FritiUaria. UlAACEM 



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bri-^lit oraiigo-ml with a lir^htor oraiigo centre and largo purple spots on tlio lower 

 lialt: stamons and style a third shorter; anthers red, 4 or 5 Uuv.h long : ovary 12 to 

 U lines long : capsule narrowly oblong with acutish angles, 1^ inches long or more, 

 unibilicate at the suniniit, — Proc. Calif. Acad. ii. 12; Laker, 1. c. 242.° L. Cali- 

 fonticnm, Lindl. ; Florist, 1873, t. 33. L. superhiim, var. parJalinum, Baker, 

 Journ. Hort. Soc. 1873, 45. L. Canadense, vars. pardalitimn and Californicum, 

 Lolander, 1. c. 



Var. angustifolium, Kcll. Stem slender, 2 or 3 feet high : leaves scattered or 

 somewhat verticillato, linear (3 or 4 lines hroail), obscurely 3 - r)-nervetl : llowci-s 1 

 to 10, with narrow segments. — Watson, 1. c. 258. L. Canadense, var. llarlwecji, 

 Laker. L. RoezU, Kegel, Gartentl. 1870, t. GG7 ; Baker, 1. c. 243. 

 ^ From Central California probably to Oregon, in the Coast Itangos and I'ootliills of the Sierra 

 Nevada to an altitude of 4,000 feet, on stream-banks and in wet localities ; the variety on moist 

 slopes in the lower foothills. Roezl's reported locality for the variety (nionntains of Utah) was 

 doubtless a nustake. It has also been found in the Santa Cruz ilountains (//ar/u'cj/) and in 

 Humboldt County, Kdlogtj. 



++ ++ Bulbs ovoid, iv'ith fleshy lanceolate imbricated scales. 



7. L. Humboldtii, Boezl & Leichtlin. Bulbs large, 2 to G inches in diameter, 

 white or j)urplish, the very lleshy ovate lanceolate acute scales 2 or 3 inches long : 

 stems stout, i)urplish, puberulent or glabrous, 4 to 8 feet high : leaves usually in 4 to 

 6 whorls of 10 to 20 each, oblanceolate, undulate, 4 or 5 inches long and 9 to 12 

 lines wide, acute, bright green, somewhat scabrous or pubescent on the margin and 

 beneath : bracts often ovate : tlowers few to many, on usually stout and widely 

 spreading jiedicols 3 to G inches long or more, scattered ; segments 3 or 4 inches 

 long, G to 12 lines broad, strongly revolute above the short abruptly narrowed claw, 

 reddish orange with purple spots, papillose-ridged toward the base: stamens U to 

 2 inches long, about eipialling the style, with red oblong-linear anthers 4 to 8 Hues 

 long: capsule large, obovoid, acutely G-angled. — Duchartre, Obs. 105; Eegel, 

 Gartenfl. 1872, t. 724 ; Fl. Serres, t. 1973 ; Krelage, Not. de Lis, 27, t. 4. L. Cana- 

 dense, var. 2)id)endm)i, Torr. Pacif. R. Kep. iv. 14G. L. Bloomerianum, Kellogg, 

 Proc. Calif. Acad. iv. IGO, and var. ocellatnm, same, v. 88, t. 4. 



In dry open localities in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada nt 2,500 to 3,.500 feet altitude, south- 

 ward to San Diego County (Palmer) and Santa Rosa Island olf Santa Barbara, Harford. 



8. L. Columbianum, Hanson. Bulb small (1^ to 2 inches in diameter), with 

 lanceolate acute closely appressed whitish scales : stems 2 or 3 feet high or more, 

 slender : leaves in whorls of 5 to 9 or sometimes more, the upper and lower scattered, 

 oblanceolate, 2 to 4 inches long and G to 15 lines wide, acute, smooth : flowers few 

 to many, scattered, on slender curving more or less divergent pedicels 3 to G inches 

 long; segments 1 i- to 2 inches long and 4 to G lines wide, strongly revolute, bright 

 reddish orange thickly spotted with purple : stamens about equalling the style, 12 

 to 15 lines long, with yellow oblong anthers 2 or 3 lines long : capsule short-oblong, 

 an inch long, acutely G-angled. — Baker, Card. Chron. 1871, 1257, and 1. c. 243. 

 L. Canadense, var. p<trvijlornin, Hook. Fl. l)or.-Am. ii. 181. L. Canadense, vans., 

 AVood, 1. c. IGG. L. lucidnm, Kellogg, 1. c. vi. 144. 



Frequent in "Washington Territory and Oregon, and southward in the Sierra Nevada to Plumas 

 and Sierra Counties. 



19. FRITILLARIA, Linn. 

 Perianth campanulate to funnelform, deciduous, of G distinct equal oblong-oblanceo- 

 late concave segments, somewhat spreading, more or less blotched or tinged with 

 ])urple, or sometimes yellow or white, and with a smooth shallow nectariferous pit 

 near the base. Stamens G, inserted on the base of the segments, included ; fdamcnts 

 .slender ; anthers oblong, versatile, e.xtrorsc, dehiscing laterally. Ovary sessile or 



