W160 

 (2 leaves) 



COMMON CAMAS 



Quama'sia qua'mash, syns. Comas' sia esculen'ta, C. gua'mash, Q. esculen'ta* 



Flower cluster (raceme) ter- 

 minal 



Flower buds puffy on one side 

 (gibbous) 



Flower parts (sepals and petals, 

 or perianth segments) 6, alike, 

 blue, % in. long, mostly 3-vein- 

 ed, not opening so regularly as 

 in some other camases 



Stamens 6 



Bracts leaflike, papery 



Flower-cluster stalk leafless, 

 usually solitary, rather stout 



Leaves basal, up to 16 in. 

 K in. wide 



long, and % in. wide 



Bulb underground, egg- 

 shaped, up to 1H in. across, 

 coated with dark, outside layer, 

 edible 



Roots fibrous 



Q. esculen'ta Raf., not (Ker) Covllle. 



Lith. A. Hoen & Co. 



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