Fritillaria. LILIACEyE. 



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•i- -i- Capsule short and thick, acutely aiujled or tvinrjed. — Goxiocaupa, Baker. 

 ++ Flowers usually large (an inch long or more). 



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

 a foot or two higli, 1 - 2-tiowered, deep green and glaucous throughout : leaves 

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

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

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

 greenish yellow ; segments narrowly oblong-lanceolate, strongly arched, with a large 

 oblong nectary: stamens 6 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 \vith brownish purple ; segments broad (4 to 6 lines), acute, the 

 margin hnely crenulate-undulate. — PI. Hartw. 338. /'. mutica, Lindl. 1. c. 



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

 more acuminate segments : filaments short and anthers often scarcely longer than 

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



The typical form ranges from British Columbia southward near the coast into Northern Cali- 

 fornia (Mendocino County, Bolandcr, n, 4707). The varieties are conmion in tlie Coast Ranges 

 from Santa Cruz to Marin Counties, the var. gracilis tlie less fre(|uently (Corte Madera, Harticaj, 

 n. 2005 ; near the Geysers, Bolandcr, n. 3969 ; also by Bridges, n. 3.50 ; at Camp Bidwell, Mat- 

 thews, and near Chico, with very dark flowers, Mrs. J. Bidwell). The F. viridia of Kellogg, 

 Proc. Calif. Acad. ii. 9, from near New Idria, appears to be a form with light-colored uninottled 

 flowers. The radical leaves are sometimes very large, ovate or elli[)tical. 



■H- ++ Flowers smaller : leaves linear. 



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

 the slender stem slightly so, 18 inches high, 3 - 20-flowered : leaves narrowly 

 linear-lanceolate, 6 to 15, more or less verticillate, 3 or 4 inches long : flowers on 

 short (6 lines long or less) and strongly recurved pedicels, yellowish with more or 

 less of purplish brown ; segments concave, oblanceolate, spreading, 6 to 8 lines long, 

 with shallow nectaries : stamens 4 or 5 lines long ; anthers oblong, unequal, 1 h to 

 3 lines long: capsule 6- winged. — Pacif. E. Rep. iv. 146. F. multijlora, Kell. 

 1. c, i. 57, apparently. 



Near Murpliys, Calaveras County {Bigclow) ; Big Tree Grove, Torroj, Brewer. Distinguished 

 from the last by its more numerous smaller and lighter-colored flowers on shorter pedicels, the 

 segments less arched. 



6. F. atropurpurea, Nutt. Bulb of numerous thick scales, half an inch long 

 or less : stem usually slender, 8 to 15 inches high or more, 1 - G-flowered : leaves 6 

 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, spreading, with obscure nectaries : stamens about 4 lines 

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

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



In the Sierra Nevada from Placer County to the Columbia, and eastward to the Wahsatch. 



% * Styles connate and stigma shortly 3-lobed : flowers not spotted: capsule 

 obtusely angled. 



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-flowered : leaves 8 to 15, nearly covering the stem, 

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

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

 long, oblanceolate ; nectaries obscure : stamens unequal, 6 or 7 lines long, shoiier 

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



On the Upper Sacramento (Hartwcg), and on the Featlier River, Fremont. Pcruliar in tli'- size 

 of its bulb. 



