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/. B. ixioi'des Watson. GOLDEN BRODI^A. Perianth funnel- 

 form, with short tube and spreading divisions which are yellow with 

 a brown midvein. Capsule on a stipe. 



SUBGENUS TRITELE1A. Stamens 6, 3 on the throat, 3 below on 

 the tube, with no appendages on the filaments. Anthers versatile. Capsule 

 on a stipe. 



g. B. lax'a Watson. GRASS LILIES, ITHURIEL'S SPEAR, BLUE 

 MILLA. Scape erect from 1 to 2 ft. high. Flowers usually many, on 

 pedicels 2-4 in. long, blue to violet (sometimes white). Perianth 

 funnel-form, narrow at base. Capsule on a prominent stipe. This is 

 common and very lovely. The flowers are sometimes an inch or 

 more long. From Kern County to northern Oregon. 



h. B. Douglas'ii. Scape stout, erect, a foot or two high. Leaves 

 keeled. Flowers blue, on short pedicels. Perianth broadly tubular, 

 with lobes about as long as the tube. Oregon and Washington. 



SUBGENUS HESPEROCOR'DUM. Stamens 6, filaments without ap- 

 pendages, equal, dilated, and united at base. 



i. B. lac'tea Watson. Scape slender, from 1 to 2 ft. high. Flowers 

 numerous, on pedicels from 1 to 2 in. long. Perianth funnel-form, thin 

 in texture, white with a green midvein on each division. Anthers 

 yellow or purple, erect. Capsule almost round, beaked by the pointed 

 style, stipitate. In northern California and north to Washington. 



V. LII/IUM, True Lilies 



Flowers in racemes or whorls on tall, leafy stems. Bulbs 

 formed of thick, lanceolate scales. Perianth deciduous, funnel- 

 form, with 6 nearly equal, spreading divisions. Anthers linear, 

 versatile, on long filaments. Ovary sessile. Fruit a pod, with 

 2 rows of flat seeds in each cell. Leaves often in whorls, 

 net-veined. Bracts leaf-like. Nectary a narrow groove. 



a. L. Washingtonia'num Kellogg. WASHINGTON LILY. Stems 

 simple, from 2 to 5 ft. high. Leaves in whorls of from 6 to 10, 

 oblanceolate. Flowers large, pure white, or dotted with purple, fading 

 purplish, from 2 to 20, hanging on ascending pedicels in a simple or 

 compound raceme. Perianth divisions not recurved. The flowers are 

 fragrant, from 3 to 4 in. long and spreading nearly as wide. This 

 fine lily generally grows in the shade, in the higher Sierra Xevada 

 Mountains and in Oregon. 



