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and glauoescent: leaves linear-lanceolate, in 3 — 7 whorls: perianth cam- 

 panulate, checkered with green and dark brown; segments oblong-lanceo- 

 late, strongly arched, with large oblong nectary and more or less strongly 

 crisped or crenulale-undulate margin: styles distinct above: capsule 1 

 in. long, broadly winged. March, April. 



* * Perianth not checkered. 



3. F. biflora, Lindl. Bulb of few and thick fleshy ovate scales: stem 

 stout, 6—18 in. high, 1 — 3-flowered: leaves 2—6, mostly near the base of 

 the stem, scattered or somewhat whorled, oblong-lanceolate to linear, 

 2 — 4 in. long: perianth campanulate, of a very dark lurid purple: style 

 stout, parted into three above: capsule % — M m - long, 6-angled. Var. 

 agrestis. Taller, commonly 3 — 7-flowered: perianth wholly of a light 

 yellowish green. — Type common on stony hills near the sea. The variety 

 is of rich fields in the Livermore Valley and eastward. March. 



4. F. pluriflora, Torr. Bulb as in the last; and plant every way 

 like the variety agrestis except that the perianth is narrowed at base so as 

 to be funnelform-campanulate, or turbinate-campanulate, and the whole 

 of a reddish purple; nectary obscure: stigma shortly 3-lobed: stamens 

 unequal. — Along the eastern bases of the inner coast ranges, in Solano, 

 and apparently in Contra Costa. 



5. F. liliacea, Lindl. Bulb as in the last two, or the scales fewer 

 and larger : stem low : leaves few, those nearest the base often approx- 

 imate, or even verticillate : segments of the 1 — 3 whitish perianths 

 broadly oblanceolate, without nectary, the whole periantli tapering to the 

 base: anthers oblong, mucronate: capsule xtipilale, % m - long and broad, 

 truncate at both ends. — Open grassy hills near the sea, or in the Coast 

 Range. April. 



3. ERYTHROJJIUM, Linn: Stem low, simple. 1— several flowered, 

 from an elongated bulb like corm. Leaves 2, broad, thin, radical. 

 Perianth broad-funnelform, with segments mostly recurved, deciduous. 

 Stamens 6; filaments slender; anthers basifixed. Capsule membrana- 

 ceous, obtusely triangular, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds oblong-obovate, 

 ascending in 2 rows in each cell; brown rugulose testa loose at apex. 



1. E. giganteum, Lindl. Leaves 6 —10 in. long, narrowed to a short 

 margined petiole : scape 10 — 15 in. high, 1 — 6-flowered: perianth cream- 

 color tinged with pink, yellow at base; segments broadly lanceolate, 1— 

 1J^ in. long, recurved: capsule oblong-obovate, 7 — 9 lines long, very 

 obtuse or retuse at summit. — In woods on northward slopes of the 

 higher mountains of Sonoma Co., etc. 



2. E. Hurtwegi, Wats. Smaller; leaves not rarely 3: perianths 1—3, 

 pale yellow, with orange base, the segments 1—2 in. long, scarcely 

 recurved.— Near Healdsburg, Sonoma Co., and northward. 



