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  lower 
  tliird 
  or 
  base 
  being 
  spotted 
  with 
  more 
  numerous 
  darker 
  or 
  nearly 
  black 
  

   and 
  clean 
  well-defined 
  dots 
  ; 
  stamens 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  style 
  ; 
  the 
  curved 
  ascend- 
  

   ing 
  style 
  slightly 
  streaked 
  with 
  broken 
  purple 
  lines, 
  apex 
  triangular-clavate, 
  

   stigma 
  undivided. 
  

  

  Th^.TC 
  are 
  two 
  varieties 
  of 
  L. 
  Bloomerianum 
  found 
  growing 
  together 
  in 
  the 
  

   interior; 
  one 
  with 
  bold, 
  distinct 
  and 
  well-defined 
  dark 
  dots 
  and 
  spots, 
  with 
  longer 
  

   sepals 
  more 
  attenuated 
  above 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  with 
  ocellate 
  or 
  nipple-like 
  blotches, 
  

   being 
  broader 
  and 
  of 
  more 
  continuously 
  oblong 
  form. 
  The 
  same 
  distinction 
  

   into 
  masculine 
  and 
  feminine 
  forms 
  is 
  observed 
  among 
  these 
  maritime 
  lilies. 
  The 
  

   Island 
  lily 
  has 
  slightly 
  scabrulose 
  stems, 
  and 
  more 
  discoidly-scabrulose 
  under 
  

   surface 
  to 
  the 
  leaves, 
  and 
  are 
  always 
  scabrous 
  along 
  the 
  mid-rib 
  beneath 
  ; 
  

   whereas 
  the 
  Sierra 
  Mountain 
  lilies 
  are 
  mostly 
  glabrous 
  — 
  sometimes 
  pubescent 
  on 
  

   both 
  mid-rib 
  and 
  nerves, 
  but 
  never 
  scabrous 
  ; 
  they 
  also 
  sport 
  more 
  leaves 
  in 
  the 
  

   whorls, 
  etc.; 
  these 
  also 
  are 
  broader, 
  hence 
  the 
  greater 
  number 
  of 
  nerves 
  ; 
  the 
  

   numerous 
  flowers 
  are 
  usually 
  (if 
  not 
  always) 
  alternately 
  distributed 
  on 
  longer 
  

   and 
  more 
  divaricate 
  peduncles. 
  The 
  slightly 
  purplish 
  scales 
  of 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

   mountains 
  become 
  very 
  remarkably 
  purple 
  on 
  the 
  islands. 
  The 
  enormous 
  gre- 
  

   garious 
  bulb, 
  with 
  its 
  numerous 
  stems, 
  is 
  a 
  peculiar 
  feature 
  not 
  observed 
  in 
  the 
  

   thousands 
  of 
  specimens 
  hitherto 
  examined. 
  

  

  Found 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  G. 
  W. 
  Harford, 
  of 
  U. 
  S. 
  Coast 
  Survey, 
  on 
  Santa 
  Rosa 
  

   Island, 
  growing 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  deep 
  sheltered 
  ravines, 
  trending 
  nearly 
  north 
  

   and 
  south, 
  hence, 
  only 
  where 
  they 
  get 
  the 
  morning 
  sun 
  ; 
  but 
  are 
  shaded 
  from 
  

   the 
  ardent 
  meridian, 
  or 
  post-meridian 
  heat, 
  which 
  burns 
  the 
  leaves 
  and 
  kills 
  

   them 
  out 
  on 
  opposite 
  exposures 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  locality. 
  They 
  are 
  found 
  growing 
  

   in 
  loose 
  gravelly 
  detritus 
  of 
  sweet, 
  freshly 
  made 
  soils, 
  on 
  the 
  high 
  and 
  dry 
  well- 
  

   drained 
  or 
  leaching 
  benches, 
  or 
  steeper 
  declivities, 
  where 
  thus 
  sheltered 
  they 
  

   thrive 
  the 
  best, 
  mid 
  fogs 
  and 
  fierce 
  cold 
  winds. 
  

  

  We 
  find 
  no 
  evidence 
  of 
  any 
  proper 
  description 
  of 
  this 
  lily. 
  The 
  catalogue 
  

   refers 
  to 
  scores 
  of 
  new 
  lilies 
  from 
  this 
  coast, 
  among 
  which 
  is 
  L. 
  Humboldtii. 
  

   It 
  is 
  proper 
  to 
  say, 
  this 
  has 
  been 
  kindly 
  figured 
  and 
  sent 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  Max 
  Lichten, 
  

   of 
  Baden 
  ; 
  but 
  that 
  drawing 
  is 
  certainly 
  our 
  L. 
  pardalinum 
  ; 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  our 
  

   translation 
  of 
  the 
  remarks 
  of 
  the 
  author 
  enables 
  us 
  to 
  judge 
  — 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  

   excellent 
  painting 
  — 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  correctness 
  of 
  this 
  conclu- 
  

   sion. 
  

  

  Ard^eia 
  azurea, 
  Kellogg. 
  

  

  Stem 
  (perennial?) 
  twining, 
  terete, 
  sub-striate, 
  densely 
  canescent-hirsute 
  

   throughout. 
  Leaves 
  alternate, 
  cordate, 
  acute 
  and 
  acumiuately 
  mucronate, 
  sil- 
  

   very 
  alike 
  above 
  and 
  below, 
  petioles 
  short, 
  or 
  about 
  half 
  an 
  inch 
  long, 
  or 
  half 
  

   the 
  length 
  and 
  breadth 
  of 
  the 
  blade 
  (in 
  full 
  grown 
  leaves), 
  slightly 
  decurrent, 
  

   base 
  .T-nerved, 
  alternate 
  veined 
  above, 
  margins 
  sometimes 
  slightly 
  repand, 
  and 
  

   somewhat 
  oblique. 
  Long 
  axillary 
  peduncles 
  spreading 
  at 
  a 
  right 
  or 
  depending 
  

   obtuse 
  angle, 
  rarely 
  deflexed 
  with 
  a 
  somewhat 
  ascending 
  sweep, 
  2 
  to 
  2% 
  inches 
  

   in 
  length, 
  terminated 
  by 
  a 
  short 
  cymule 
  or 
  condensed 
  raceme. 
  Calyx 
  of 
  5 
  un- 
  

   equal 
  sepals, 
  persistent, 
  enveloping 
  the 
  capsule, 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  outer 
  sepals 
  much 
  larger, 
  

   ovate 
  acuminate 
  filiform-attenuate, 
  2 
  inner 
  smaller, 
  ovate-lanceolate 
  filiform 
  sub- 
  

  

  