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5. BRODI^A, Smith. 



* Stamens in one row on the throat ; anthers basifixed : purplish perianth mostly 

 broadly funnel-form, the tube shorter than the limb. — § Eubrodi^a. 



h- Stamens 3, opposite to the inner segments and alternate with as many 

 staminodia : segments 2 or 3 times longer than the tube. 



++ Pedicels (usually few) more or less elongated. 



1. B. grandiflora, Smith. Leaves a line broad, subterete : scape 

 4 to 10 inches high : flowers an inch long : staminodia entire, obtuse, 

 about equalling the linear anthers : filaments 1^ lines long or more : 

 capsule oblong, narrowed at base, attenuate above ; cells 6-8-seeded : 

 seeds a line long. — Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1183 ; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 

 2877 ; Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. 11. 376, in part. Hookera corona ria, 

 Salisb. Parad. t. 98. From the Mohave River to British Columbia. 



Var. (?) major, Benth. Leaves flattened, 1 to 3 lines broad : 

 scape stouter, a foot or two high, often scabrous : pedicels more nu- 

 merous (6 to 20) and longer (1 to 4 inches): capsules usually with a 

 broader base, and seeds 2 lines long. — PL Hartw. 339. B. Calif or- 

 nica, Lindl. Trans. Hort. Soc. 4. 84, fig. 



2. B. minor. Scape very slender, 3 to 6 inches high : flowers a 

 half to one inch long : staminodia broad and usually emarginate, longer 

 than the oblong anthers : capsule obovate, acute, 3 lines long ; cells 

 3-seeded. — B. grandiflora, var. minor, Benth. PI. Hartw. 340. Cali- 

 fornia to Oregon. 



3. B. terrestris, Kellogg. Leaves nearly terete : scape very 

 short: pedicels very slender, 3 or 4 inches long: flowers 8 to 10 lines 

 long : staminodia emarginate, yellow, exceeding the oblong sagittate 

 anthers : capsule acute at base, a half-inch long ; cells G-8-seeded. — 

 Proc. Calif. Acad. 2. 6. B. grandiflora, var. macropoda, Torr. Pacif . R. 

 Rep. 4. 149. B. Torreyi, Wood, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1868, 172. 

 Monterey to Mendocino County. 



■m- ++ Flowers subcapitate. 



4. B. congesta, Smith. Corm often deep-seated: scape 2 to 4 

 feet high, smooth : umbel often produced into a short dense raceme : 

 flowers about 9 lines long: staminodia deeply cleft, exceeding the 

 nearly sessile emarginate anthers : capsule ovate : seeds usually soli- 

 tary, 2 lines long. — Trans. Linn. Soc. 10. 3, t. 1. Dichelostemma, 

 Kunth, Enum. 4. 470. San Francisco to Washington Territory. 



5. B. multiflora, Benth. Corm less deeply seated : scape 1 or 2 

 feet high, somewhat scabrous : umbel not produced : staminodia broad, 

 entire, obtuse, about equalling the anthers : seeds several in each cell : 



