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Erythronium—continwed. 
peat soil suit them well, and they should be planted 
about 3in, deep in autumn, and covered with sand. 
Many additions, chiefly from America, have been made 
to the ranks of these flowers within the last ten years, 
and the newer introductions are far superior to the 
older ones, beautiful though some of the latter are. To 
those described on p. 533, Vol. I., the following should 
be added : 
E. albidum (whitish). j. white or bluish-white, solitary ; 
perianth segments lin. to lin. long, without auricles at the 
base. J. oblong-lanceolate, 4in. to 6in. long, slightly or not at 
all mottled. Stem 6in. to Yin. long. Corm ovoid, stoloniferous. 
North America, 1824. 
E. a. bracteatum (bracted), fl. yellow. 7. longer than in the 
type. Mountainous regions, North America. 
Ree RATS 
Fic. 378. 
E. citrinum (citron-yellow). 1. lemon-yellow ; perianth segments 
having a broad, orange blotch near their auricled base, and the 
tips often suffused with pink; peduncles usually three-Howered. 
Oregon. 
E. Dens-canis. Besides the white form, the following may be 
mentioned : japonicum (from Japan), flowers violet-purple, with 
a blackish spot at the base of the petals; sibirieum, a more 
robust form than the type, from the Altai Mountains, having 
flowers of a deep rosy-purple, banded with purplish-crimson near 
the base of each segment, and with a yellow eye. 
E. Hartwegi (Theodore Hartweg’s).* jl. usually solitary, some- 
times two or three to a peduncle, remaining in beauty for three 
or four weeks ; perianth segments cream-coloured with an orange 
zone at base. Spring. J/. marbled on the upper surface with dull 
purple. Mountains near Sacramento, 1898. (B. M. 7583; G. C. 
Sept. 26, 1896, p. 361, f. 64.) 
E. Hendersoni (Henderson’s).* /. drooping, faintly scented ; 
perianth campanulate, about 2in. in diameter, the segments pale 
lilac, spotted dark purple at base, reflexed from half-way down ; 
peduncle 6in. to 8in. long, one- or two-flowered. Apvil. 1. two, 
Vol. V-. 
Erythronium—con/inued. 
opposite, oblong, dull green, spotted purplish-brown, narrowed 
to a long, channelled } » Oregon, 1887. (B. M. 7017; G. C. 
888, iii., p. 653, f. 86; G. & F. i., p. 317, f. 50.) 
E. Howelli (Ilowell’s).* . pale pink, with a deep orange spot 
near the base of each perianth segment ; inner segments having 
seales or auricles; stamens white. Oregon. Resembles 
E. Hendersoni. 
E. Johnsonii (Johnson’s).* jl. of a reddish-pink hue, deeper on 
the outside, with a zone of orange-yellow at the base of the 
perianth segments ; scapes 10in. to 12in. high. Southern Oregon, 
1896. (G. C. 1895, xix., p. 548, f. 83; Gn. li., p, 136.) 
E. multifiorum (many-flowered). jl. bright lilac, with a yellow 
se, aS many as fifteen to a peduncle. 7. mottled. Probably a 
variety of 2. purpurascens, 
E. Nuttallianum (Nuttall’s).* 
brown anthers. Jd, dark green. 
fl. colden-yellow, with reddish- 
North America. This species is 
ERYTHRONIUM REVOLUTUM PINK BEAUTY. 
somewhat rare in cultivation. It comes very close to #. grandi- 
Jlorwm, which, however, has white anthers. It likes a sunny but 
rather damp position. 
E. propullans (budding forth). #1. rosy-purple, yellow at base ; 
perianth sin. long; stigma undivided ; peduncle one-flowered, 
2in. to 3in. long. 7@. oblong-lanceolate, 2in. to Jin, long, slightly 
spotted. Corm small, ovoid, stoloniferous. Minnesota. 
E. purpurascens (purplish), ji. light yellow, tinged with purple, 
deep orange at the base, usually four to twelve in a sub- 
umbellate raceme from lin. to 14in. long. May. J. large, more 
or less oblong, frequently undulated. Bulbs lin, to 2in. long. 
Sierra Nevada. 
E. p. uniflorum (one-flowered). 
flowered. SYN. FE. revolutuin. 
E. revolutum (revolute). A synonym of #. purpurascens uni- 
florum. ‘There are several varieties of this. One, Pink Beauty, 
is shown at Fig. 378, for which we are indebted to Messrs. Barr 
and Sons. 
E. Smithii (Smith's). 
purascens revolutum. 
jl, peduneles slender, one- 
This is probably identical with 2. pur- 
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