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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  we 
  find 
  its 
  bulb 
  also 
  at 
  considerable 
  depth. 
  Its 
  ovoid 
  bulbs 
  are 
  very 
  larf;;e 
  and 
  

   strongly 
  built 
  ; 
  its 
  outer 
  scales 
  are 
  largest, 
  imbricated, 
  lanceolate, 
  tinged 
  with 
  

   purple, 
  and 
  very 
  fleshy, 
  well 
  calculated 
  to 
  hold 
  a 
  large 
  supply 
  of 
  moisture. 
  

  

  A 
  short 
  time 
  ago, 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  also 
  found 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Harford, 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  

   of 
  Santa 
  Rosa, 
  opposite 
  Santa 
  Barbara. 
  As 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  know, 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  

   been 
  found 
  on 
  any 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Coast 
  Ranges 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  land. 
  The 
  

   plant 
  found 
  on 
  Santa 
  Rosa 
  island 
  diSers 
  but 
  slightly 
  from 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  foot-hills 
  

   of 
  the 
  Sierras. 
  Its 
  leaves 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  brighter 
  green, 
  acuminate, 
  and 
  its 
  whorls 
  

   are 
  denser 
  and 
  more 
  regular, 
  while 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  plants 
  from 
  the 
  Sierras 
  are 
  

   rather 
  spathulate, 
  and 
  terminating 
  blunt 
  with 
  a 
  point 
  ; 
  their 
  green 
  is 
  also 
  of 
  a 
  

   less 
  vivid 
  color. 
  The 
  former 
  is 
  exposed 
  to 
  sea 
  breezes 
  and 
  fogs 
  ; 
  the 
  latter, 
  to 
  

   a 
  dry 
  and 
  exsiccating 
  air. 
  

  

  It 
  may 
  be 
  stated 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  above 
  remarks, 
  that 
  bulbs 
  from 
  

   Santa 
  Rosa 
  Island 
  do 
  far 
  better 
  with 
  us 
  here 
  than 
  those 
  from 
  the 
  Sierras. 
  

   The 
  reason 
  is 
  plain. 
  

  

  The 
  figure 
  in 
  the 
  Flore 
  of 
  Mons. 
  Louis 
  van 
  Houtte 
  (Vol. 
  XIX.) 
  represents 
  

   the 
  Santa 
  Rosa 
  Island 
  form 
  as 
  truthfully 
  as 
  a 
  representation 
  can 
  be 
  made.* 
  

  

  §. 
  Bulbs 
  rhizoraatous, 
  with 
  short 
  fleshy 
  scales. 
  

   3. 
  LiLiUM 
  Canadense, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  a. 
  var. 
  L. 
  parviflorum, 
  flook. 
  

  

  b. 
  var. 
  L. 
  pardalinum, 
  Kellogg. 
  

  

  var. 
  L. 
  puberulum, 
  Torr. 
  

  

  c. 
  var. 
  C. 
  Californicum, 
  Hort. 
  

  

  var. 
  L. 
  Walkeri, 
  Wood, 
  

   var. 
  L. 
  Hartwegii, 
  Baker. 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  enumerated 
  varieties 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  demonstrate 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  

   soil, 
  location, 
  and 
  climate 
  more 
  forcibly 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  our 
  lilies, 
  

   because 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  generally 
  distributed, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  wider 
  range 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   entire 
  State. 
  It 
  is, 
  therefore, 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  wondered 
  at, 
  that 
  so 
  many 
  excellent 
  

   botanists 
  described 
  different 
  forms 
  of 
  this 
  variable 
  species 
  under 
  so 
  many 
  dif- 
  

   ferent 
  names. 
  

  

  a. 
  The 
  form 
  of 
  L. 
  Canadense, 
  var. 
  parviflorum, 
  Hook, 
  occurring 
  largely 
  in 
  

   boggy 
  soil 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  redwood 
  belt, 
  and 
  ou 
  the 
  immediate 
  coast, 
  pre- 
  

   sents 
  even 
  there 
  differences 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  form, 
  well 
  calculated 
  to 
  lead 
  astray. 
  

   Here, 
  wherever 
  exposed 
  to 
  the 
  daily 
  continuous 
  westerly 
  winds, 
  it 
  attains 
  hardly 
  

   two 
  feet 
  in 
  height, 
  bearing 
  often 
  but 
  a 
  single 
  small 
  flower, 
  of 
  a 
  deep 
  red 
  color, 
  

   with 
  the 
  sepals 
  but 
  slightly 
  recurved 
  towards 
  the 
  lip 
  ; 
  but 
  wherever 
  sheltered, 
  

   either 
  by 
  trees 
  or 
  shrubbery, 
  it 
  attains 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  from 
  three 
  to 
  five 
  feet, 
  bearing 
  

   numerous 
  flowers 
  of 
  a 
  less 
  reddish 
  tint, 
  and 
  arranging 
  its 
  leaves, 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  part 
  

   of 
  them, 
  in 
  whorls 
  ; 
  while 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  exposed 
  plant 
  are 
  all 
  scattered, 
  and 
  few 
  

   in 
  number. 
  

  

  * 
  In 
  the 
  " 
  Notes 
  on 
  Lilies 
  and 
  their 
  Culture," 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Teutschel 
  & 
  Co., 
  I 
  find 
  this 
  ( 
  

   wrongly 
  enumerated 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Canadense 
  lilies. 
  Its 
  root 
  is 
  ovoid, 
  not 
  rhizomatous 
  ; 
  nor 
  

   does 
  it 
  ascend 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  Devil's 
  Gate. 
  What 
  Eoezl 
  found 
  there, 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Cana- 
  

   dense 
  varieties, 
  and 
  not 
  if. 
  Humboldtii, 
  

  

  