LILY FAMILY 269 



1. C. quamash Greene. Camass. Scape stoutish, 1 to 2V2 feet high ; raceme 

 5 to 25-flo\vere(^l ; tiowers dark bhie, rarely white ; perianth-segments unequal, 

 spreading unequally in 2 sets of 3 each, nearly 6 to 10 lines long, each twisted 

 separately after blooming ; capsule obtusely angled, its valves pinnately veined. 



Wet meadows or wet bottoms. Sierra Nevada, 4500 to 6500 feet ; high North 

 Coast Ranges. North to British Columbia and east to ITtah. 



Locs. — Bound Mdw., Giant Forest, Jepson 672; Pine Ridge, Fresno Co., Sail 4" Chandler 

 (perianth-segments twisting over ovary) ; Little Yosemite, Hall 9047; Rancheria Mt., Yosemite 

 Park, Jepson 4604; Truckee, Sonne; Modoc Co., M. S. Baker; Mt. Hull, Hall 9546a (twisting 

 perianth! ). 



Refs. — Cam.issia quamash Greene, Man. Bay Beg. 313 (1894). PJialanginm quamash 

 Pursh, Fl. 1:226 (1814), type loc. Weippe, Ida., Lewis. Quamasia quamash Cov. Proc. Biol. 

 Soe. Wash. 11:64 (1897). Camassia esculenta Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1486 (1832). 



2. C. leichtlinii Wats. Similar to C. quamash ; flowers dark blue to cream 

 color; perianth-segments 10 to 12 lines long, spreading regularly in a perfect star, 

 withering and twisting over the cap.sule like a bon-bon, at length deciduous as a 

 whole ; capsule oblong-obovate, slightly notched at apex, its valves closely veined 

 horizontally. 



Wet flats or grassy plains; Marin and Napa cos. to Humboldt Co.. and easterly 

 to Sierra Co. North to British Columbia. 



Loes. — Inverness, Jepson 8302 (perianth-segments withering separately) ; Napa Valley, 

 Clara Hunt; Red Mt., se. of Ukiah, Jepson 3035; Ft. Bragg, W. C. Mathews; Willow Creek, 

 Trinity River, Tracy 3388; Sierra Valley, Alma Ames. 



Refs. — Camassia leichtlinii Wats. Proe. Am. Acad. 20:376 (1885). Chlorogdluvi leicht- 

 linii Baker, Gard. Chron. ser. 2, 1:689 (1874), type collected by Jeffrey, probably in the 

 Umpqua Valley, Ore., and not in "British Columbia," ace. Piper. Camassia esculenta var. 

 leichtlinii Baker, Bot. Mag. t. 6287 (1877). 



12. CHLOROGALUM Kunth. 



Stem from a tunicated bulb, often tall, almost leafless, ending in a panicle of 

 racemose branches. Leaves of the basal tuft long-linear. Bracts small and 

 scarious. Pedicels jointed at the sununit. Perianth white, purple or pinkish, 

 persistent and at length twisted over the ovary ; segments 6, distinct, spreading, 

 ribbon-like, with 3 distinct but closely approximate nerves down the middle. 

 Stamens 6, rather shorter than the segments and inserted on their bases. Style 

 long-filiform, slightly 3-cleft at apex. Capsule broadly turbinate, 3-lobed, locu- 

 licidal, with 1 or 2 seeds in each cell. — Species 4, California and adjacent borders 

 north and south. (Greek chloros, green, and gala, milk or juice.) 



Perianth-segments rotate-spreading, 8 to 10 lines long; bulb with a heavy coat of coarse fibers; 



leaves % to 1% inches broad; pedicels 3 lines long or more 1. C. povieridianum. 



Perianth-segments somewhat spreading from above the base, 3 to 5 lines long; bulb with a 

 membranous coat; leaves Vi inch wide or less. 

 Pedicels shorter than the perianth; flowers white or pinkish. 



Flowers white 'ivith yellowish-green lines; style included; ovary on a short stipe 



2. C. angustifolium. 

 Flowers white with rose-colored midnerve or pinkish; style exserted as ovary matures; 



ovary sessile 3. C. parviflorum. 



Pedicels as long or longer than the perianth; tiowers blue or purplish; ovary sessile 



4. C. purpureum. 



1. C. pomeridianum Kunth. Soap Plant. Plants 2 to 10 feet high, with 

 ample spreading i)anicle; bulb 3 to 4 inches long and lYj to 2 inches thick with 

 a very dense coat of coarse brown fibres ; basal leaves numerous, % to 2i/o feet 

 long, lo to IVi; inches broad, carinate, strongly undula1(>; pedicels slender, about 

 3 to 6 lines long; perianth-segments lineai', 8 to 10 lines long, white, piirj)le- 

 veined, spreading widely; capsule 3 lines long, the valves ])innately nerved. 



Dry open low hills and plains, Sierra Nevada foothills, Great Valley, Coast 

 Ranges, south to cismontane Southern California, and north to southern Oregon. 



