LILY FAMILY. 



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2 to 3 (rarely l)-flowered; leaves 2 to 6, mostly near the base, scattered 

 or somewhat whorled, broadly to narrowly oblong, 2 to 4 in. long; 

 perianth campanulate, more or less greenish but mostly dark purplish 

 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. 



Ukiah, southward near the coast to Riverside (H. M. Hall) and 

 San Diego. Imperfectly known species. 



6. F. agrestis Greene. Stink Bells. Stems 1 to 1£ ft. high, 

 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 mid- 

 nerve prominent; segments 1 to 1\ in. long, 4 to 5 lines wide. 



Antioch, Davy, where it occupies wide acres of the grain fields, 

 flowering in Apr.; bulbs very deep-seated, not turned up by gang 

 plows. Mr. Davy describes the odor as very obnoxious. 



7. F. liliacea Lindl. White Fritillaria. Stems 3 to 8 in. 

 high, often somewhat stout and succulent, 1 to 5-flowered; leaves of 

 the radical tuft narrowly or broadly oblong, 1^ to 1£ in. long; cauline 

 leaves few, linear-oblong or linear; flowers dull white; perianth 

 segments oblong-ovate to obovate, 6 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; stamens 4 

 lines long, shorter than the styles; anthers 1 to 1£ lines long; capsule 

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



Bleak hilltops at San Francisco; flats near Point Richmond; rocky 

 summits of Mare Island. Feb. -Mar. 



2. LILIUM L. Lily. 

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

 sessile. Flowers large and showy, solitary or 2 to several in a termi- 

 nal raceme. Perianth campanulate or funnel-form; its segments 6, 

 yellow, red or white, often dotted or spotted with brown, distinct, 

 equal, spreading or recurved, with a nectar-bearing groove toward 

 the base. Stamens 6, hypogynous, included; anthers versatile. Style 

 one, long, deciduous; stigma 3-lobed. Capsule loculicidal; seeds 

 numerous, flat, horizontal, in 2 rows in each cell. (Greek lilion, 

 the classical name of these plants.) 



Flowers yellow or reddish, conspicuously spotted, nodding; leaves lanceolate 



in 3 or 4 whorls and alternate above and below 1. L. pardaUnum. 



Flowers horizontal; leaves narrowly oblanceolate or linear, rarely whorled . . 



2. L. maritimum. 



Flowers nearly white, becoming reddish, somewhat dotted, erect or ascending . 



3. L. rubescens. 



1. L. pardalinum Kell. Tiger Lily. Rootstoek thick and 

 fleshy, closely covered with few or several jointed closely over- 

 lapping scales, branching and eventually forming large mat-like 

 clusters; stems 2£ to 6 ft. high; leaves in 3 or 4 whorls, alternate 

 above and below, the whorls with 9 to 15 leaves in each; flowers 1 to 



