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BRODIAA Doverasit. 
Native of California, Sc. 
Nat. Ord. Litiacex.—Tribe ALLIEZ. 
Genus Broprxa, Smith; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pi. vol. iii. p- 880.) 
Broprxa Douglasii; bulbo parvo globoso tunicis exterioribus fibrosis sursum 
reticulatis, foliis 2 linearibus flaccidis viridibus carinatis scapo brevioribus, 
seapo gracili tereti, umbellis multifloris, spathe valvis 2-3 parvis membranaceis 
brunneis lanceolatis, pedicellis cernuis flore brevioribus, perianthio infundi- 
bulari hyacinthino, segmentis oblongis acutis tubo squilongis, staminibus 
biseriatis prope tubi faucem insertis antheris oblongis, 3 exterioribus subses- 
silibus 3 exterioribus filamentis brevibus preditis, pistillo tubo wquilongo, 
ovario distincte stipitato. 
Brodiza Douglasii, S. Wats. in Proc. Amer. Acad. vol. xiv. p. 237; Bot. Calif. 
vol. ii. p. 154. 
Triteleia grandiflora, Lind. in Bot. Reg. sub tab. 1293; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. 
vol. ii. p. 186, tab. 198 B. 
Milla grandiflora, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. vol. xi. p. 380. 
This is one of the finest representatives of the large 
Western American genus Brodica. In my monograph in 
the Journal of the Linnean Society, just cited, I classified 
under Brodiwa only those species in which three out of 
the six stamens are suppressed, but Mr. Bentham, following 
Dr. Sereno Watson, has added to these a large number of 
closely-related hexamerous species, and as thus understood 
the genus now includes between thirty and forty species. 
Hookera of Salisbury has a slight priority over Brodiaa 
of Smith. The present plant has a wide distribution 
through California, Oregon, Washington territory, and 
British Columbia. It was introduced into cultivation long 
ago by Douglas, but was soon lost. We had it from Mr. 
Elwes in 1876. Our drawing was made from a plant that 
flowered at Kew in May, 1886, the bulb of which came 
from our enterprising correspondent, Mr. C. G. Pringle, 
who, after a residence of many years 1n Vermont, is now 
busily engaged in exploring the botany of Arizona and the 
north of Mexico. 
nov. Ist, 1886. 
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