ERYTHEONIUM 



THE BULB BOOK 



EEYTHEONIUM 



having faintly mottled leaves cordate 

 at the base, and one to two large 

 creamy or pure white flowers on a 

 stalk, the base of the segments being 

 orange often fading to pink. This 

 flowers later than the other species, 

 from July to September. 



eight flowers on a single stem. They 

 are pale yellow tinged with purple, 

 and deep orange-yellow at the base 

 of the segments. A variety called 

 midtiflorum is said to bear as many 

 as fifteen bright lilac flowers with a 

 yellow centre on a single stem. 



Fia. 131. — ErythTonium Johnsoni. (i) 



E. Nuttallianum. — This is often 

 confused with forms of B. grandi- 

 florum. The true type has golden- 

 yellow flowers, and the stamens have 

 bright scarlet anthers. 



B. proptillans. — A native of Minne- 

 sota, having small ovoid corms, and 

 oblong lance-shaped slightly mottled 

 leaves 2 to 4 ins. long. The peduncle 

 is only 2 to 3 ins. high, bearing a 

 solitary rose -purple flower with a 

 yellow centre. 



B purpurascens. — A Calif ornian 

 species from an altitude of 4000 ft., 

 with corms 1 to 2 ins. long, and 

 narrow, lance-shaped, obovate, wavy 

 leaves tinted with brown. This 

 species sometimes bears as many as 



Fig. 132. — Erythronium Smithi^ corm and 

 section. (J.) 



B. revolutum. — A distinct and 

 beautiful Californian species, having 



Fia. 133. — Erythronivm roiustum. 



large deep green leaves mottled with 

 brown and white. From one to two 



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