Frilillaria. LILIACEyE. 



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•t- -I- Capsule short and thicic, acutely aiujled or whujed. — (Joniocarpa, Baker. 

 ++ Flowers usualli/ larrje (an inch lonrj or more). 



4. F. lanceolata, Pursli. Bulbs of thick scales half an inch long or less : stem 

 a foot or two hiyli, 1 - 2-llo\vered, deep green and glaucous throughout: leaves 

 usually 6 to 12, in 1 to 3 whorls on the upper part of the stem, linear-lanceolate to 

 lanceolate, 2 to 5 inches long: llowcus on slender pedicels (at least the lower ones 

 an inch long or more), broadly campanulate, dark purple somewhat mottled with 

 greenish yellow ; segments narrowly oblongdanceolate, strongly arched, with a largo 

 oblong nectary: stamens G to 8 lines long; anthers 1^ to 3^^ lines long: capsule 

 broadly winged, nearly an inch long. — Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. ii." 181, t. 193, B. 



Var. floribunda, Benth. Flowers several (1 to 8), usually lighter coloreil, 

 coarsely blotched with brownish pur|)le ; segments broad (4 to G lines), acute, the 

 iuari,dn linoly crenulate-undulate. — PI. Ilartw. 338. /'. mntica, Limll. 1. c. 



Var. gracilis, Watson. Flowers smaller than in the last, with narrower and 

 more acuminate segments : filaments short and. anthers often scarcely loiiger than 

 broad. — Proc. Am. Acad. xiv. 259. F. lanceolata, var. (?), Benth. PI. llartw. 340. 



Tlie typical form raiigps from British Columbia southward near the coast into Northern Cali- 

 fornia (Mendocino County, Bolnnda; n. 4707). The varieties are connnon in tlie Coast Ranges 

 froni Santa Cruz to Marin Counties, the var. rjracilis the less frequently (Corte Madera, Hartweg, 

 n. 2005 ; near the Geysers, Bolandcr, n. 3909 ; also by Brirfr/rs, n. 3.50 ; at Cainj) Bidwell, Mat- 

 thews, and near Chico, with very dark llowcrs, Mrs. J. BidvcU). Tlie F. viridia of Kellogg, 

 Troc. Calif. Acad. ii. 9, from near New Idria, api)eai3 to be a form with light-colored unmottled 

 flowers. The raiUcal leaves are sometimes very large, ovate or elliptical. 



■H- ++ Flowers smaller : leaves linear. 



5. F. parviflora, Torr. Bidb as in the last : light green, not glaucous or 

 the slender stem slightly so, 18 inches high, 3 - 2()-llowered : leaves narrowly 

 linear-lanceolate, G to 15, more or less vorticillate, 3 or 4 inches long: llowers on 

 short (G lines long or less) and strongly recurved pedicels, yellowish Avith more or 

 less of purplish brown ; segments concave, oblanceolate, spreading, G to 8 lines long, 

 Avith shallow nectaries: statuens 4 or 5 lines long; anthers oblong, unequal, \h to 

 3 lines long: capsule G-winged. — Pacif. II. Pep. iv. 14G. F. midtijlora, Kell. 

 1. c., i. 57, apparently. 



Near Jluri)hys, Calaveias County {Bicjdotv) ; Big Tree Grove, Torroj, Brcirn: Distinuuislied 

 from the last by its more numerous smaller and lightei-colored llowei-s on shorter pedicels, the 

 segments less arched. 



G. F. atropurpurea, Xutt. Bulb of numerous thick scales, half an inch long 

 or less : stem usually slender, 8 to 15 inches high or more, 1 -G-llowered : leaves G 

 to 20, scattered on the upper part of the stem or somewhat verticillate, 2 or 3 inches 

 long : flowers on slender pedicels, dull purple with more or less of yellowish green ; 

 .segments 5 to 9 lines long, si)reading, with obscure nectaries : stamens about 4 lines 

 long; anthers 1^ to 2 lines long: style slender: capsule acutely angled, broadly 

 obovate. — Journ. Acad. Philad. vii. 54. 



In the Sierra Nevaila from Placer County to the Columbia, and eastward to the "Wnhsntch. 



* * Sti/les connate and stigma shortli/ 3-lol)ed: flowers not spotted: capsule 

 obtusely anyled. 



7. F. pluriflora,Torr. Bulb of large thick scales, a half-inch to an inch long: stem 

 stout, a foot high or more, 4 - 12-llowered : leaves 8 to 15, nearly covering the stem, 

 somewhat verticillate, narrowly lanceolate, 3 or 4 inches long : Ihuvers nodding on 

 long pedicels, uniformly reddish purple ; segments somewhat spreading, 9 to 12 lines 

 long, oblanceolate ; nectaries obscure : stamens une(]ual, 6 or 7 lines long, shorter 

 than the style; anthers 2 lines long. — Benth. PI. Hartw; 338; Baker, 1. c. 270. 



On the Upper Sacramento (Ifarticrg), and on the Feather River, Firvuvil. Peculiar in the size 

 of its bulb. 



