EnmiKONiuM 



THE Bri.R liOOK 



ERYTIir.ONIUM 



has usually been called rirandij^orum. 

 It is a native of the Blue Mountains 

 of Oregon, and the Cascade Mountains 

 of Washington, besides Colorado, 

 Utah, etc. It first flowered in England 

 about 1835 or 1836. The form called 

 Jfitrmi/i seems to be rare, and is 

 said to have mottled leaves. 



E. Hartwegl. — A fine Californian 

 species with small corms and obovate 

 lance-shaped green leaves distinctly 



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Fig. 1-29.— Erythronium Hartxctgi. (§.) 



marbled with dull purple. The large 

 creamy-white or pale yellow flowers, 

 tinted with orange at base, are from 

 2\ to 3 ins. across, and appear in 

 March and April, on stalks 4 to 8 ins. 

 high. 



E. Hendersonl. — A handsome species 

 from the Oregon Mountains, having 

 dull green oblong lance-shaped leaves 

 faintly mottled with purple brown. 

 The light purple-rose flowers with 

 reflexed segments appear in March 

 and April, from one to three or more 



drooping on a scape 4 to 6 ins. high, 

 the centre being darker coloured with 

 a yellow ring. {Bot. Marj. t. 7017.) 



Fig. 130. — fijT/rArf'P turn HewJerstmi. (| 1 



E. Howelli. — X rare Oregon species 

 with obovate lance-shaped leaves 

 mottled with purple, and pale yellow 

 flowers having an orange - coloured 

 base which turns pink or rose with 

 age. There are no auricles at the 

 base of the inner petals. 



E. Johnsonl. — A sturdy - growing 

 species from the Columbia Eiver, 

 with large, clear rosy-pink flowers, 

 having a rich yellow zone at the base. 

 It is considered to be a geographical 

 form of E. revolutum by Mr Carl 

 Purdy (Garden, 1896). 



E. mesochoreum. — A native of the 

 grassy prairies and wooded slopes 

 from Iowa to Ivansas. It resembles 

 £. albichim, but has unmottled and 

 narrower leaves, and the segments of 

 the whitish flowers are not recurved. 



E. montcmiun.- — A native of the 

 Oregon and Washington mountains, 



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