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sepals; anthers versatile. Style slender, decid- 

 uous. Fruit a berry. — 71. Flowers on a 

 scape. 



1. C. Andeewsiana Torr. Flowers scarlet; 

 berry blue. — Los Gatos. Lagunitas Creek. 

 Summer. 



2 Chlorogalum Kuuth. Soap-root. 



Perigonium 6-sepalous; sepals linear, persis- 

 tent, marcescent. Stamens 6, adnate to the 

 base of the sepals; anthers versatile. Cells of 

 the ovary 2-ovulate; style filiform, deciduous. 

 Fruit a membranaceous, 3-lobed, loculicidal 

 capsule. — U' Bulbous; inflorescence race- 

 mose, paniculate. 



1. C. POMERIDIANUM Kunth. Flowcrs white. 

 Common. Summer. 



In former times used in washing linen. Old 

 settlers consider it beneficial to the growth of 

 the hair, like the bark of the Chilean Rosa- 

 ceous tree ' ' Quillaja." 



3. Allium L. Onion. 



Perigonium persistent. Stamens 6, adnate 

 to the base of the segments; filaments naked 

 with dilated base; anthers versatile. Ovary 3- 

 lobed; cells 2-ovulate; style filiform, persis- 

 tent; stigma simple. Fruit a loculicidal cap- 

 side. — W, bulbous; scapigerous; inflorescence 

 umbellate. 



