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base and with a greenish line down the middle ; gland oblong, densely 

 hairy, and with some scattered glandular hairs above. Pods erect, 

 narrowed upwards, about 2 inches long. This is found from north- 

 ern California to Washington and Idaho. Summer. 



X. .CAMAS'SIA, Camass 



Flowers usually deep blue in a simple raceme with papery 

 bracts. Perianth of 6 oblanceolate segments, spreading open. 

 Stamens 6, on the base of the perianth. Style slender, with 

 3 divisions. This has a coated bulb and grows in swampy 

 places. The flowers are rarely white. 



C. esculen'ta Lindl. Scape from 1 to 2 ft. high. Leaves many, near 

 the base, keeled. Style as long as the perianth. Stamens shorter, 

 with awl-shaped filaments and linear, versatile anthers. The bulbs 

 are eaten by the Indians. This grows through middle California 

 and north to Washington. Early summer. 



XI. CHLOROG'ALUM, Soap Plant, Amole 



Stems almost leafless from a bulb, either fibrous or mem- 

 branous-coated. Leaves mostly radical, linear, with very wavy 

 margins. Flowering branches widely spreading, with the 

 flowers scattered on short pedicels. Perianth of 6 oblong 

 spreading segments which persist and become twisted over the 

 ovary. Stamens 6, shorter than the segments, to which they 

 are adnate at base. Capsule 3-lobed, broadest at top, with 

 1 or 2 black seeds in each cell. 



C. pomeridia'num Kunth. SOAP PLANT, AMOLE. Bulb large, 

 covered with coarse brown fibers. Leaves 6-18 in. long, and nearly 

 an inch wide. Flowers with the white segments veined with purple, 

 spreading widely from the very base. Pedicels nearly as long as the 

 flowers. The flowers open suddenly in the afternoon, and are con- 

 spicuous on the leafless stems. The bulb is used as a substitute for 

 soap. It is widely distributed and blooms in summer. 



XH. ZYGADE'NUS 



Stems stout from a deep bulb. Leaves linear, chiefly near 

 the Base of the stem. Flowers in racemes or panicled racemes. 

 Perianth greenish white, spreading star-like, with a greenish 



