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otherwise as the last. — Pl. Hartw. 339; Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 5989. 
B. parviflora, Torr. & Gray, Pacif. R. Rep. 2. 125. B. grandiflora, 
var. brachypoda, Torr., same, 4: 149. Sacramento Valley to Oregon 
and in the Sierra Nevada. 
+ + Stamens 6, those opposite the inner perianth-segments with their short 
filaments conspicuously wing-appendaged: segments little longer than the 
tube: flowers subcapitate. 
6. B. capirrata, Benth. Scape usually 1 or 2 feet high: flowers 
6 to 10 lines long: outer filaments dilated at base; inner anthers 
linear, little shorter than the oblong-lanceolate wings: capsule ovate, 
3 lines long; cells several-seeded. — Pl. Hartw. 539. Hookera pul- 
chella, Salisb. Parad. t. 117? Dichelostemma capitata, Wood, |. ec. 
173. Milla capitata, Baker, |. c. 881. California to Utah. 
x * Stamens in 2 rows (except in n. 8), with more or less distinctly versatile 
anthers and naked filaments: capsule stipitate: perianth-segments equalling 
or shorter than the mostly narrow tube. —§ SEUBERTIA. 
+ Perianth broadly funnel-form : flowers subcapitate. 
7. B. Dovuciasi. Scape 1 or 2 feet high: flowers few or many, 
blue, 8 to 12 lines long: anthers a line long, the lower on the throat, 
the upper on the inner perianth-segments ; filaments short. —77riteleia 
grandiflora, Lindl. ; Hook. I'l. Bor.-Am. 2. 186, t. 198, B. Brodiea 
grandiflora, Torr. in Stansb. Rep. 397. Milla grandiflora, Baker, 
lc. Washington Territory and Oregon to Wyoming and Utah. 
+ + Perianth more or less attenuate at base: umbel open. 
++ Flowers blue or purplish ; rarely white. 
8. B. Bripeesu. Scape a foot high or more; flowers 12 to 15 
lines long, the very narrow tube exceeding the segments: filaments 
deltoid, in one row on the throat; anthers linear, 2 lines long: capsule 
ovate, shorter than the stipe, beaked by the very slender style: seeds 
2 or 3 in each cell. — Central California (foothills of the Sierra Neva- 
da; Bridges, n. 338 ; and others), 
9. B. vaxa. Scapes 6 inches to 2 feet high, smooth or scabrous : 
flowers few to many, 12 to 20 lines long, the very narrow tube equal- 
ling or exceeding the segments: filaments very slender, short or elon- 
gated, the upper on the throat opposite the inner segments: capsule 
oblong, long-stipitate ; style rather short: seeds several. — Triteleia 
laxa, Benth. Trans. Hort. Soc. 1. 413, t. 15, f. 2; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 
t. 1685. Seubertia, Kunth. Milla, Baker. Coast Ranges, from San 
Francisco to Humboldt County. 
10. B. pepUNCULARIS. Scape 1 or 2 feet high, smooth: flowers 
smaller (6 to 9 lines long), on very slender pedicels, the segments a 
