Tas. 5912. 
MILLA Sabrina 
Native of California. 
~ Nat. Ord. Livtace®.—Tribe Mites. 
Genus Mitta, Cavanilles ; (Kunth. Enum. Plant., vol. iv. p. 478). 
MiLta capitata ; bulbo ovideo prolifero tunicato, foliis anguste linearibus 
elongatis acuminatis, scapo gracili elongato, spathe valvis pluribus 
elliptico-lanceolatis violaceis floribus brevioribus, perianthio cerules- 
centi-violaceo, submarcescenti 6-fido, lobis ovatis obtusis erectis, stami - 
nibus inclusis filamentis 3 alternis basi dilatatis complanatis inappendi- — 
culatis, 38 utrinque lamina lanceolata antheram superanti instructis, 
capsula inclusa. 
Mitta capitata, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. xi. p. 381. 
Bropiza capitata, Benth. Pl. Hartweg., p. 339. 
DicuELostemMa capitata, Wood in Proc. Acad. Philad., 1868, p. 173. 
For the opportunity of figuring this charming bulb we are 
indebted to our excellent correspondent, Max Leichtlin, of 
Carlsruhe, who transmitted fresh flowering specimens from 
his garden in May last. It was originally described by Mr. | 
Bentham, in the “ Plante Hartwegiane,” and has long been 
known to us in the Herbarium from specimens collected in 
California by Douglas, Coulter, and others. Mr. Baker, in his 
valuable Monograph of the Gamophyllous Capsular herba- 
ceous Liliacew (Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. xi. p. 349), on the ground 
of technical convenience, refers our plant to the genus Milla, 
established by Cavanilles for his M. d7fora, including under 
Brodiga only triandrous species, in which the alternate 
stamens are reduced to staminodia. Unfortunately this 
generically separates species, which in every other ae 8 
appear congeneric, while it associates others, which certainly 
look generically distinct. ‘The alternative, however, seemed 
JULY Ist, 1871. 
