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LILIACE.E. FnltlUuiu. 



Dearly so, many-ovuled : styles sleiulcr, \isually exceeding the stamens, nnitcd to 



the middle or throughout, deciduous. Capsule membranaceous, broadly obovate or 



shortly oblong, obtusely or acutely fi-angled or fi-winged, loculicidally 3-valved. 



Seeds numerous, horizontal. Hat, in 2 rows in each cell, with thin light brownish 



testa. — Stems erect, simple, leafy, from scaly bulbs ; leaves scattered or verticillate, 



narrow, sessile ; tlowers solitary or racemose, leafy-bracteate, mostly dull-colored, 



nodding : bulbs (in our species) of very thick lleshy scales, small, the scales usually 



terminating in a scarious appendage, sometimes 1 or 2 of them leaf-bearing in early 



spring, occasionally surrounded by thin membranous coats. — l>aker, Journ. I.inn. 



Soc. xiv. 251. Amhlirlon, Kaf. LUiorhiza, Kellogg. 



A genus of over fJO .species, (listribiited throughout the uortliein teuiiieiate zone, hut in Anieiiiu 

 eouliueil to tlie I'aeilie eoa.st. About 30 species are .Asiatic, ami lialfas many are liuropean. One 

 only of the following .Vmcricau species is also Siberian. Some are very ornamental ami have long 

 been familiar in gardens, ami most of the Californian species are worthy of cultivation. 



* Stijics distinct above ; stlf/)nus lt)iear. 



•1- Caj)SHlcs rather ubtUMlij ant/lcd : JloH'crs vwstlij laryc (an hick Ion;/). — 

 LiLiuiiiiiz.v, Ijaker. 



1. F. recurva, Centh. Bulb of numerous thick scales 3 or 4 lines long or less: 

 stem rather stout, 8 to 18 inches high, 1 - 9-llowercd : leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 usually 8 to 12, mostly in 2 whorls near the middle of the stem, 3 or 4 inches long : 

 flowers described as scarlet outside and yellow sitotted with scarlet within, though 

 dried specimens appear thickly blotclied and tinged with light reildisli pur|ile or 

 scarlet; segments narrowly oblanceolate, with tijis usually recurv(;d, 12 to 18 lines 

 long ; nectary obscure : stamens a little shorter, equalling the very slender styles ; 

 anthers nearly 2 lines long. — PI. Ilartw. 340; Uaker, 1. c. 272, and Hot. iMag. 

 t. G2G4. 



In the Sierra Nevada, from Placer County northward into Oiegon. The tigurc cited docs not 

 represent the ordinary form of the sjiecies, either in the scarlet and yellow colors of the small 

 llowers or in the stout obscurely 3-lobcd style. 



2. F. liliacea, Lindl. Bidbs of few very thick scales 3 or 4 lines long : stem 

 slender, 6 to 12 inches high, 1-5-tlowered : leaves 5 to 10, usually approximate or 

 verticillate near the base, oblanceolate to linear, l.l to 3 inches long : llowers greenish 

 Avhite, not blotched; segments rather broadly oblanceolate, spreading, 8 to 12 lines 

 long : stamens 4 lines long, shorter than the stout style ; anthers 1 to U lines long, 

 oblong, mucronate: cai)sule distinctly stipitalo, half an inch long and broad, truncate 

 at each end. — l!ot. b'eg. xx, under t. l(i(;3; \Ukrv, 1. c. 273. /'. alba, Kellogg, 

 Proc. (."alif. Acad. i. 4G. LUiorhiza lanceolata, Kellogg, same, ii. 4(5, lig. 1 ; Pegel, 

 (JartenH. 1871, t. 715. 



About .San Francisco, and proLably throughout the lower .Sacramento Valley. 



3. F. biflora, Lindl. 1. c Tiulb of a few very thick and fleshy ovate scales, 3 

 to 5 lines long, often tipjied with a small ovate .scarious blade : stem usually stout, 

 G to 18 inches high, 1 - 3-llowered : leaves 2 to G, mostly near the base, scattereil or 

 somewhat verticillate, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate or sometimes linear, 2 to 4 

 inches long : llowers dark brownish pur|)le tinged with green ; segments widely 

 spreading, obIong-(d)lanceolate, about an inch long, with obscure nectaries : stamens 

 4 or 5 lines long with mucronate anthers 2 lines long : style stout : capsule broadly 

 obovoid and somewhat G-angled, G to 9 lines long. — Uaker, 1. c. F. Junnlschat- 

 censis, Torr. Pacif. P. Pep. iv. 14G. /'. lanceolata, Torr. Pot. Mex. Pound, t. Gl. 

 F. O'rai/ana, Peichenb. f. iK: Paker, Trim. Journ. Pot. 2 ser. vii. 2G2. 



In the Coast Ranges from San Diogo to Mendocino Count}'. Flowering at San Diego in Feb- 

 ruary and abundant there in stony places. 



