. 



LiLiuM CANADENSE, (3. puberulum [Torv.l) Tall, strict (3 — 4 f.) ; stem and 

 peduncles minutely puberulent ; leaves some opposite, some verticiliate, often 

 some scattered; flowers few (often but one); segments orange-yellow, with 

 brown dots, oblong, reflexed from below the middle ; anthers oblong ; stigma 

 entire, 3-lobed. — Yuba Co. to the Columbia. Flowers large, showy, 1 — 7. 

 June, July. 



y. minus. — Glaberrimum ; foliis plerumque sparsis ; flora saepius unica /? di- 

 midio minore ; antheris ovalibus, basi affixis. — Meadows near Mt. Shasta, 

 and in Oregon. June. (Yar. parviftora Hook, is undescribed.) 

 J. Walkeri. Floribus multis (12 — 15) minimisque (policaribus) ; racemo 

 elongate ; foliis verticillatis — Idaho (Mr. Elkanor Walker). 



L. Washingtoxianum (n. sp.) Glaberrimum ; foliis plerumque verticillatis, 

 oblanceolatis vel obovatis, breviter acuminatis ; floribus permagnis, infundi- 

 buliformibus, basi attenuatis, umbellatis vel sajpe solitariis, subnutantibus ; 

 segmentis sinxtulatis, apice cuspidatis, basi longe angustatis, supra recurvatis, 

 3-policaribus ; intus fusco-maculatis, odoratissimis ; anth. oblongis ; stig. in- 

 tegro. — In woods here and there, from Yosemite to the Columbia. 3 — 5 f. 

 Flowers purple, varying to white. 



This splendid lily seems to have been overlooked by the botanists, or con- 

 founded with the preceding. It is well known to the miners, who recognize 

 its superior qualities, and call it the " Washington Lily." 



FRITILLARIA, Tournef. 

 * Flowers tessellated, purple and yellow. Caps. 6-winged. 



F. MUTiCA Lindl. Stems many (3 — 9)-flowered, naked below ; leaves verti- 

 ciliate, linear-lanceolate, obtusely pointed; flowers racemed, nodding, bell- 

 form, as long as the pedicles (K) ; segments oblong, acutish, tessellated with 

 dull purple and greenish-yellow ; style trifid ; capsule 6-winged. — California; 

 common in the interior. 2 — ?> f. Lvs. 2 — 3'. The one radical leaf is ample, 

 elliptical. Bulb of white, thick scales. April, May. 



/?. foliosa. — Procera ; foliis majoribus (5 — 6^); floribus parvulis, segm. 

 linearibus, 9'^. — In deep shades. Redwood hills. 3 — 5 f. 



F. LANCEOLATA Ph. Stem strict, 1 — 2-flowered ; leaves lanceolate and linear- 

 lanceolate, verticiliate or opposite ; flowers nodding, obconic, obtuse at base, 

 longer than their pedicels ; segments oblanceolate, rather obtuse, tessellated 

 with purple and yellow; caspule broadly 6-winged. — Monterey to Portland, 

 north and east. 1 — 2 f. Lvs, 2 — 3^. Stem naked below, as in F. imitica. The 

 capsule is broader than long. It is more than probable that F. mutica runs 

 into this. 



F. PARViFLOUA Torr. (P. R. R. Rep. IV.) Leaves narrowly lance-linear, 

 whorled or scattered; flowers small, few or many, in a long raceme, on short 

 pedicels, nodding ; perianth narrow at base ; style trifid to near the middle; 

 capsule 6-winged. — Santa Cruz, Gavilan Mts. ! Murphy's (Calaveras Co.) 

 Radical leaf broad. Stem lvs. about 2' by 2^'. Flowers 1 — 20, greenish and 

 purple. 



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