98 LILIACEAE. 



Erythronium montanum Wats. Leaves broadly lanceolate or ovate, 

 usually abruptly narrowed at base, not mottled; perianth-segments broadly 

 lanceolate, white, little recurved, each with an orange spot at base. 



Common in alpine meadows of Washington and Oregon. 



Er3rthronium parviflorum (Wats.) Goodding. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 not mottled; perianth-segments becoming recurved, bright yellow, with a 

 pale spot at the base of each; anthers white. 



In subalpine meadows, British Columbia to Oregon and Colorado. 



113. LLOYDIA. 



Low perennial herbs with slender coated bulbs and grass-like 

 leaves; flowers small, white; perianth funnelform, the segments 

 lanceolate, recurved; style short, entire; capsule obovoid, with 

 small oblong seeds. 



Lloydia serotina (L.) Sweet. Stems 5-12 cm. high; leaves very narrow, 

 linear, equalling the stem; flower usually solitary; perianth segments oblan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, 3-nerved, white. 



High mountains, rare. Tami Hy Mountain, Macoun; Mount Baker, 

 Flett: Olympic Mountains, Flett, Coftard. 



114. QUAMASIA. Camas. 



Scapose herbs, with membranous-coated edible bulbs; leaves 

 linear, basal; inflorescence a terminal raceme; flowers large, blue 

 or white, bracted; pedicels jointed at the base of the flower; 

 perianth-segments 6, separate, equal, spreading, persistent, 1-9- 

 nerved; stamens at the bases of the perianth-segments; ovary 

 3-celled, sessile; ovules numerous in each cavity. 



Perianth-segments narrowly lanceolate, irregular, one turning 

 downward, the other upward, each twisting separately after 

 blooming. Q. quamash. 



Perianth-segments broader, regularly disposed, connivent and 



twisting together after blooming. Q. leichtlinii. 



Quamasia quamash (Pursh) Coville. Scape stout, 30-70 cm. tall; leaves 

 several, mostly shorter than the stem, 5-10 mm. broad, sometimes glau- 

 cous; raceme elongated, 10-30-flowered, the pedicels short; bracts narrowly 

 lanceolate, about equalling the flowers; flowers dark blue or rarely white; 

 perianth-segments unequally spreading, lanceolate, acute, 2 cm. long, all 3- 

 nerved, all 5-nerved or alternately 3- and 5-nerved; capsule oblong-ovate, 

 somewhat 3-angled, 10-12 mm. long; seeds black, shining. 



In wet meadows; the bulbs used by the Indians as food. 



Quamasia leichtlinii (Baker) Coville. {Q. azurea Heller). Very similar 

 to Q. quamash; perianth segments cream-colored or bright blue, regular, 

 2-3.5 cm. long, becoming connivent and inter-twisted in age and falling to- 

 gether, all 3-nerved, 5-nerved, or 7-ner\-ed or alternately 3 and 5 or 5 and 

 7-nerved; capsule rather sharply 3-angled, 15 mm. long. 



In grassy meadows, Vancouver Island to California. Typical Q. leicht- 

 linii has cream-colored flowers, while the original specimens of Q. azurea are 

 blue-flowered, but both color forms occur growing together. The bulbs 

 are edible. 



