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4, L. ruBescens. Similar, but bulbs small (2 inches in diameter) : 
flowers erect or ascending, with revolute segments, usually 14 or 2 
inches long, sometimes more, pale lilac or nearly white, becoming 
rose-purple: anthers 2 or 3 lines long. — LZ. Washingtonianum, var. 
purpureum, Masters, Gard. Chron. 2. 2. 322, f. 67; Baker, 1. ¢. 233. 
California (Coast Range, Marin to Humboldt Counties). 
5. L. Parryt, Watson. Bulb small, with jointed scales: leaves 
linear-oblanceolate, usually scattered: flowers horizontal, pale yellow ; 
segments about 3 inches long, with spreading or recurved tips: capsule 
narrowly oblong. — Proc. Davenport Acad. 2. 188, t. 5, 6. Cali- 
fornia (San Gorgonio Pass, San Bernardino County). 
* * Segments oblanceolate, yellow or orange, coarsely spotted with brown. 
Flowers erect or horizontal, small. 
++ Species of Atlantic States. [See page 301.] 
6. L. Grayi. Leaves lanceolate, 2 inches long or less, in whorls 
of 4 to 8, not acuminate: flowers 1} to 2} inches long, horizontal, 
often solitary ; segments spreading but not recurved, apparently deep 
reddish-orange, covered throughout with purplish spots. — Summit of 
Roan Mountain (Gray, 1840) and Peaks of Otter (A. H. Curtiss, 
July, 1871). The specimens are scanty, but appear very distinct. 
++ ++ Californian species. 
7. L. paryum, Kellogg. Bulb rhizomatous, of small narrow jointed 
scales: leaves mostly verticillate, acute or acuminate: flowers few to 
very many, suberect, 1 to 1} inches long, yellow or orange, rather 
finely dotted except on the reddish spreading or recurved tips : anthers 
a line or two long: capsule subglobose, truncate, 6 to 9 lines long. 
— Proc. Calif. Acad. 2. 179, f. 12; Regel, Gartenfl. 1872, t. 725; 
Elwes, Monogr. t. 24. Z. Canadense, var. Walkeri, Wood, 1. c. 166, 
and var. parvum, Baker ; Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 6146; Babbage, 1. ¢. 
156, fig. (bulb). In the Sierra Nevada to Oregon. 
8. L. MAriTIMUM, Kellogg. Bulb small, conical: stem rather low: 
leaves usually scattered, narrow, often obtuse: flowers solitary or few, 
horizontal, 11 to 2 inches long, deep reddish-orange, spotted below ; 
segments recurved above: style and stamens short ; anthers 2 lines 
long: capsule “long and narrow.” — Proc. Calif. Acad. 6,140. Z. 
Canadense, var. parviflorum, Bolander, same, 5. 206. Swamps, Marin 
to Humboldt Counties. 
+ + Flowers nodding, large. 
++ Species of the Atlantic States. 
9. L. Canapense, Linn. Tall, rhizomatous: leaves usually ver- 
ticillate, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acuminate, scabrous on the 
