650 LII-IACE^ PRITILLARIA. 



LLUYDIA 



segments, included: filaments slender: anthers oblong, versatile, 

 extrorse, dehiscent later.iily. Ovar}' sessile or nearly so, many- 

 ovLiled. Styles slender, usually exceeding the stamens, unite 1 to 

 the mid lie or throughout, deciduous. Capsule membranaceous, 

 obtusely or acutely 6-angled or 6-winged, loculicida'ly 3-valyed. 

 Seeds numerous, horizontal, flat, in 2 rows in each cell, with thin 

 light brown testa. 



F. recnrva Benth. PI. Hartw. 340. Bulb-scalea thick, 3-4 lines long 

 or less: stem rather stout, 1--2 feet high, bearing 1-i) narrow funnelform flow- 

 ers: leaves linear-lanceolate, 3-4 inches long, usually in two whorls of foui'to 

 eight each near the middle of the stem: segments of the perianth narrowly 

 oblanceolate, scarlet outside, yellow spotted with scarlet within, 1-1% inch 

 long, 4-5 lines wide, the tips recurved; nectary obscure: stamens and style a 

 little shorter than the segments: style slender distinct above; stigmas linear: 

 capsule obscurely angled. On dry hillsides, southern Oregon to California. 



F. lanceolata Pursh Fl. 230. Bulb of thick scales three to six lines 

 long: stem usually stout, 6-18 inches high: leaves lanceolate; to linear-lanceolate, 

 2-5 inches long, obtuse, usually in a whorl of 5 near the middle of the stem: 

 flowers 1-15, mottled purple and greenish yellow, bro idly o imp ulate, only 

 rather slender recurved pedicels, pegments of the pbrianth narrow oblong-: 

 lanceolate, strongly arch, wiih a large oblong nectary, about an inch long 

 stemens 6-8 lines long: style distinct to the middle: stigmas linear: capsule 

 short and thick, broadly winged. Common in copses Brit. Columbia to 

 California and Idaho. 



F. glauca Greene Kryth. i, 153. Bulb of few thick scales: stem 2-8 

 inches high, rather stout: leaves 2-4, scattered, oblong-lanceloate, 1-3 inches 

 long, thick, g'aucoiis: flowers 1-3, open campanulate, purple marked with 

 greenish yellow: segments of the perianth oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 8-10 

 lines long, about four lines wide, with large oblong nectaries: stamens about 

 six lines long, the filaments dilated downward; anthers oblong, little more 

 than a line long: styles distinct to the middle: stigmas linear: capsule short, 

 dcutely angled. On barren slopes near Waldo, southern Oregon. 



F. atropnrpnrea Nutt. Journ. Acail. Philad. vii. 54. Bulb of num- 

 erous thick acalei; half-inch long or less: stem usually slender, 8-2i) inches 

 high: leaves 6-20, 'linear, scattere.l on the upper part of the stem or somewhat 

 vertioillate, two to three inches long: flowers 1-6, on slender pedicels, dull 

 purple with more or less green, open campanulate; segments broadly lance j- 

 late 6-9 lines long, spreading, with obscure nectaiies: stamens about four 

 lines long: style slender,- distinct to the middle, with lingar stigmas: capsule 

 broadly obpvate acutely angled. From the Blue Mountains of Oregon to 

 California and Nebraska. 



F. pndica Sprengtte- Syat ii, 64. Bulb of numerous very small rounded 

 scales: stem 8-10 inches high: leaves 3-8, linear to narrowly oblanceo ate, 

 scattered or somewhat verticillate, 2-4 inches long: flower us lally solitary, 

 nodding, yellow or orange, sometimes tinged with purple, narrow-cam panu- 

 late: segments of the perianth 5-9 lines long, oblong-spatnlate, obtuse, 

 s mewhat spreading: stamens nearly equalling the style, 6-8 lines long: an- 

 thers 2 lines long: scyles connate to the top; stigma shortly 8-lobed: capsule 

 oblotig to subglobose, 6-12 lines long, obtusely angled. Common in the 

 interior, Brit. Columbia to California and Utah. 



10 LLOYDIA Sallsb. 



Bulbous herbs with simple leafy stems, narrow grass-like leaves 



