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LILIACEAE 



8. Triteleia bridgesii (S. Wats.) Greene. Bridges' Triteleia. FU 



990. 



Brodiaea bridgesii S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 237. 



1879. 

 Triteleia bridgesii Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 2: 141. 



1886. 



Scape slender. 15-45 cm. long, scabrous. 

 Leaves shorter than or exceeding the scape, 

 3-10 mm. wide ; umbel open. 5-20-fiowered ; 

 pedicels slender. 1-5 cm. long ; perianth violet- 

 purple, funnel-form, 25-35 mm. long ; the tube 

 becoming very slender and long-attenuate be- 

 low ; the segments ovate-lanceolate, 8-10 mm. 

 long; stamens inserted on the throat in 1 row, 

 filaments 2-3 mm. long, dilated downward; 

 anthers linear, 3-4 mm. long; capsule ovoid, 

 6 mm. long, scarcely half the length of the 

 slender stipe. 



Heavy soil in open woods or chaparral, Upper So- 

 noran and Transition Zones; Coast Ranges, from Curry 

 County, Oregon, southward to Lake County, California, 

 and in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada to Mariposa 

 County. Type locality: Central California, probably in 

 the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. 



9. Triteleia hendersoni (S. Wats.) 



Greene. 



Henderson's Triteleia. Fig. 991. 



Brodiaea hendersoni S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 23: 



266. 1888. 

 Triteleia hendersoni Greene, Pittonia 1: 164. 1888. 



Scape rather slender, 20-50 cm. long, 

 minutely scabrous. Leaves shorter than or 

 exceeding the scapes, 5-10 mm. wide, glabrous ; 

 umbels open, 6-15-flowered ; pedicels slender, 

 2-3 cm. long ; perianth salmon-color with 

 broad dark purplish midveins, 15-20 mm. 

 long; the tube turbinate, short-attenuate at 

 base; segments a little longer than the tube, 

 oblong-lanceolate; stamens in 1 row, inserted 

 on the throat ; filaments 4-5 mm. long, slender, 

 slightly dilated at base; anthers blue, 1.5 mm. 

 long; capsule broadly ovoid, abruptly beaked 

 by the style, 6 mm. long, shorter than the 

 stipe ; seeds 4-5 in each cavity. 



Cafion slopes, and rocky hillsides. Transition Zone; 

 Siskiyou Mountains of southern Oregon and north- 

 ern California. Type locality: near Ashland, Jackson 

 County, Oregon. 



10. Triteleia gracilis (S. W 

 Slender Triteleia 



Fig 



ats.) Greene. 

 . 992. 



Calliprora aurantea Kell. Proc. Calif. Acad. 2: 20. 1859. 

 Brodiaea gracilis S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 23S. 1879. 

 Triteleia gracilis Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 2: 141. 1886. 



Scape 10-30 cm. long, glabrous or minutely scabrous. 

 Leaves usually exceeding the scape, mostly solitary, 4-8 

 mm. wide ; bracts narrowly lanceolate, 10 mm. long ; 

 umbels open, 6-30-flowered ; pedicels slender, 10-25 rnm. 

 long ; perianth yellow with brown-purple midveins, 

 10-15 mm. long; tube narrowly turbinate, short-atten- 

 uate at base ; segments lanceolate, a little longer than 

 the tube ; stamens inserted ifi 1 row on the throat ; 

 filaments filiform, 2-3 mm. long; anthers creamy-white, 

 1.5 mm. long; capsule ovate-oblong, 5 mm. long, atten 

 uate into the short style; stipe slender, about equalling 

 the capsule ; seeds 2 in each cavity. 



Borders O'f mountain meadows and open forests. Transition and 

 Canadian Zones; Sierra Nevada from Plumas to Tuolumne Coun- 

 ties. California. Type locality: Sjianish Peak near Gold Lake, 

 Placer County. 



