LILY FAMILY 53 



all from the roundish corm (called a bulb), bearing a bracted 

 terminal umbel of flowers each on a jointed pedicel. Perianth 

 withering-persistent, funnelform or tubular. Stamens 6, 3 

 of them sometimes merely dilated filaments without anthers. 



a. Flowers yellow, with brown nerves; stamens 6, all 



with anthers. 



Stamens with broad winged filaments 1. B. ixioides. 



Stamens with thread-like filaments 2. B. gracilis. 



b. Flowers white; stamens 6, all with anthers 3. B. hyacinthina. 



c. Flowers either blue, purple, or pinkish; only the 3 in- 



ner stamens anther-bearing, except in no. 6. 

 Flowers blue or purple; stems usually erect. 



Pedicels 1 to 3 in. long; flowers \% in. or more long. 4. B. grandiftora. 

 Pedicels 1 in. or less long; flowers under Y$ in. 



Three outer filaments broad, without anthers 5. B. multiflora. 



Filaments all anther-bearing, the inner 2-winged. . .6. B. capitata. 

 Flowers rose-color, x /i in. long; stems twining 7. B. calif ornica. 



1. B. ixioides Wats. Golden Brodiaea. Pedicels ^ to 2 

 in. long. Flowers y 2 to 24 m - l° n g; segments longer than the 

 tube. Stamens 6, alternately long and short, inserted in 1 

 row; filaments dilated, notched or rounded at the broad sum- 

 mit, the anther raised on a minute stalk. 



The stems of the Golden Brodiaea vary in height from a 

 few inches to over a foot and are surmounted by loose um- 

 bels of showy yellow flowers, whose segments are veined 

 with brown. The altitudinal range extends from the foot- 

 hills to at least 8500 ft., but on the higher levels it is largely 

 replaced by the next species. 



2. B. gracilis Wats. General habit and appearance of B. 

 ixioides. Stem 9 in. or less high. Pedicels 54 to 1 in. long. 

 Flowers about Y 2 in. long, segments about equalling the tube 

 or slightly longer. Filaments very slender, inserted in 1 row. 

 — Common from Crane Flat and Indian Creek to Lake Ten- 

 aya, Glacier Point, Conness Creek, and other places of high 

 altitudes. 



3. B. hyacinthina var. lactea Baker. White Brodiaea. Stem 

 1 to 2 ft. high, terminated by the compact umbel of white 

 flowers, the segments with green midveins. Pedicels Y^ to 24 

 in. long. Flowers about y 2 in. long, cleft to below the middle. 

 Stamens 6, in one row; filaments triangular at base, tapering 

 above. — Moist soil in low places: Yosemite Valley, Hog 

 Ranch, Wawona, etc. 



4. B. grandiflora Smith. Harvest Brodiaea. Stem stout, 

 6 to 18 in. high, the blue or violet flowers in a large and open 

 terminal umbel. Pedicels 1 to 3 in. long (rarely only 34 in.), 

 much exceeding the membranous whitish bracts. Flowers 1% 



