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long as the segments : anthers two to three lines long : capsule oblong or 

 shorter, un inch iong. On dry rocky ridges in the Coast Mountains of 

 southern Oregon and northern California. 



* * Flowers yellow, orange or reddish, mostly conspicuously spot- 

 ted; segn.ents of the perianth usually revolute. 



L. parrum Kellogg 1. c. 176. Bulb small, the thick jointed scales one 

 half to one inch long, upon a branching rhizome: stem slender, two to six 

 feet high : leaves scattered or in whorls, lanceolate to linear, acute or acu- 

 minate, two to MX inches long, an inch or less wid?: flowers few to many, 

 erect or nearly so on slender pedicels two to four inches long, yel'ow or 

 orange and usually (Jotted with purple within, reddish above ; segments one 

 to two inches long, more or less spreading or the tips recurved, pubescent 

 toward the apex: stamens an inch long about equalling the s'yle; anthers 

 ahlong.one to two lines long: capsule subspherical, 7-9 lines long, truncate 

 above. In the mountains at 40JO-8000 feet altitude, southern Oregon and 

 northern California. 



C. pardalinum Kellogg 1. c. 12. Rhizome thick and branching, form- 

 ing mat-like masses of roundish bulbs, the scales jointed near the base : stem 

 slender, 3-7 feet high: leaves usually in 3-4 whorls of 9-15, scattered above 

 and helow, narrowly lanceolate and sharply acuminate. 3-7 indies long, 

 2-12 lineswide, thin and faintly-nerved, glabrous and glaucous: flowers few 

 to many racemose or the lower in whorls, on stout pedicels 2-1 ) inches long: 

 segments of the perianth 2-3 inches long, 6-9 linea wide, lanceolate, strong- 

 ly revolute, bright orange-red with lighter orange centre and large purple 

 spots on the lower half : stamens l%-2 inches long : with red anthers 4-5 

 lines long: style little exceeding the anthers: capsule narrowly oblong, 

 with acutish angles, 1-1% inches long, umbilicate at the summit. In 

 springy places, Sjuthern Oregon to California. 



L. Colnmbianum Hansen. Baker Gard. Chron. 1871, 1257. Bulb 

 small %-2 inches in diameter with lanceolate acute closely appresed scales 

 about an inch long: stem slender, 2-rt feet high : leaves iii whorls of 3-9 or 

 more the upper and lower often scattered, usually odlanceolate, 1-6 inches 

 long, 9-15 lines wide, usually acute, the lower o'ten obtuse, smooth : flow- 

 ers few to many, on slender curving more or less divergent pedicels 3-6 

 inches long: segments of the perianth l%-2 inches long, 4-ti lines wide, 

 strongly revolute, bright orange thickly dotted with purple within : sta- 

 mens about equalling the style, with yellow oblong anthers 2-3 lines long: 

 capsule short oblong, about an inch long, acutely 6-angled. Common 

 from Brit. Columbia to California and Idaho. 



L. Purdyi Waugh. L. Bakeri Purdy Eryth. v, 104. Bulb ovoid, about 

 an iu-h iti diameter the lanceolate a ute, scales closely appresed: stem 2-6 

 feet high, rather stout, terete, smooth : leaves lanceolate, mostly in whorls: 

 flowers 1-10: segments of the perianth 1^ inch long, 5 lines wide acute; 

 lower half of segments forming a closely costricted tube from which the 

 upper half spreads rotately, tips not recurved, orange red, the lower portion 

 thickly dotted wilh maroon spots, very fragrant: stamens a little shorter 

 than the segments, equalling or exceeding the style: capsule about an inch 

 long acutely 6-ingled. In sandy woods along Puget Sound, Washington 

 to Brit. Columbia. 



9 FRITILLARIA L. Sp. 303. 



Perennial herbs with simple leafy stems from scaly bulbs, flat 

 leaves and mostly large nodding flowers in terminal leafy-bracted 

 racemes. Perianth campanulate to funnelform, of 6 distinct 

 equal concave deciduous seamen 1 s with a smooth shallow nectar- 

 iferous pit near the base. Stamens 6, inserted on the base of the 



