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kindly furnished the following characterized 

 description: 



" 'Lilium Parryi Watson, Bot. Calif. Ined. : 

 Bulb somewhat rhizomatous, of numerous 

 crowded scales, fleshy and jointed, about an inch 

 long, the upper joint broadly lanceolate; stem 

 slender, glabrous, two to five feet high, 2-10 

 flowered; leaves usually scattered, occasionally 

 the lower ones in a whorl, linear, oblanceolate, 

 four to six inches long, and half an inch wide 

 or less, mostly acuminate; flowers horizontal, 

 pale yellow, sparingly and minutely dotted with 

 purple ; segments three and one-half inches long, 

 and five or six inches wide, with long, narrow 

 claws, slightly spreading, from the base; stamens 

 and style a half-inch shorter, equal; anthers 

 oblong, brownish, three lines long, capsules nar- 

 rowly oblong, acutish, two inches long by half 

 an inch in breadth. 



" ' Of the section Enlirion, to which also be- 

 longs the California L. Washingtonianum. It is 

 distinguished from the latter especially by its 

 small bulbs, with jointed scales, its more scattered 

 and narrower leaves, its smaller yellow flowers, 

 with less spreading segments, and its longer, nar- 

 rower and acuter capsules.' " 



His name is borne by a peak of the Snowy 

 Range, Colorado, bestowed by Surveyor-General 

 F. M. Chase. 



