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lighter yellow in the centre, 2 or 3 inches long; segments strongly 
revolute: anthers 4 or 5 lines long: capsule narrowly oblong, 14 
inches long or more. — Proc. Calif. Acad. 2. 12; Baker, ]. ¢. 242; 
Elwes, l. c., t. 26. LZ. Californicum, Lindl.; Florist, 1873, t. 33. 
L. superbum, var. pardalinum, Baker, Journ. Hort. Soc. 1873, 45. 
LI. Canadense, var. pardalinum and var. Oalifornicum, Bolander, Proc. 
Calif. Acad. 5. 206. Coast Ranges and foothills of the Sierra Nevada 
(in wet places) from Central California northward. 
Var. ANGUSTIFOLIX, Kellogg. The form with narrow scattered 
leaves. — ZL. Roezli, Regel, Gartenfl. 1870, t. 667; Baker, Journ. 
Linn. Soe. 14. 243. LZ. Canadense, var. Hartwegi, Baker, Gard. 
Chron. 1871, 1165. 
27. FRITILLARIA, Linn. 
* Styles distinct to the middle ; stigmas linear. 
+ Capsule rather obtusely angled: flowers mostly large (an inch long) : bulb- 
scales 3 or 4 lines long. —§ Linioruiza, Baker. 
1. F. recurva, Benth. Bulb-scales numerous and thick: leaves 
linear-lanceolate, mostly in two whorls near the middle of the stem: 
flowers 1 to 7, tinged or blotched with light purple or scarlet, 12 to 
18 lines fone ; segments narrowly oblanceolate with recurved tips: 
stamens a little shorter, equalling the very slender style. — Pl. 
Hartw. 340; Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. 14. 272, and Bot. Mag. t. 
6264 (poor). Sierra Nevada (Placer County to Oregon). 
2. F. wittacea, Lindl. Bulb-scales few, very thick: leaves ob- 
lanceolate to linear, approximate or whorled near the base: flowers 1 
5, greenish white (not blotched), 8 to 12 lines long; segments 
oblanceolate, spreading: anthers shorter (1 to 1} lines): style stout. 
— Baker, |. ¢. 273. F. alba, Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. 1.46. Lilio- 
rhiza lanceolata, Kellogg, 1. c. 2. 46, f. 1; Regel, Gartenfl. 1872, 
t. 715. Lower Sacramento Valley; stamens much shorter than the 
styles, as in all the following species. 
3. F. prrrora, Lindl. Usually low: bulb-scales few, ovoid, often 
tipped with a small scarious blade: leaves narrowly lanceolate to 
oblong-lanceolate, few, scattered or somewhat whorled near the base: 
flowers 1 to 3, dark brownish or greenish purple ; segments oblanceo- 
late, widely spreading: style stout: capsule broadly obovoid. — Baker, 
lic. SF. Kamschatcensis, auth. £. lanceolata, Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound. 
t. 61. F. Grayana, Reich. f. & Baker, Trim. Journ. Bot. 1878, 
262. Coast Ranges, from Mendocino County to San Diego. 
