H AB. Head waters of the Missouri and Columbia. M. Lewis (in P/i.). Nutka Sound. Menzies. Fort
Vancouver on the Columbia. Douglas. Tolmie.—Habit of the preceding, but smaller and of a more rigid
texture throughout. Leaves much narrower. Flowers tessellated. Sepals with much laxer nervation, the
nerves quite destitute of lamellæ and glands. Capsule and roots also exceedingly different.
T ab. CXCIII. B. Fritillaria lanceolata. Fig. 1, Sepal and stamen; f. 2, Pistil:—■magnified;
f 8, Capsule :—nat. size.
3. F. ? pudica; foliis alternis lineari-lanceolatis, flore terminali solitario pendulo
campanulato, sepalis obovato-spathulatis sessilibus, stigmate integro.—Lilium pudicum.
Ph. Am. 1. p. 228. t. 8.
H a b . Head waters of the Missouri. M. Lewis. Common on the banks of streams from the Great Falls of
the Columbia, to the vallies of the mountains near the source of the Missouri. Douglas.—Habit of Fritil-
laria, and the sepals have an obscure nectary; but the stigma is simple. Perhaps it should form a distinct
genus, which might include F. Fleischeri, Stend. et Hochst. from Smyrna, and F. tulipiflora, Bieb., which
have altogether the habit of the present plant.—A small and very graceful species, with a solitary terminal
very drooping flower, according to Pursh of a pale yellow colour.
8. ERYTHRONIUM. L.
1. E. Americanum (Gawl. Bot. Mag. t. 1113); foliis oblongo-seu elliptico-lanceolatis
punctatis, pedunculo unifloro, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis ad medium reflexis,
stylo clavato trigono, stigmate triangular! integro.—E. Dens Canis, var. Mx._Willd.__
E. lanceolatum. Ph. Am. 1. p. 230.—E. flavum. Sm. in Rees. Cycl.
H ab . Canada, frequent—Leaves distinctly dotted with minute papillae, which are indistinct or wholly
wanting in the following species. What I have for E . albidum, Ph., from Drs Beck and Torreyy -seems
merely a white-flowered var. of this, with less conspicuous papillse on the leaves.*
2. E grandifiorum (P h.); foliis oblongo-seu elliptico-lanceolatis vix punctatis, pedun-
culo 1-paucifloro, sepalis lanceolatis valde acuminatis fere ab ima basi reflexis, stigmate
tripartito.— a. minor ; caule unifloro, flore flavo.— E. grandifiorum. Ph. Am. 1. p. 231.
Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1786.T—(3. giganteum ; caule 2-5-floro, fioribus flavis.—E. giganteum.
Lindl. 1. c. ad calcem.—y . albiflorum; caule elatiori unifloro, flore albo.—8. Smithii;
caule elato unifloro, flore purpureo-roseo.—E. revolutum. Sm. in Rees. Cycl.
H ab. *. N. W. America. Banks of Koos-koosky River. M. Lewis.—», and A Summit of the low hills
near the junction of Spokan River with the Columbia, and in the vallies west of the Rocky mountains, often
in blossom before the snow has disappeared. Douglas.—y. Fort Vancouver. Menzies.—It will be seen that
the indefatigable and venerable Menzies was the first to discover this fine and very distinct species, though
he only appears to have found a pale purple-flowered variety. Specimens in my collection bear from 1 to 4
flowers, and they are so described in Douglas mst. The colour of the blossom seems very variable.
* I possess from Dr Boott a very remarkable state of this plant, or a distinct species, from Vermont, U. S.,
E. bracteatvm, Boott, mst. The leaves are lanceolate, and taper gradually into the foot-stalk. The flower is small
(f of an inch long), greenish, and there is a bractea on the peduncle, indicating a disposition to bear more than
one flower. Only one specimen was found.
4. GALOCHORTUS. Ph.
Flores erecti, explanati, patentes. Sepala glabra, convoluto-acuminata. Pet. majora,
rotundata, plana, medio barbata, basi maculata glabra. Stylus 0. Stigmata 3. Caps.
triangularis, coriacea. Semina serie simplici affixa, plana, testa suberosa.__Bulbi tunicati,
foliis convoluto-acuminatis rigidis. Lindl.
1. C. macrocarpus (Dougl. Hort. Trans. 7. p. 276. t. 8); caule 3-5-phyllo bifloro,
petalis prater fasciculum pilorum glabris, capsulis erectis lineari-oblongis. Lindl. Bot.
Reg. t. 1152.
H ab . N. W. Interior. Great Falls and southern branches of the Columbia. Douglas___One of the most
lovely of plants j flowers large purple.
2. C. nitidus (Dougl. Hort. Trans. 7. p. 277. t. 9. A ); caule 2-3-phyllo quadrifloro,
petalis interioribus prater pilorum fasciculum sparse lanatis, capsulis erectis ovalibus.
H a b . N. W. Interior. Vallies of the Blue Mountains, and about Spokan River. Douglas. mountainous district of the Columbia, and
3. C. elegans (Ph. Am. 1. p. 240); caule 1-folio 1-5-floro, petalis interioribus obovatis
intus toto pilosis, fioribus subcernuis.— Cyclobothria elegans. Benth. Lindl.—a. minor ;
caule unifloro; Dougl. in Hort. Trans, v. 7. t. 9. B. (left-hand figure.)— major; caule
3-5-floro. Dougl. 1. c. t. 9. B. (right-hand figure.)
H ab. «*. Recesses of the Rocky Mountains, near the regions of perpetual snow. Douglas.—p. In the
vallies of the Columbia. Douglas. Banks of the Wallamet. Tolmie— My specimens from the Wallamet
agree with the larger variety of Mr Douglas, but are still larger, a foot high, and with flowers full twice the
size of«*. In other respects the two plants accord. The blossoms appear white, with a bluish tinge. Mr
Bentham refers this to Cyclobothria of Sweet: but it appears to me, if the two genera are to be kept separate,
that this is more naturally allied to Calochortus. The flowers can scarcely be called drooping, and the
seeds, which are said to differ in the two genera, are not known in this plant. But be that as it may, the
fnoaumned eCd.alochortus must be retained to the present species, being the very one on which the genus was
Okd. X. ASPHODELEÆ. L.
1. ANTHERICUM. L.
1. A. serotinum. L.— E. Bot. t. 793— Lloydia. Salisb. Lindl— Nectarobothrium.
Ledeb.—Rhabdocrinum. Reich.
H ab . Unalaschka. Chamisso (in Herb, nostr.). Northern Arctic Coast, rare. Dr Richardson.—Only
four specimens were gathered by Dr Richardson, and the flowers varied from 1-3 on a stem.
2. ALLIUM. L.
1. A. striatum. Jacq. Ic. Rar. 2. t. 366. Bot. Mag. t. 1035. imd 1524. Ph. Am. 1. p. 222.
— Ornithogalum bivalve. L.
H a b . Cultivated in the Bot. Garden of Glasgow, from seeds received from the N. W. Coast.