Asparagea.] CALIFORNIA.— SUPPLEMENT. 401 



TRITELEIA. Hook. 



Perianthium tubulosum, subinfundibuliforme, marcescens. Stamina 6, duplici serie inserta: superiora 

 petalis opposita. Squama hypogynm nulte. Ovarium saepius stipitatum, raro sessile, polyspermum ; 

 stigmate trilobo. — Herbae cormis induviatis. Flores umbellati. 



1. T. laxa {Benth.) ; foliis linearibus glaucis scapo longioribus, involucro pedicellis 

 duplo breviore, pedicellis laxiusculis perianthio basi angustato cequalibus, ovario longe 



stipitato, filamentis 6 decurrentibus basi cristatis, umbella multiflora Benth. in Hort. 



Soc. Trans. N. S. J. p. 413. t. 15./ 2. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1685. 



This is readily distinguished from T. grandiflora by the attenuated base of its perianth, and the curved 

 stalk to its ovarium, two or three times longer than the ovarium itself, and half the length of the perianth ; 

 in T. grandiflora the perianth is wide at the base, almost indeed campanulate, and the stalk of the ovarium 

 is not half so long as the ovarium, and many times shorter than the perianth. Although there be little 

 difference in the width of the flowers, the length of the perianth of T. laxa is twice that of T. grandiflora. 



2. T. peduncularis (Lindl.) ; foliis linearibus scapo erecto bipedali brevioribus, involucro 

 pedicellis quater breviore, pedicellis strictis perianthio obconico quater longioribus, 

 ovario breviter stipitato, limbo perianthii tubo longiore, umbella multiflora. Lindl. in 

 Bot. Reg. sub. t. 1685. 



The flowers of this species are of a pale blue, not purple colour as in the two others : each sepal is marked 

 along the back with a purple line. 



BRODI^EA. Sm. 



Perianthium tubuloso-campanulatum, sexfidum, persistens. Stamina 3 ad faucem et laciniis tribus internis 

 opposita, cum squamis tribus (stamin. abortivis) alternantia. Ovarium trigonum, basi attenuatum. Stylus 

 filiformis. Stigma trifidum. Capsula obovata, stipitata, 3-locularis, loeulicido-triralvis. Semina cuique 

 loculo 4-5, peltata. — Flores umbellati. 



1. B. grandiflora (Sm.) ; pedicellis umbellatis bracteas longe superantibus, squamis 



perianthii oblongis obtusissimis integris Sm.inLin. Soc. Trans.X. p. 2. Bot. Reg. t. 1 183 



Bot. Mag. t. 2877. (non Pursh, nee Nutt.) — B. coronaria. Salisb. 



Hab. California; Douglas. Dry plains of the Wallamet river; Tolmie. 



2. B. congesta (Sm.); floribus subcapitatis, bracteis pedicellos superantibus, squamis 

 perianthii lanceolatis acutis bifidis. — Sm. in Lin. Soc. Trans. X. p. 3. t. 1. 



Ord. LXIV. ASPARAGEjE. Juss. 



1. Smilacina stellata, Desf. — Convallaria stellata. L. — Bot. Mag. t. 1043. 



2. S. racemosa, Desf. — Convallaria stellata. L. — Bot. Mag. t. 899. 



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