144 CONTRIBUTIONS FEOM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



2. LILITJM L. Lily. 



Stems tall, with all but the uppermost leaves scattered; leaves linear-lanceolate; 

 perianth campanulate, showy, reddish orange spotted with purple inside; capsules 

 subcylindric, attenuate at the base. 



Our species is one of our handsomest native plants. It occurs only occasionally in 

 moist places in the higher mountains. It is well worthy of cultivation and would 

 doubtless do well in gardens at elevations of 2,000 meters or more. 



1. Lilium umbeUatum Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 229. 1814. 



Lilium montanum A. Nels. Bull. Torrey Club 26: 6. 1899. 



Lilium philadelphicum montanum Cockerell, Univ. Mo. Stud. Sci. 2^: 92. 1911. 



Type locality: "On the banks of the Missouri." 



Range: Ohio to Alberta, south to Arkansas and New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Chama; Santa Fe and Las Vegas mountains; Fresnal. Open woods, 

 in the Transition Zone. 



We are unable to separate Lilium montanum from this, since the characters of the 

 narrowness of the leaves and the number of flowers do not hold for New Mexican 

 material. 



3. FRITILLARIA L. Fritillaria. 



Slender plant 20 to 40 cm. high, with leafy stems, each bearing 1 to 6 flowers; bulbs 

 of numerous thick scales; perianth campanulate, of 6 equal, dull purple segments; 

 styles united to the middle. 



1. FritiUaria atropui^urea Nutt. Joum. Acad. Phlla. 7: 54. 1834. 

 Type locality: "On the borders of the Flat-Head river." 

 Range: Oregon and North Dakota to California and New Mexico. 

 New Mexico: Carrizo Mountains (Matthews). 



4. LLOYDIA Salisb. 



Low plants, 5 to 15 cm. high, with leafy 1-flowered stems; bulbs upon an oblique 

 rhizome, covered by the persistent bases of the leaves; perianth segments spreading, 

 white with purple veins. 



1. Lloydia serotina (L.) Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2. 527. 1830. 



Anihericum serotinum. L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 444. 1762. 



Lloydia alpina Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. 1: 328. 1812. 



Type locality: "In alpibus Anghae, Helvetiae, Taureri rastadiensis, Wallaesiae." 



Range: Arctic regions southward to Washington and New Mexico; also in the Old 

 World. 



New Mexico: Hermits Peak; Pecos Baldy; top of Las Vegas Range. Meadows, in 

 the Arctic-Alpine Zone. 



25. ASPHODELACEAE. Asphodel Family. 



1. ANTHERICUM L. 



A low plant with naked stems (sometimes with 1 or 2 small leaves) from a thick 

 cylindric fleshy-fibrous root; leaves linear, grasslike; flowers yellow, on jointed 

 pedicels; capsules oblong, with several flattened seeds in each cell. 



1. Anthericum torreyi Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 15: 318. 1876. 

 Echeandia tcrnijlora anguslifoliaTorr . U. S. & Mex. Bound. Bot. 219. 1859. 

 Hesperanthes torreyi S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 14: 241. 1879. 



