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tains, Hartwcg, 2,000. Easily distinguished from allied forms, by 

 having narrow acute leaves, and perianth segments.* 



33. L. Columlianum. Hanson in hort., Leicht. Bulb (see p. 113), 

 ovoid, perennial, small white, acute, with lance-shaped scales ; stem, 

 1 to 2 feet high, slender, green, smooth ; leaves, few, the lower ones 

 in whorls of four or five leaves, the upper ones scattered, oblan- 

 ceolate, acute, 1| to 2 inches long, 5 or 6 lines broad in the middle ; 

 flowers, two or three in number, in an umbel ; pedicels, slender, 2 to 

 4 inches long, nodding at the top ; leaves, reflexed, bracted at the 

 base, sometimes bracteolated ; perianth; 1 to 2 inches long, brilliant 

 orange-red ; segments, lance-shaped, closely reflexed from the middle, 

 where they are 4 to 6 lines broad ; inner surface covered thickly with 

 purple dots; groove, shallow, smooth; stamens, shorter than the 

 perianth by one-third ; anthers, 3 or 4 lines long ; style, scarcely 

 longer than the ovary. Oregon, W. Lobb, 350, hort., Leichtlin. It 

 scarcely differs from Canadoise var. Parvijlorum^ except in the bulb 

 not being rhizomatous. 



A very graceful form, known as the Oregon Lily, found in dry sandy plains in that 

 country and in British Columbia, 500 to 1,000 feet above sea level, with an ovoid bulb: 

 from habit of growth and shape of flower, it has by many been considered to be a small 

 variety of the next form Huuiboldtii, dwarfed by dry sandy habitat. It is, however, 

 though smaller, a more elegant and graceful Lily, growing to the height of 3 and 4 feet, 

 bearing numerous recurved pendulous flowers of a bright golden colour ; and is one that 

 seems easy of cultivation. 



34. L. Humboldtii. Roezland Leicht., Duchartre, Obs. 105; Regel. 

 <jrartenfl., t. 724; Flore des Serres, t. 1,973-4 Bloomeriamun, hort. 

 Aug. Bulb, large, 2 to 4 inches in diameter, oblique, perennial, not 

 rhizomatous ; scales, few, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 2 or 3 inches long 

 stem, terete, stout, 4 or 5 feet high, smooth or downy, green, with 

 reddish spots ; leaves, usually in four to six regular whorls of 10 to 

 15 leaves, oblanceolate, the lower ones 4 or 5 inches long, 9 to 12 

 lines broad above the middle, acute, firm, of a deep green colour, 

 undulated; lateral veins, distinct, sometimes ciliated on the lower 

 part of the inner surface ; flowers, often six to ten in number, some- 

 times thirty to forty, in a deltoid panicle, which is a foot across when 

 fully expanded ; pedicels, divaricated, nodding at the top, the lower 

 ones 3 to 5 inches long ; leaves, oblanceolate, very much reflexed, 

 bracted ; perianth, 3 or 4 inches long, brilliant orange-red; greenish 

 at the base outside ; segments, acute, 9 to 12 lines broad in the 

 middle, closely reflexed above the base, with numerous claret- coloured 

 dots on the inner surface, slightly lamellate-papillose near the base ; 

 groove, distinctly excavated, with smooth edges ; filaments, I J to 2 

 inches long ; anthers, red, 6 to 8 lines long ; style, 6 or 7 lines long, 

 about one-third the length of the ovary ; capsule large, obovoid, 

 acutely six-angled as in Martarjon. California, on the Sierra Nevada, 



* We have no knowledge of our own, as regards this Lily. 



t The form we have grown as Parvifiorum is quite distinct from Columlianum. Sec 

 our remarks on each species. 



