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b. L. pardali'num Kellogg. TIGER LILY, LEOPARD LILY. Stems 

 simple, 3-7 ft. high, from a bulb like a thick rootstock, forming 

 clumps. Leaves acuminate in whorls of from 9 to 15, lanceolate, 

 pointed-, 3-nerved, varying in width. Flowers in racemes, the lowest 

 often whorled, nodding at the ends of long spreading pedicels. 

 Perianth orange below, spotted with reddish purple ; segments curled 

 backwards. Anthers red. This is frequent along streams under 

 the trees, in the Coast and Sierra Nevada Mountains. 



c. L. Humbold'tii Roezl. and Leicht. HUMBOLDT'S LILY, TIGER 

 LILY. Steins stout, purplish, 4-8 ft. high, from bulbs 2-6 in. in 

 diameter composed of fleshy, ovate-lanceolate scales 2-3 in. long. 

 Leaves large, with undulate, rough margins, in 4-6 whorls and with 

 10-20 in each whorl. Flowers large, drooping, on stout widely 

 spreading pedicels which are from a few inches to nearly a foot long. 

 Segments of the perianth 3-4 in. long, reddish orange, spotted with 

 purple, curled back. Stamens about equaling the style, anthers red. 

 Capsule large, sharply 6-angled. This blooms in summer and is 

 frequent in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and south 

 to near San Diego. 



d. L. par'vum Kellogg. SMALL TIGER LILY. Stems slender, 1 to 

 more than 6 'ft. high, from a small bulb composed of short, thick, 

 jointed scales. Leaves scattered or in whorls, 2-5 in. long. Flowers 

 small, erect, or nearly so, on slender, almost erect pedicels. Segments of 

 the perianth about an inch long, orange, spotted toith purple, reddish at 

 the recurved spreading tips. Stamens almost as long as the style. 

 Capsule roundish, less than an inch long. This is frequent in the 

 Sierra Nevada Mountains and north to Oregon. 



e. L. Columbia'num Hanson. Bulb small, with fleshy white scales 

 closely folded over each other. Stems slender, 23 ft. high. Upper 

 and lower leaves scattered, the others in whorls of 5-several, oblanceo- 

 late. Flowers nodding, few or many, on scattered, slender, curving 

 pedicels. Perianth bright orange spotted with purple, the segments 

 1-2 in. long, revolute. Anthers yellow. Capsule an inch long, 

 6-angled. This beautiful lily is common in Washington and Oregon 

 and is found in northern California. 



VI. FRITILLA'RIA, Mission Bells, Rice Roots 



Stems simple, leafy. Bulb with round, thick scales, often 

 like grains of rice. Flowers in racemes, nodding on rather 

 short pedicels. Perianth bell-shaped with separate divisions, 

 nectary a shallow pit. 



a. F. lanceola'ta Pursh. CHECKERED LILY. Leaves in from 

 1 to 3 whorls, lanceolate, 2-5 in. long. Flowers on slender pedicels^ 



