844 JOUKNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



L. Grayii, S. Wats, in Proc. Amer. Acad. xiv. 256, 302 ; Garden and 

 Forest, vol. i. pp. 19, 56, 256, fig. 4 ; Man. Bot. North Unit. States, 

 edit. vi. 529 ; Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 7234. Bulb small, globose, annual, 

 arising from a wide-creeping rootstock : scales small, thick, ovate. Stem 

 slender, erect, glabrous, green, 2-3 ft. long. Leaves typically in about four 

 whorls of 4-8 leaves each, sessile, oblanceolate, bright green, 2-3 in. long, 

 s^Dreading horizontally. Flowers 1-3, long-peduncled, horizontal or cer- 

 nuous, red or tinged with yellow towards the base, especially inside. 

 Perianth funnel-shaped, 2-3 in. long ; segments oblanceolate, spotted 

 more or less copiously with claret-red, spreading very little when fully 

 expanded. Stamens a little shorter than the perianth ; anthers linear- 

 oblong, ^ in. long. Pistil as long as the stamens. (Fig. 179.) 



Alleghanies of Virginia and North Carolina. First collected by Dr. 

 Asa Gray in 1840. Nearly allied to L. canadense. 



L. Bolanden, S. Wats, in Proc. Amer. Acad. xx. 1885, 377 ; Garden, 

 October 25, 1890, coloured figure. Bulb globose, 1-1^ in. diameter ; 

 scales ovate, very acute. Stem slender, 1-3 ft. long. Leaves mainly in four 

 whorls, the lower of 12-15 leaves, sessile, horizontal, oblanceolate, 2 in. 

 long, ^ in. broad. Flowers 1-3, horizontal or rather drooping, dull red, 

 copiously spotted inside. Perianth funnel-shaped, IJ-l^ in. long, the 

 oblanceolate segments ^ in. broad, hardly refiexing at all. Stamens a little 

 shorter than the perianth ; anthers oblong, J in. long. Pistil as long as 

 the stamens. 



California ; Humboldt county. First collected by Bolander in 1867. 

 Allied to L. parvum and L. maritimum. Described from specimens sent 

 by Mr. T. Ware in July 1890. 



L. occidentale, Purdy in Erythrcsa v. 1897, 103. Bulb shortly 

 rhizomatous, as in L.'pardalinum. Stem 2-6 ft. long, dark green. Leaves 

 forming whorls in the middle of the stem (5-12 or more leaves in each), 

 oblanceolate, acute, 2-4 in. long, 3-4 lines broad, bright green. Flowers 

 from few to 15, racemose or umbellate ; peduncles 3-9 in. long, cernuous 

 at the apex. Perianth 1^-2^ in. long ; segments 4-6 lines broad, crimson, 

 towards the tip, orange-red with copious black spots lower down, the outer 

 soon becoming revolute, the inner tardily so for some days, spreading 

 broadly. Stamens a httle longer than the style ; anthers oblong, dark red. 



California, from Humboldt Bay to above Areata, taking the place filled 

 by L. maritimum, to which it is closely allied, further south. 



L. iMTVum, var. luteum., Purdy in Erythrcea, v. (1897) 105. Bulb as 

 in the type, rhizomatous, not forming clumps ; scales often 3-jointed. 

 Leaves mostly scattered, but some in whorls at the middle of the stem, 

 obovate-lanceolate, light green. Stem few-flowered or many-flowered. 

 Segments of perianth revolute from the base, a clear, brilliant, reddish- 

 orange throughout, not tipped with red, spotted with small bright red 

 spots. 



California ; Plumas county. Collected by Mrs. Austin. 



L. Bakeri, Purdy in Erythrcea, v. (1897) 104. Bulb ovoid, exactly like 

 that of L. canadense, 5 inches in circumference. Stem 2-6 ft. long, rather 

 stout, terete. Leaves mostly whorled, lanceolate, bright green. Flowers 

 4-10, strictly racemose ; lower peduncles 4-5 in. long, upper 1^-2 in. ; 

 buds nodding ; open flowers horizontal. Perianth l\ in. long ; segments 



