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somewhat scattered towards the top. Flowers numerous in 
raceme3, pendant, of a rich reddish-orange colour, copiously 
claret spotted inside, the perianth segments sharply reflexed 
from the middle. It is confined to California, occurring on the 
western slopes of Sierra Nevada, and along the whole coast range 
from Santa Barbara to San Diego. It is synonymous with 
L. Bloomerianum, and there is a variety often called ocellatum 
which has yellow freely spotted flowers. The bulbs are large 
and very distinct. 
L. pardauinum. —One of the aristocracy in Lilies, growing 
4 to 5 feet high under favourable conditions; last season being 
ously defined and rendered especially distinct by [the central 
colour; the leaves are also said to be different, but I have seen 
many which pass muster as californicum which could not be 
honestly separated from other forms of the species. I am con¬ 
tent to grow and love them all. 
*L Parryi. —A superb Lily, growing from 2 to 4 feet high, 
often less than the latter height; the stems rather slender and 
thickly clothed with linear oblanceolate leaves, usually evenly 
scattered, never in whorls. Flowers canary yellow, about 
3 inches across, sparingly covered with fine dots, sometimes 
nearly free from spots, the segments slightly spreading and 
Fig. 31.— Lilium eleGans (L. Thunbergiauum). 
very dry some of my plants were only 3 feet high with narrow 
lanceolate acute leave3, mostly arranged in whorls, except at the 
upper part, where they are scattered. Flowers in umbels at the 
top, bright red, the upper two-thirds, the centre yellow spotted 
with black, the segments 2 to 3 inches long and sharply revolute. 
It is widely distributed throughout Northern and Central Cali¬ 
fornia, and is variable in the colour of the flowers and the dispo¬ 
sition and form of the foliage. An effort has been made to 
e3tablish varieties, but I am doubtful if any permanent charac¬ 
ters can be guaranteed, one form being connected with what at 
first appeared another extreme form by intermediates. It has 
been claimed that the variety californicum, produces the most 
brilliant scarlet flowers of any, and that this colour is conspicu- 
often recurved at the points. The bulbs are small, white, and 
rhizomatous. It occurs only in California, most abundantly in wet 
marshy ground about the San Gorgonio Pass. It is a most 
charming species, one of the most distinct in every way of the 
American Lilies, requiring, as I before mentioned, a damp shel¬ 
tered position. 
L. superbum. —A strong-growing and effective damp-loving 
species, producing stems from 4 to 6 feet high ; leaves arranged 
in whorls and scattered, linear-lanceolate and acute. Flowers 
numerous in panicled racemes, pendant, 3 inches or more across, 
of a rich reddish orange colour, paler in the centre, copiously 
claret-spotted below; the segments sharply revolute. Widely 
spread from Canada southwards, varying somewhat/The variety 
