Close-up of a specimen of chocolate lily (Fritillaria biflora), ca.1920 (CHS-5643)

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Summary[edit] Description: English: Close-up of a specimen of chocolate lily (Fritillaria biflora), ca.1920 Photograph of a close-up of a specimen of chocolate lily (Fritillaria biflora), ca.1920. Eight cup-like blossoms hang down from four delicate stems. The leaves are situated closer to the bottom edge. The background is neutral.; "Chocolate lilies are attractive wildflowers with slender to stout stems rising from 15-100 cm. One or two whorls of 3-5 leaves are found scattered along the stem. Individual leaves range from linear to lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate in shape, and each ranges from 3-25 mm wide and 5-15 cm long. The flowers are occasionally solitary or more commonly number 2 to 5. The flowers are pendent while the broadly winged seed capsule becomes erect. The six sepals are oblong-lanceolate to oblong in shape and range from 20-30 mm long. The anthers are 4-5 mm long with the slender filaments 2-3 times longer. The seed capsules are typically about 2 cm long." -- unknown author. Call number: CHS-5643 Filename: CHS-5643 Subject (file heading): Botany -- Flowers -- Lilies Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Type: images Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Format: glass plate negatives Microfiche number: 1-82-211 Archival file: chs_Volume84/CHS-5643.tiff Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Project: USC Accession number: 5643 Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1920 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs Legacy record ID: chs-m14060; USC-1-1-1-14219 Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Coverage date: circa 1920 Subject (lcsh): Flowers; Lilies. Date: circa 1920 date QS:P,+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (date created). Source: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/13621. Author: Unknown authorUnknown author.