ERYTHEONIUM 



THE BULB BOOK 



ERYTHRONIUM 



has usually been called grandi/lorum. 

 It is a native of the Blue Mountains 

 of Oregon, and the Cascade Mountains 

 of Washington, besides Colorado, 

 Utah, etc. It first flowered in England 

 about 1835 or 1836. The form called 

 Murrayi seems to be rare, and is 

 said to have mottled leaves. 



B. Hartwegi. A fine Californian 

 species with small corms and obovate 

 lance-shaped green leaves distinctly 



drooping on a scape 4 to 6 ins. high, 

 the centre being darker coloured with 

 a yellow ring. (Sot. Mag. t. 7017.) 



Fio. 129. Erythronium Hartwegi. (?.) 



marbled with dull purple. The large 

 creamy -white or pale yellow flowers, 

 tinted with orange at base, are from 

 2ij to 3 ins. across, and appear in 

 March and April, on stalks 4 to 8 ins. 

 high. 



B. Henderson!. A handsome species 

 from the Oregon Mountains, having 

 dull green oblong lance-shaped leaves 

 faintly mottled with purple brown. 

 The light purple-rose flowers with 

 reflexed segments appear in March 

 and April, from one to three or more 



FIG. ISO. Erythromum Hendersowi. (5j ) 



E. Howelli. A rare Oregon species 

 with obovate lance-shaped leaves 

 mottled with purple, and pale yellow 

 flowers having an orange - coloured 

 base which turns pink or rose with 

 age. There are no auricles at the 

 base of the inner petals. 



B. Johnsoni. A sturdy - growing 

 species from the Columbia Eiver, 

 with large, clear rosy-pink flowers, 

 having a rich yellow zone at the base. 

 It is considered to be a geographical 

 form of E. revolutum by Mr Carl 

 Purdy (Garden, 1896). 



B. mesochoreum. A native of the 

 grassy prairies and wooded slopes 

 from Iowa to Kansas. It resembles 

 E. albidum, but has unmottled and 

 narrower leaves, and the segments of 

 the whitish flowers are not recurved. 



B. montanum. A native of the 

 Oregon and Washington mountains, 



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