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 Brodiaa. LILIACE^E. 



Collected by William Bridges (n. 338), in Central California ; near Chico (Mrs. J. Hidwcll) ; 

 other specimens are in herb. Gray, but the collectors and locality are uncertain. 



9. B. laxa, Watson, 1. c. Scapes smooth or scabrous, ^ to 2 feet high, erect : 

 pedicels few to many, 1 to 3 inches long : perianth very narrow below, 12 to 20 

 lines long, the tube equalling or exceeding the lobes : anthers oblong to linear, 1| to 

 2 1 lines long, on very slender short or more or less elongated filaments, the upper 

 on the throat opposite the inner segments, the lower on the tube : capsule on an 

 elongated stipe, oblong, 4 to 6 lines long, beaked by the rather short thick style : 

 seeds several in each cell, a line long. Triteleia laxa, Benth. in Trans. Hort. Soc. 

 i. 413, t. 15; Lindl. Bot. Keg. t. 1685. Seubertia laxa, Kunth, Enum. iv. 475. 

 Milla laxa, Baker, 1. c. 384. Flowers sometimes white. 



In the Coast Ranges from Humboldt County (Rattan) to San Francisco. 



10. B. peduncularis, Watson, 1. c. Scapes erect, slender, 1 to 2 feet high, 

 smooth : pedicels 10 to 20, very slender, 2 or 3 inches long : perianth 6 to 9 lines 

 long, the lobes a little exceeding the turbinate tube : anthers narrowly oblong, 1 

 lines long, the lower sessile on the tube, the upper on short filaments upon the inner 

 segments : capsule on a stipe a line or two long, beaked by the short style ; cells 3 - 

 5-seeded. Triteleia peduncularis, Lindl. Bot. Keg. under t. 1685. Milla peduncu- 

 laris, Baker, 1. c. 384. 



Apparently rather rare ; collected by Douglas, Fremont, and in Lake County by Dr. Torrey. 

 H- +* Flowers yellow, ivith brown nerves. 



11. B. crocea, Watson, 1. c. 238. Leaves 2 to 6 lines broad : scape rather stout, 

 a foot high or more, smooth : bracts narrowly linear, acuminate, elongated : pedicels 

 6 to 15, slender, | to 2 inches long : perianth 7 to 9 lines long, the segments rather 

 exceeding the turbinate tube : anthers scarcely a line long, on short filaments slightly 

 dilated downward, the lower nearly sessile on the tube, the upper on the inner seg- 

 ments : ovary pubescent on the angles : capsule obovate, on a short stipe, rather 

 abruptly narrowed into the style ; cells 4-seeded. Seubertia crocea, Wood, Proc. 

 Acad. Philad. 1868, 172. Milla crocea, Baker, 1. c. 384. 



Near Yreka, Siskiyou County, Wood, Greene. In flower, May and June. 



12. B. gracilis, Watson, 1. c. Leaves solitary, 1 to 3 lines broad, exceeding 

 the slender scape, which is 2 to 4 inches high, purplish and scabrous : bracts short, 

 lanceolate : pedicels rather few, a half to an inch long : perianth 5 to 7 lines long, 

 deep yellow with brown nerves, the narrow segments about equalling the narrow 

 tube : anthers half a line long, on very slender elongated filaments inserted near the 

 throat : capsule ovate-oblong, on a slender stipe, attenuate into the narrow style ; 

 cells 2-seeded. 



On Spanish Peak, Plumas County, near Gold Lake, Mrs. R. M. Austin. 



* * * Stamens in one row, with deltoid or winy-dilated filaments and versatile 

 anthers: capsule stipitate: perianth-tube turbinate, about half as long as the 

 segments : pedicels more or less elongated. CALLIPRORA. 



13. B. ixioides, Watson, 1. c. Scape mostly erect, 3 inches to 2 feet high, 

 usually scabrous : pedicels few to many, usually an inch or two (sometimes 3 or 4 

 inches) long : perianth yellow or yellowish, more or less tinged with purple, or 

 nearly white, with a brown midvein (often double or triple), 5 to 10 lines long : 

 filaments winged their whole length, the inner ones longest ; the narrow cusps of 

 the wings usually equalling the oblong anthers (a line long or less) : capsule ovate- 

 oblong, with a short narrow beak, on a stipe 2 or 3 lines long : seeds several in each 

 cell, a line long. Ornithogahim ixioides, Ait. f. Hort. Kew. ii. 257. Calliprora 

 lutea, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1590 ; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3588. Themis ixioides, Salisb. 

 Calliprora aurantea, Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. ii. 20. Milla ixioides, Baker, 1. c. 

 383. 



