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Camassia, Ornithogalum, Lachenalia, Chionodoxa, Hyaa'nthtis, 

 Galtonia, Miiscari (Fig. 1940). 



Fig. 1940. — Miiscari paradoxum. Dark blue- 

 black flowers. 



The genus Scilla contains about 100 species distributed in temperate 

 regions. S. non-scripta (Fig. 1941) is the Bluebell. In Camassia 

 are grouped two North American species from whose bulbs a 

 food, quamash, was prepared by the Indians. There are thirty 



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Fig. 1941. — Scilla non-scripta. 

 Inflorescence. 



Bluebell. 



