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Geniis BRODIAEA Smith. 



BRODIAEA BRIDGESII S. Watson. 

 BRODIAEA CAPITATA Benth. 

 BRODIAEA COCCINEA A Gray. 

 BRODIAEA CONGESTA Sm. 

 BRODIAEA CROCEA S. Watson. 

 BRODIAEA DOUGLASII S. Watson. 

 BRODIAEA FILIFOLIA S. Watson. 

 BRODIAEA GRACILIS S. Watson. 

 BRODIAEA GRANDIPLORA Smith. 

 BRODIAEA HOWELLII S. Watson. 

 BRODIAEA IXIOIDES S. Watson. 

 BRODIAEA DACTEA S. Watson. 

 BRODIAEA LAXA S. Watson. 

 BRODIAEA LBMMONAE S. Watson. 

 BRODIAEA MINOR S. Watson. 

 BRODIAEA MULTIFLORA Benth 

 HOOKERA, ORCUTTII Greene. 



"Scape stout, 1° or more high; leaves 

 linear, flat or conduplicate, not terete; 

 pedicles 5-15 I 1-2' long; perianth-seg- 

 ments oblong-lanceolate, twice the length 

 of the short tube; free portion of the 

 filaments about 2" long, the linear anthers 

 nearly as long; staminodia wanting (?)." 

 —Greene, Bull. Gal. Acad. Sci., ii. 138 

 (Nov. 13, 1886). 



BRODIAEA PEDUNCULARIS S. Wat. 

 BRODIAEA STBLLARIS S. Watson. 

 BRODIAEA TERRESTRlS Kellogg. 

 Genus TKIL.L<IUM Linnuens. 



TRILLIUM CALIFORNICUM Kellogg. 

 TRILLIUM OVATUM Pursh. 

 TRILLIUM PETIOLATUM Pursh. 

 TRILLIUM SESSILE Linn. 



Genns LrlLIUM Llunaens. 



LILIUM BLOOMERIANUM Kellogg. 

 LILIUM BOLANDERI S. Watson. 

 LILIUM COLUMBIANUM Hort. 



LILIUM HUMBOLDTII Hoez and Leichtl. 

 Very itall, large golden yellow blossoms, dotted 

 •with purple; a very showy and magnificent lily. 

 LILIUM MARITIMUM Kellogg. 



LILItTM PARDALINUM Kellogg. A beautiful 

 lily that seems to flourish in all soils and cli- 

 mates; a luxuriant grower and a profuse 

 bloomer; the large, glowing yellow flowers 

 spotted with brown, the tips of a fiery crim- 

 son, very variable in color, however, occur- 

 ring in many forms. 



Var. BOURGAEI. A surpassingly beaiutiful 

 Uly; lus'tTous, flery red, large and drooping 



LILIUM PARRYi Watson. A pretty and ex- 

 ceedingly rare lily, found in the mouwta'ins of 

 Southern California and Arizona, named in 

 honor of Dr. C. C. Parry. Produces lovely 

 clusters of large and very fragrant flowers, of 

 a clear lemon yellow, spiced with a delicious 

 perfume. 



LILIUM PARVUM Kellogg. 

 LILIUM ROBZLI Regel. 

 LILIUM RUBESCENS S. Watson. 



LILIUM WASlHINGTONIANTJM Kellogg. A 

 marvelously beautiful white lily of a waxy 

 Juster, and emitting a delightfully spicy per- 

 fume. 



Genns CHL,OROGAL,UM Knnth. 



CHLOROGALUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM K. 

 CHLOROGALUM LEICHTLINII Baket. 

 CHLOROGALUM PARVIFLORUM S. W 

 CHLOROGALUM POMERIDIANUM Kt. 



Genus ZYGADKNUS Mlchx. 



'ZTGADENUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS. S. W. 



ZYGADENUS ELEGANS Pursh. 

 ZYGADENUS FREMONTII Torr 

 ZYGADENUS NUTTALLII A. Gray. 

 ZYGADENUS PANICULATUS S. Wat. 

 ZYGADENUS VENENOSUS S. Watson 



Genus NOLINA Miclix. 

 NOLINA BIGBLOVII S. Watson. 



NOLINA BIGBLOVII Waison. Leaves flart. 

 rough margined, an inch or more wide; with 

 age attains a height of eight or ten feet; pro- 

 duces heavy panicles of small whitish flowers. 

 NOLINA PALMERI S. Watson. 

 NOLINA PARRYI S. Watson. 



Genus YUCCA Liunneus. 

 YUCCA ALOIFOLIA Linn. 

 YUCCA BREVIFOLIA Engelm. 



YUCCA FILAMENTOSA Linn. "Adam's 

 Needle;" produces tall spikes of snowy white, 

 bell-shaped flowers; very beautiful, and fur- 

 nishes a fiber of great strength. 



YUCCA FILIFERA Chabaud. One of tihe 

 tallest of the genus; flower stalk over 20 feet 

 high, bearing a panicle of drooping, showy, 

 white flowers. 



YUCCA MACROCARPA Engelm. 

 YUCCA MOJAVENSIS Sargent. 



The datile, or wil.1 date, of the Mexi- 

 cans, better known to Americans as th," 

 Spanish bayonet, Mexican da.^ger 

 plant, wild banana, etc., occurs Irom 

 the Mohave desert to the vicinily cf 

 San Quintin, Lower California, exveni- 

 ing eastward through the arid regions 

 of Arizona and Sonora, and perhaps t3 

 Texas. It attains almost tre3-like ]:ro- 

 portions, and forms extensive forest- 

 like plantations. Such a forest, when 

 in full bloom, is a sight to be remem- 

 bered. The large, waxy, bell -shaped 

 flowers, of a creamy, sometimes mark- 

 ed with prune purple, are of surpass- 

 ing beauty. The fruit does not Ksem 

 to mature well near the coast. It is 

 somewhat of the sizfe and shape of a 

 banana, of a sweetish taste, slightly 

 reminding one of a, fig. Near San 

 Diego the plant is commonly unJei' 8 

 feet in height; in the interior attains 

 to 15 or 18 feet. 



YUCCA VALIDA Brandegee. 

 YUCCA WHIPPLEI Torr. 



Genus HKSPEROCAL.LIS A. Gray. 



HB3PER0C.4LLIS UNDULAT.\ A. Gray. 

 The Lily of th© Desert, gi-owing in aandv 

 washes on the Mohave and Colorado Deserts, 

 in California. The lustrous waxy white flow- 

 ers, shaded with green, very fragrant. 



Genus VERATRUM Tournefort. 

 VPJRATRUM CALIFORNICUM Dur. 

 GeiiUN lUvOOSIERIA Kelloit;^^-. 

 BLOOMERIA AUREA Kellogg. 

 BLOOMERIA CLEVELANDI S. Wats. 



"Differing from B. aurea in the several 

 very narrow leaves (1" wide or less), 

 in the stouter scape (3-7' high), in 



