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5. BRODLEA, Smith. 
* Stamens in one row on the throat; anthers basifixed: purplish perianth mostly 
broadly funnel-form, the tube shorter than the limb. —§ Eusropima. 
4- 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 coronaria, 
Salisb. Parad. t. 98. From the Mohave River to British Columbia. 
Var. (?) masor, 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. Califor- 
nica, Lindl. Trans. Hort. Soe. 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. Pl. 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 6-8-seeded. — 
Proc. Calif. Acad. 2.6. B. grandiflora, var. macropoda, Torr. Pacif. R. 
Rep. 4. 149.. B. Torrey’, Wood, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1868, 172. 
Monterey to Mendocino County. 
++ ++ Flowers subcapitate. 
4. B. concesta, 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. muttirLora, 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: 
