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618. FRITILLARIA, Linn. Gen. 411. (FRITILLARIA) 



(2317) F, Kamtschatcensls, Ker. Hook., Fl. II., 181. 



The specimens referred here are much taller and stouter than the 

 next species, and, as far as I am aware, are confined to the proximity of 

 the sea. The number of flowers varies from two to four, and they are 

 usually of a dull purple. The first whorl of leaves is generally four, 

 but the next usually has five. Abundant on grassy banks within the 

 influence of spring tides at the mouth of the Nanaimo Eiver, a little 

 below the new bridge; occasional specimens at Gordon Head, four 

 miles from Victoria, Vancouver Island. (Macoun.) Vicinity of Vic- 

 toria, 1876. (Dawson.) Sitka, Ounalashka, and Cape Prince of Wales. 

 (Rothr. Alask.) North-west coast, on the beach ; Observatory Inlet to 

 Stikine Kiver. (Hooker, Fl.) 



(2318.) F. lanceolata, Pursh, Fl. I., 230; Hook., Fl. II., 181. 



Very abundant on dry gravelly soil in some localities on the West 

 Coast. Above Lytton, on the Fraser Kiver, B.C. (Dawson.) In pro- 

 fusion at Cedar Hill, near Victoria, Vancouver Island. (Fletcher.) 

 Very common throughout the oak woods and rocky, mountainous places 

 from Victoria to Nanaimo and north to Qualicum, where it is especially 

 abundant near the sea ; and across the island to Alberni. (Macoun.) 

 Nootka Sound. (Menzies.) 



Var. fl or i bund a, Benth. On dry ground, King's Farm, and at 

 Cadboro Bay, near Victoria, Vancouver Island. (Fletcher.) 



(2319. F. pudica, Spreng. Hook., Fl. II., 182. 



IMium (f)pudicum, Pursh, Fl. L, 228. 



Not uncommon at Fort McLeod and Lethbridge, Alberta. The only 

 known stations east of the Rocky Mountains. (N. H. Cow dry.) Appar- 

 ently very rare in British Columbia. Collected on the mountain slopes 

 along the Thompson Eiver, at Lytton, B.C. (Macoun.) In abundance, 

 with Calochortus macrocarpus, on the slope opposite Lytton station, and 

 at Spence's Bridge, B.C. (Fletcher.) 



