MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS 25 



n. MUIL'LA 



Similar to Allium, but without the odor and taste. Flowers 

 greenish yellow. Bracts of the umbels from 4 to 6, linear- 

 lanceolate. Ovules 8-10 in each cell of the ovary. 



M. marit'ima Watson. This is found in the interior of the state 

 and along the coast, frequently growing in alkaline soil. The 

 flowers have a delicate perfume. 



m. BLOOME'RIA, Golden Stars 



Perianth of 6 nearly equal, spreading divisions ; light 

 orange, with a dark midnerve of 2 closely parallel lines. 

 Pedicels jointed under the perianth. Stamens 6, with slender 

 filaments nearly as long as the perianth, — each, at base, at- 

 tached to a short 2-toothed, hairy appendage ; these uniting to 

 form a cup at the base of the perianth. Ovules several in each 

 cell of the ovary. 



B. au'rea Kellogg. Golden Bloomeria, Golden StXrs. Bulb 

 small, densely covered with brownish fibers. Flowers usually nu- 

 merous in the umbel. Capsule beaked with the persistent style. 

 From Monterey to San Diego, and abundant wherever found. 



rV. BRODLffii'A, GENERALLY KNOWN AS BRODLffiA, 



SOMETIMES CALLED Wild Hyaciiith 



Corm coated with brownish fibers (sometimes tissue-like), 

 flat on the bottom when the old part is removed. Leaves 

 generally withering soon. Pedicels of various lengths, jointed 

 under the perianth. Flowers withering and persisting, white, 

 blue-purple, rose-color, yellow, or scarlet ; in shape tubular, 

 rotate, or funnel-form. Stamens in 2 sets, 3 or 6, attached to 

 the tube of the perianth, often with wing-like appendages on 

 the filaments ; when 3, alternating with petal-like staminodia. 

 (Staminodia are filaments, usually broadened, without anthers.) 



(There are 5 subgenera which Professor Greene regards 

 as genera; so, to avoid confusion, the species are arranged 

 under the subgenera.) 



