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T. Bridgesii. Scape rather slender, a foot or more in 

 height: umbel few-flowered: perianth as in T. Icixa, but 

 with a more slender tube, stamens in one row, the free por- 

 tions of the filaments dilated downwards. — Brodicea, Wat- 

 son, L c. 



A well-marked species, of somewhat limited range, a23pa- 

 rentlj. We have it only from near Chico (Mrs. Bidweli), 

 and from near the coast in Humboldt County (Mr. C. C. 

 Marshall). 



T. Lemmon^. Scape a foot high: pedicels an inch long: 

 perianth deep orange, 4 — 5 lines long, segments twice the 

 length of the tube: filaments stout, terete, nearly equal, in- 

 serted at the mouth of the tube; anthers 1 — IJ lines long: 

 ovary short-stipitate. — Brodicea^ Watson, Proc. Am. Acad. 

 XX. 376. 



Mountains of the northern part of Arizona. 



T. CROCEA. Scape a foot or more in height: pedicels 

 6 — 15, slender, an inch or two long: perianth yellow, 7 — 9 

 lines long, cleft, below the middle: anthers oblong, less 

 than a line long, obtuse at each end, the lower nearly sessile 

 on the tube, the upper borne on a free filament reaching 

 the middle of the segment : ovary on a slender stipe 2 lines 

 long.—Suhertia, Wood. 1. c. 172: Milla, Baker, L c. 384: 

 Brodicea, Watson, 1. c. 



Known only from the extreme northern part of California. 



T. GRACILIS. Half as large as the last species, the leaf 

 usually solitary, pedicels more numerous: perianth yellow, 

 cleft below the middle: filaments subequal, the free part 

 much elongated, carrying the sagittate acute anthers above 

 midway of the segments: ovary as in the preceding. — Bro- 

 dicea, Watson, 1. c. 



Common in pine woods of the Sierra Nevada, from Plu- 

 mas to Merced Counties. Collected by Mrs. Austin, Mrs. 

 Curran, Dr. Kellogg, Mr. Sonne, and others. 



11.— Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci. II. 6. Issued November 13, 1886, 



