ERYTHEONIUM 



LILY OBDEB 



GAGE A 871 



E. grandiflorum. — A pretty species 

 3-6 in. high, native of the mountains of 

 Idaho, Washington &c., with erect oblan- 

 ceolate unmottled leaves, and golden- 

 yellow flowers about 3 in. across with 

 crimson stamens, borne in March and 

 AprU, usually 2 on a stem. This plant 

 was formerly known as E. grcmdAflorum 

 ininus, and is figured as such in the 

 ' Botanical Begister,' t. 1786. 



The variety parviflorv/m is the same 

 as the plant grown as nuttalUanum 

 (true plants of which do not yet appear 

 to be in cultivation), and being more 

 common than the type has usually been 

 called grandiflorum. It is a native of 

 the Blue Mountains of Oregon, and 

 the Cascade Mountains of Washington, 

 besides Colorado, Utah &c. It first 

 flowered in England about 1835 or 1836. 

 The form called Murrayi seems to be 

 rare, and is said to have mottled leaves. 



Culture Sc. as above, p. 870. 



E. Hartwegi. — A fine Californian 

 species with small corms and broad green 

 leaves distinctly marbled with dull purple. 

 The large creamy white flowers with an 

 orange base are 2^3 in. across. They 

 appear in March and April, and remain in 

 good condition for three or four weeks. 

 As a rule only one nodding flower is borne 

 on a scape 4-8 in. high, but in a wild 

 state sometimes as many as three are on 

 the same stalk. When first introduced it 

 was called E. gra/ndAflorwm. 



Culture Sc. as above, p. 870. 



E. Hendersoni. — A pretty and distinct 

 species 4-6 in. high, native of the moun- 

 tains of S. Oregon. It has oblong tuni- 

 cated corms and dull green oblong lance- 

 shaped leaves faintly mottled with purple- 

 brown. Prom one to three drooping 

 flowers are borne on a purple-rose scape 

 in March and AprU. The segments are 

 curled back to the stalk, and are pale rose 

 with deeper purple in the centre with a 

 yellow zone. The conspicuous stamens 

 are deep purple-brown, and the stigma 

 deep crimson. 



Culture Ac. as above, p. 870. 



E. Howelli. — A pretty species from 

 the same region as 'E. Hendersoni,, which 

 it resembles in habit and foliage. The 

 flowers with recurved segments, however, 

 are pale yellow with a deep orange base, 

 becoming pinkish with age. 



Culture So. as above, p. 870. 



E. Johnstoni. — A new species with 

 large clear rosy-pink flowers, having a 

 rich yellow zone at the base. 



Culture Ac. as above, p. 870. 



E. mesochoreum. — A native of the 

 grassy prairies and wooded slopes from 

 Iowa to Kansas. It resembles -B. alhidMm, 

 but has unmottled and narrower leaves, 

 and the segments of the whitish flowers 

 are not recurved. This species is not yet 

 in cultivation, but as it is almost sure to 

 be shortly, it is included here. 



Cultv/re So. as above, p. 870. 



E. raontanum. — A native of the Oregon 

 and Washington mountains, having 1-2 

 large creamy 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. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 870. 



E. propuUans. — A native of Minnesota, 

 having small ovoid stolon-bearing corms, 

 and oblong lance-shaped shghtly mottled 

 leaves 2-4 in. long. The peduncle is only 

 2-3 in. high, bearing a solitary rose-purple 

 flower with a yellow centre. 



Cultv/re dc. as above, p. 870. 



E. purpurascens. — A Californian spe- 

 cies with corms 1-2 in. long, and large 

 wavy leaves. This species bears more 

 flowers than any other, sometimes as 

 many as eight on a single stem. They 

 are pale yellow tinged with purple, and 

 deep orange at the base of the segments. 



The variety multiflorum has mottled 

 leaves, and is said to bear as many as 

 15 bright lilac flowers with a yellow 

 centre on a single stalk. 



Culture da. as above, p. 870. 



E. revolutum. — A beautiful species, 

 native of Nootka Sound, where it was 

 first discovered over 100 years ago, but 

 has only recently been introduced to 

 cultivation. The true species has large 

 dark green leaves mottled with brown, 

 and 1-2 flowers are borne on tall stout 

 scapes in spring, and vary in colour from 

 pink to deep rosy-purple. The variety 

 Bolcmderi (or Smithi) has 1-3 flowers on 

 a stalk, whits with a yellowish centre, 

 becoming rosy -purple. 



Culture £c. as above, p. 870. 



GAGE A. — A genus of herbaceous 

 plants, having small bulbs, with radical 

 linear leaves, and flowers in racemes or 

 clustered umbels at the top of a scape. 



