650 LILIACE./E fritillaria 



LLOYDIA 



segments, included : filaments slender : anthers oblong, versatile, 

 extrorse, dehiscent laterally. Ovary sessile or nearly so, many- 

 ovuled. Styles slender, usually exceeding the stamens, united to 

 the middle or throughout, deciduous. Capsule membranaceous, 

 obtusely or acutely 6-angled or 6-winged, loculicidally 3-valved. 

 Seeds numerous, horizontal, flat, in 2 rows in each cell, with thin 

 light brown testa. 



F. recurva Benth. PI. Hartw. 340. Bulb-scales thick, 3-4 lines long 

 or less: stem rather stout, 1-2 feet high, bearing 1-9 narrow funnelform flow- 

 ers: leaves linear-lanceolate, 2-4 inches long, usually in two whorls of four to 

 eight each near the middle of the stem: segments of the perianth narrowly 

 oblanceolate, scarlet outside, yellow spotted with scarlet within, 1-1% inch 

 long, 4-5 lines wide, the tips recurved; nectary obscure: stamens and style a 

 little shorter than the segments: style slender distinct above; stigmas linear: 

 capsule obscurely angled. On dry hillsides, southern Oregon to California. 



F. lanceolata Pursh El. 230. Bulb of thick scales three to six linea 

 long: stem usually stout, 6-18 inches high: leaves lanceolate; to linear-lanceolate, 

 2-5 inches long, obtuse, usually in a whorl of 5 near the middle of the stem: 

 flowers 1-15, mottled purple and greenish-yellow, broadly camp ulate, only 

 rather slender recurved pedicels, segments of the perianth narrow oblong-: 

 lanceolate, strongly arch, with a large oblong nectary, about an inch long 

 stemens 6-8 lines long: style distinct to the middle: stigmas linear: capsule 

 short and thick, broadly winged. Common in copses Brit. Columbia to 

 California and Idaho. 



F. glauca Greene Eryth. i, 153. Bulb of few thick scales: stem 2-8 

 inches high, rather stout: leaves 2-4, scattered, oblong-lanceloate, 1-3 inches 

 long, thick, glaucous: flowers 1-3, open campanulate, purple marked with 

 greenish yellow: segments of the perianth oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 8-10 

 lines long, about four lines wide, with large oblong nectaries: stamens about 

 six lines long, the filaments dilated downward; anthers oblong, little more 

 than a line long: styles distinct to the middle: stigmas linear: capsule short, 

 acutely angled. On barren slopes near Waldo, southern Oregon. 



F. atropurpurea Nutt. Journ. Acad. Philad. vii, 54. Bulb of num- 

 erous thick scales half-inch long or less: stem usually slender, 8-20 inches 

 high: leaves 6-20, linear, scattered on the upper part of the stem or somewhat 

 verticillate, two to three inches long: flowers 1-6, on slender pedicels, dull 

 purple with more or less green, open campanulate; segments broadly lanceo- 

 late. 6-9 lines long, spreading, with obscure nectaries: stamens about four 

 lines long: style slender, distinct to the middle, with linear stigmas: capsule 

 broadly obovate. acutely angled. From the Blue Mountains of Oregon to 

 California and Nebraska. 



F. pudica Sprengle Syst. ii, 64. Bulb of numerous very small rounded 

 scales: stem 2-10 inches high: leaves 3-8, linear to narrowly oblanceo ate, 

 scattered or somewhat verticillate, 2-4 inches long: flower usually solitary, 

 nodding, yellow or orange, sometimes tinged with purple, narrow-campanu- 

 late: segments of the perianth 5-9 lines long, oblong-spatulate, obtuse, 

 somewhat spreading: stamens nearly equalling the style, 6-8 lines long: an- 

 thers 2 lines long: styles connate to the top; stigma shortly 3-lobed: capsule 

 oblong to subglobose, 6-12 lines long, obtusely angled. Common in the 

 interior, Brit. Columbia to California and Utah. 



10 LLOYDIA Salisb. 



Bulbous herbs with simple leafy stems, narrow grass-like leaves 



