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of thin but prominent crests. Anthers smaller than in 

 Hookera and versatile. Ovary on a long slender stipe, or 

 rarely almost sessile. Scapes tall and slender, but firm, 

 not tortuous. Umbels loose, many-tlowered. — Lindl. Bot. 

 Keg. t. 1-293 and t. 1685; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. ii. 186, t. 198, 

 B.; Kunth. Enum. iv. 465, as to the N. Am. species only; 

 Wood. Proc. Phil. Acad. 1868, 171. He^peroscordam, Lindl. 

 1. c. ; Hook. 1. c; Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. 400; Kunth, 1. c. 

 464; Wood, 1. c. Calliprora, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1590; Hook. 

 & Arn. i. c; Kunth, 1. c. 476; Wood, 1. c. 172. Seuhertia, 

 Kunth, 1. c. 475; Wood, 1. c. 171. Part of 31111a, Baker, and 

 of BrocUcea, Watson. 



"^Perianth broadly tubular. — Triteleia proper. 



T. GRANDIFLORA, Lindl. 1. c. Scape a foot or two high; 

 pedicels numerous, an inch long; perianth light blue, an 

 inch long; anthers oblong, a line long, the lower sessile in 

 the throat opposite the outer segments, the upper on the 

 inner segments on a short, free filament which is winged 

 below. — Milla, Baker 1. c. 380; Brodkm, Torr. Stansb. Rep. 

 397; Brodiaxt Douglasii, Wats. 1. c. 



From Oregon and Washington Territory eastward to 

 northern Utah and western Wyoming. . 



T. HowELLii. Scape 2 feet high, or more; umbel and 

 perianth as in the first species, filaments of the lower stamens 

 very short and deltoid, those of the upper a line and a half 

 long, and winged broadly, the wing truncate or retuse, or 

 nearly rounded above. — Brodkca, Watson, Proc. Am. Acad. 

 xiv. 301. 



First collected in Oregon, by Mr. Eddy, 1871; more recent 

 specimens are those from Washington Territory, collected 

 by Mr. Howell; and from these Mr. Watson defined the 

 sj)ecies. 



• "^"^ Periardh turbinate, attenuate at base. — Seubertia. 



T. CANDIDA. Scape 2 — 4 feet high; umbel 6 — 10-flowered; 

 perianth an inch and a half long, shining white with 6 green 



