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  This 
  form 
  extends 
  along 
  the 
  immediate 
  coast 
  from 
  Vancouver's 
  Island 
  to 
  

   Oregon 
  and 
  California. 
  This 
  long, 
  linear 
  extension 
  and 
  range 
  is 
  common 
  to 
  

   many 
  plants 
  of 
  the 
  immediate 
  western 
  coast. 
  

  

  b. 
  Proceeding, 
  however, 
  eastward 
  along 
  a 
  stream 
  into 
  the 
  interior 
  to 
  a 
  

   point 
  where 
  the 
  coast 
  climate 
  changes 
  gradually 
  into 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  inland-coast 
  

   valleys, 
  and 
  where 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  sunshine 
  and 
  shelter 
  is 
  added 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  

   moisture, 
  we 
  find 
  the 
  beautiful 
  and 
  charming 
  form 
  described 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Kellogg 
  

   under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  L. 
  pardalinum. 
  Here, 
  in 
  deep 
  recesses, 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  

   streams 
  — 
  in 
  such 
  favorable 
  localities 
  — 
  the 
  plant 
  attains 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  from 
  six 
  to 
  

   nine 
  feet. 
  Here 
  its 
  rhizomatous 
  bulb 
  ramifies 
  and 
  multiplies 
  rapidly, 
  forming 
  

   clusters 
  several 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter. 
  Stems 
  shoot 
  up 
  side 
  by 
  side, 
  from 
  every 
  ter- 
  

   minating 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  ramifying 
  or 
  radiating 
  bulb, 
  giving 
  the 
  plant 
  a 
  gregarious 
  

   appearance. 
  Perhaps 
  nowhere 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  is 
  this 
  gregarious 
  character 
  so 
  

   well 
  and 
  plainly 
  exhibited 
  as 
  in 
  Bear 
  Valley, 
  on 
  the 
  Sierras, 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  

   4,000 
  feet, 
  where 
  acres 
  of 
  a 
  wet 
  meadow 
  are 
  densely 
  covered 
  by 
  this 
  magnificent 
  

   form. 
  The 
  whorls 
  are 
  here 
  usually 
  broken 
  up, 
  and 
  the 
  large 
  leaves 
  are 
  in- 
  

   definitely 
  scattered 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  huge 
  stems, 
  which 
  are 
  variously 
  branched, 
  

   bearing 
  numerous 
  flowers, 
  with 
  strongly 
  recurved 
  perianths 
  of 
  a 
  bright 
  yellow- 
  

   ish-red 
  color, 
  copiously 
  spotted 
  with 
  purple 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  face. 
  

  

  But 
  if 
  we 
  proceed 
  from 
  the 
  inland 
  coast 
  valleys 
  farther 
  eastward, 
  and 
  enter 
  

   the 
  large 
  valleys 
  of 
  the 
  interior, 
  where 
  the 
  climate 
  is 
  hot 
  and 
  the 
  air 
  dry, 
  we 
  

   soon 
  lose 
  sight 
  of 
  this 
  plant, 
  even 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  streams. 
  Crossing 
  the 
  valleys 
  

   and 
  ascending 
  the 
  foot-hills 
  of 
  the 
  Sierras, 
  to 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  from 
  2,500 
  to 
  4,000 
  

   feet, 
  we 
  meet 
  it 
  again, 
  in 
  all 
  its 
  glory, 
  in 
  wet 
  localities. 
  

  

  Growing 
  in 
  wet, 
  boggy 
  soil, 
  mostly 
  subject 
  to 
  overflowing 
  at 
  some 
  time 
  

   during 
  the 
  year, 
  its 
  bulbs 
  are 
  imbedded 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  inches 
  beneath 
  the 
  surface 
  

   of 
  the 
  soil. 
  At 
  San 
  Francisco 
  it 
  blooms 
  readily 
  in 
  cool 
  houses. 
  

  

  c. 
  The 
  next 
  marked 
  form 
  L. 
  Californicum, 
  Hort, 
  (L. 
  Walkeri, 
  Wood 
  ; 
  L. 
  

   Hartwegii, 
  Baker; 
  L. 
  puberulum, 
  Torr.), 
  diSers 
  very 
  strikingly 
  from 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  variety 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  and 
  arrangement 
  of 
  its 
  leaves, 
  and 
  in 
  habitat. 
  The 
  

   leaves 
  are 
  usually 
  arranged 
  in 
  dense 
  and 
  numerous 
  whorls, 
  only 
  the 
  uppermost 
  

   are 
  scattered, 
  linear-lanceolate, 
  acuminate, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  dull 
  green 
  color 
  ; 
  while 
  

   those 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  form 
  are 
  mostly 
  spathulate, 
  or 
  oblanceolate, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  

   bright 
  green 
  color. 
  

  

  This 
  form 
  we 
  find 
  on 
  moist 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  foot-hills 
  of 
  the 
  Sierras 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  of 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Coast 
  Ranges, 
  where 
  the 
  climate 
  approaches 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  . 
  

   in 
  character 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  interior 
  valleys. 
  Iuj,these 
  thus 
  characterized 
  localities, 
  

   the 
  plant 
  is 
  neither 
  copiously 
  supplied 
  with 
  moisture 
  by 
  heavy 
  dews 
  or 
  dense 
  

   fogs, 
  nor 
  by 
  an 
  abundance 
  from 
  below. 
  

  

  4. 
  LiLiuM 
  PARVUM, 
  Kellogg. 
  

  

  The 
  specific 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  refers 
  solely 
  to 
  the 
  small 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  flower 
  ; 
  

   for, 
  in 
  every 
  other 
  respect, 
  this 
  plant 
  attains 
  as 
  large 
  a 
  size 
  as 
  any 
  other 
  of 
  our 
  

   lilies, 
  if 
  not 
  larger. 
  It 
  begins 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  in 
  the 
  Sierras 
  where, 
  to 
  my 
  

   knowledge, 
  Lilium 
  pardalinum 
  ceases 
  to 
  grow, 
  namely, 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  4,000 
  

  

  