94 LILIACEAE. 



or scattered, ovate-lanceolate, 2 to 4 in. long ; racemes 1 to 4-flowerert ; perianth 

 deeply bowl-shaped, dark-purple mottled with greenish yellow, 1 to 1% in. 

 long; Begments ovate to oblong, deeply concave, with a very large ovate- 

 lanceolate gland in middle of concavity; gland deep green, sharply defined, 

 often with minute black dots; capsule broadly winged, less than 1 in. long. 



Near the sea: San Mateo to Pt. Reyes and northward. Also called 

 I urc root Lily. The bulbs live just one year (Carl Purdy). The solid bulb 

 is very characteristic, all of our other species having scaly bulbs. Feb. -Mar. 

 Var. floribunda Benth. Mission Bells. Raceme 3 to many-flowered; perianth 

 campanulate, dark purple or greenish, conspicuously spotted or checkered, 6 to 

 13 lines long; segments broadly oblong or narrowly ovate, distinctly crisped 

 or erosulate-margined, the outer often broader; gland greenish, broadly lance- 

 olate, extending from the base % or % the way to the apex. — Shady woods, 

 Coast Ranges (F. mutica Lindl.). Var. gracilis Wats. Very small flowers 

 and narrower more acuminate segments; anthers scarcely longer than broad. — 

 Corte Madera and northward to Napa Valley. 



F. biflora Lindl. Black Lily. Stem stout, % to 1% ft. high, 2 to 3 

 (rarely 1) -flowered; leaves 2 to 6, mostly near the base, scattered or some- 

 what whorled, broadly to narrowly oblong, 2 to 4 in. long; perianth cam- 

 panulate, greenish or mostly dark purple or purple-lined, 8 to 12 lines long; 

 segments oblong, tapering to each end, or the inner segments elliptic-obovate, 

 all with a longitudinal greenish glandular band running from the base nearly 

 to the apex. — San Luis Obispo and southward to Southern California. Also 

 called Chocolate Lily (Ernest Braunton). 



4. F. agrestis Greene. Stink Bells. Stems 1 to iy 2 ft. high, from very 

 deep-seated bulbs; leaves 8 to 12, oblong-oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 4 to 

 5 in. long; raceme 3 to 8-flowered, the flowers nodding on the pedicels which 

 are abruptly recurved at summit; perianth yellowish green, the broadish mid- 

 nerve prominent and running nearly to apex; segments 1 to l 1 /^ in. long, 4 to 5 

 lines wide. 



Antioch, in grain fields. Odor very obnoxious. Possibly introduced in grain 

 seed (Mrs. K. Brandegee). 



5. F. liliacea Lindl. White Fritillary. Stems 3 to 8 in. high, often 

 somewhat stout and succulent, 1 to 5-flowered; leaves of the radical tuft nar- 

 rowly or broadly oblong, 1% to 1% in. long; cauline leaves few, linear-oblong 

 or linear; flowers dull white; perianth-segments oblong-ovate to obovate, (5 to 9 

 lines long, with a greenish purple-dotted gland at base, the greenish area 

 sometimes extended upwards along the mid-vein nearly or quite to the apex; 

 capsule stipitate, truncate at each end, % in. long and as broad. 



Open rocky hilltops: San Francisco; Vallejo; Olema, ace. Mrs. D. O. Hunt. 



2. LILIUM L. Lily. 

 Stems simple, tall and leafy, from a scaly bulb or scaly rootstock. Leaves 

 narrow, sessile. Flowers large and showy, solitary or 2 to several in a terminal 

 raceme. Perianth campanulate or funnelform; its segments 6, yellow, red or 

 white, often dotted or spotted with brown, distinct, equal, spreading or re- 

 curved, wit h ;i nectar bearing groove toward the base. Stamens (5, hypogynous, 

 included; anthers versatile. Style one, long, deciduous; stigma 3-lobed. Cap- 

 sule loculicidal; seeds numerous, flat, horizontal, in 2 rows in each cell. (Greek 



lilion, the Classical name.) 



