310 LILIACE2E. 



1. L. rubescens, Wats. Bulb slightly oblique and rhizomatous, 2 in. 

 thick: broadly lanceolate scales 1 in. long: stem 1 — 7 ft. high: leaves 

 glabrous, glaucescent, flat or undulate, lower scattered, upper in 3 — 7 

 whorls, oblanceolate, acute or acutish, ] — 4 in. long: pedicels usually 

 several, 1 — 3 in. long; fl. nearly while becoming rose-purple, somewhat 

 dotted with brown; segments 1%--% in. long, the upper third revolute: 

 ovary wing-angled, alternate downward, % in. long.— Wooded slopes 

 from Marin Co. northward. 



2. L. in :ir it i in nin, Kell. Bulb conical, 1 — 1% in- thick, the scales 

 closely appressed: stem I— 3 ft, high, slender: leaves seldom at all 

 whorled, linear or narrowly oblanceolate, obtuse, 1—5 in. long: fl. 1 — 5, 

 long-peduncled, horizontal, deep reddish orange, spotted with purple; 

 segments lanceolate, 1% in- long, the upper third somewhat recurved: 

 oblong anthers 2 lines long. — Moist meadows near the coast, from Marin 

 Oo. northward. 



3. L. pardalinnm, Kell. Stem (from a thick branching rhizomatous 

 mass of oblate scaly bulbs) 3 — 7 ft. high : leaves usually in 3 or 4 whorls 

 of 9 — 15, with some scattered ones both above and below the whorls, 

 narrowly lanceolate, sharply acuminate, deep green, thin, faintly 3-nerved; 

 fl. usually very numerous, on long spreading pedicels; perianth-segmenls 

 2 — 3 in. long, % — % in. wide, strongly revolute, bright orange-red, with 

 large purple spots on the lower half: anthers red, 4 — 5 lines long: capsule 

 narrowly oblong, 1% i Q - long, angles acutish — The most common lily 

 of the Bay district, occurring in open marshy places, or in shady places 

 along streams. June, July. 



2. FRITTLLARIA, Oesner. Stem, as in Lilium, upright and leafy, 

 from a scaly bulb, but this commonly depressed-globose, often corm-like, 

 the scales little flattened; flowers usually more campanulate, but some- 

 times funnelform. Perianth-segments deciduous, concave, mostly with 

 a nectariferous pit near the base, the coloring commonly dull, but apt to 

 be more or less checkered in light and dark shades. Stamens 6, included; 

 anthers oblong, versatile. Styles slender, united to the middle or 

 throughout. Capsule often acutely 6-angled, or even winged. 



* Perianth checkered more or less distinctly in two colors. 



1. F. coccinea, Greene. Stem stoutish, 8 — 18 in. high: leaves 2—3 

 in. long, linear-lanceolate, mostly 4 — 12, in 2 or 3 whorls near the middle 

 of the stem: fl. mostly few (1 — 4), 1 in. long; segments not recurved at 

 tip, spreading to the degree of the campanulate-funnelform, yellow and 

 scarlet, not indistinctly checkered: styles distinct above; stigmas linear: 

 capsule rather obtusely angled. — Wooded mountains of Sonoma and 

 Napa counties. May. 



2. F. mutica, Lindl. Bulb broad and flat, above thickly beset with 

 tuber-like scales: stem V%~ 3 ft. high, mostly 6— 12-flowered. deep green 



