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fo) Lilium parvum Kellog. 



(Siehe Tafel 725). 

 Liliaceae. 



L. parvum Kellog in Proceedings 

 of the calif. Ac. of nat. Sc. II. p. 179 

 Fig. 12. 



Caule stricto, tereti, glabro, spitha- 

 meo usque sesquipedali: foliis sparsis 

 v. subinde verticillatis, lanceolatis v. 

 oblonga-lanceolatis, nervis validioribus 

 longitudinalibus 1 — 3, nervis que te- 

 nuioribus percursis, subundulatis, apice 

 acutis v. obtusiusculis , margine sca- 

 berulis, caeterum glabris; floribus in 

 caulis apice in pseudo-umbellam v. ra- 



depressed angle. Flowers nodding, large, 

 loosely-recurved, bell shaped; claws of the 

 three inner petals short — about one-fourth 

 of an inch — and somewhat crested ; claws 

 of the three outer narrower petals longer 

 — onehalf of an inch; light orange-color, 

 with madder brown velvet-like spots. Pistil 

 three-parted or lobed — sometimes cleft half 

 inch or so. 



This is the most magnificent lily of the 

 Pacific coast. Pedunclea are often ten in- 

 ches to a foot in length, and so widely 

 spread as to be slightly reflexed. Flowers 

 larger, lighter, looser and rarely revolute; 

 much more open and flexuous top than 

 the L. superbum; eight to twelve in num- 

 ber, or, in the most robust specimens, 

 twenty to thirty, 



This lily is easily diecriminated from 

 all others in any stage of its growth. The 

 bulb is purplish. Its first bud above ground 

 is always purple, which hue it bears in 

 6tem, leaves and bracts, in every stage of 

 its growth. The cotyledonoid scattered 

 leaves ad the base of the stem perish 

 early, as the proper whorls appear, leaving, 

 however, scars to record their presence. 

 The bulbs are larger than those of any 



cemum brevem 3-9-florum dispositis. 

 ante anlhesin nutantibus, sub anthesi 

 erectis; pedunculis elongatis, erecto- 

 patentibus, medio plerumque bracteam 

 unicam gerentibus, florem plus duplo 

 superantibus; perianthii tubo tubuloso- 

 campanulato, flavo-aurantiaco, intus 

 brunneo-maculato; limbo plus minus 

 explanato v. subrecurvo, rubro-auran- 

 tiaco; sepalis obverse lanceolatis, basin 

 versus sensim attenuatis, apice sub lente 

 praecipue ad marginem dense puberu- 



other California lily. It offsets sparingly, 

 and is not „somewhat creeping," as in L. 

 pardalinum, which offsets abundantly. In 

 its habit of growth no one would mistake 

 it for L. superbum, 



Dr. Kellogg exhibited a painting of 

 this large Mountain Lily, to which the at- 

 tention of the Academy had been directed 

 about twelve years since. As stated and 

 shown at that time, he still held it suffi- 

 ciently distinct from all others to entitle 

 it to a specific description. Out of respect 

 to its time-honored cultivator, Mr. H. G. 

 Bloomer. he offered the provisional name 

 of Lilium Bloomerianum — Kellogg. 



Professor Bolander said that he had 

 received from Europe a catalogue in which 

 a lily had been named L. Humboldtii, and 

 he believed it to be the same as the plant 

 described by Dr. Kellogg. 



Mr. Bloomcr thought there were rea- 

 sons for believing L. Humboldtii and the 

 so-called L. Canadensis, of California, to 

 be synonymous with L. Pardalinum, which, 

 was described by Dr. Kellogg several 

 years ago. 



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