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the limb wheel-shaped. Var. minor, Hort. Dwarf: fls. 

 yellow, with dark baud and blue anthers. Var. erecta, 

 Hort. Dwarf. 



2. hyacinthina, Bailey (Triteleia hyacinthlna, Greene). 

 From 1-2 ft.: Iv.s. linear: fis. 10-30, 1 in. or less long, 

 milky white or purplish. Calif. — Perhaps this and B. 

 laclea are forms of one species. 



3. lactea, Wats. (B. hyncinthina var. Idctea, Baker). 

 In the type, has the habit of B. laxa, but the fls. have a 

 short tube with a rotate corolla, and are white, with 

 green midvein; filaments deltoid. Calif, to Brit. Col., in 

 many forms. Watson combines the H esperoscordum 

 lacleum and H. hyacinlhiiium of Lindley, B.R. 1639, 

 into this species B. lactea, thereby not recognizing a 

 B. hyacinthina. Baker, however, unites the B. lactea 

 form with B. hyacinthina, describing var. lactea as "more 

 slender than the type, with white fls. and longer pedi- 

 cels." G.C. III. 20:459. — -Var. lilacina, Wats., is much 

 stronger, very bulbiferous, grows in wet, heavy soils, 

 and has a larger fl., which is usually lilac-colored. Var. 

 major, Purdy. Like var. lilacina, but fls. white. 



4. gracilis, Wats. A tiny species, with small yellow 

 fls.: scape 2-4 in. and purplish: If. 1: fls. l-im- long, on 

 pedicels of equal or greater length; filaments elongated 

 and very slender. S. Ore. 



AA. Segm.s. shorter than the tube. 



5. laxa, Wats. Strong plaht, 1-2 ft.: Ivs. linear: fls. 

 manj', broadly tubular, purple; tube very narrow, and 

 exceeding the segms. ; filaments very slender; stamens 

 in 2 rows. N. Calif. B.R. 168.5 (as Triteleia laxa). 

 G.C. III. 20:241.— Showy, and one of the best. There 

 are many variations. 



6. Candida, Baker {Triteleia cdndida, Greene). Much 

 like B. laxa in character of bloom, but fls. onh' 6-10, 

 and segms, white or bluish with a green vein, and the 

 fls. set at an angle on the pedicel, so that they all face 

 one way: further distinguished by early flowering and 

 the very broad and glossy, scarcely carinate Ivs. Calif. 



7. peduncularis, Wats. {Tritete'ta peduncularis, 

 Lindl.). Still stouter (1-2 ft.), with smaller and fewer 

 white fls. on pedicels a few inches to a foot long; fila- 

 ments short or none. N. Calif. G.C. III. 20:243.— 

 This species grows in wet, heavy ground close to water, 

 and is very cormiferous. 



8. Bridgesii, Wats. Fig. 66.5. Similar to B. laxa, 

 but stamens in one row, corolla with a spreading 

 limb and sub-cylindrical tube, and color reddish purple; 

 filaments deltoid. Cent. Calif. G.F. 1:126 (adapted in 

 Fig. 665). — Grows a foot or more high. 



9. Hendersonii, Wats. Resembles B. Bridgesii: yel- 

 low, banded purple: filaments somewhat winged, but 

 not deltoid : small-fld. S. W. Ore. 



Group 2. — Conn not flattened, bearing many strong 

 offsets, the coating hairy and reddish: Ivs. linear and 

 grassy: scapes stiff, few-fld.; fls. large, of a thick, waxy 

 opaque texture, funnelform (except B. Purdyi), very 

 lasting, usually purple, in an open umbel; perfect 

 anthers 3. These brodieas are native to a heavy soil, in 

 rather moist situations, and are hard.v. They will thrive 

 under conditions recommended for Group 1. {Huokera). 



A. Fls. funnelform, with a prominent tube. 

 B. Scape not rising above ground. 



10. terrestris, Kellogg (H. terrestris, Brit. & Greene). 

 Scape short, or practically none, the umbel sitting on 

 the earth: Ivs. nearly terete: fls. ^'4-1 '"■ long; stami- 

 nodia emarginate, yellowish; anthers sagittate-oblong. 

 Cent. Calif., along the coast. 



BB. Scape evident. 

 c. Staminodia as long as anthers, or longer. 



jt 11. grandifldra. Smith <H. coronaria, Salisb.). Scape 

 ''^-10 in. high: Ivs. nearly terete, dying before the fl.-st. 



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appears: fls. 3-10, bright blue, of good size (1 in. or more 

 long), segms. longer than tube, very lasting; stamino- 

 dia obtuse; anthers linear. Calif, to Brit. Col. B.R. 

 1183. B.M. 2877. G.C. III. 20:213. 



12. californica, Lindl. (//. califdrnica, Greene). 

 Much like B. grandijloni: scape longer (12-;50 in.); fls. 

 10-25, 1)2-2 in. long, rose to deep purple; staminodia 

 hnear and cuspidate. N. Calif. G.C. III. 20:215.— 

 "The finest species for garden purposes," according to 

 Baker. 



13. minor, Wats. (//. minor, Greene). Much like a 

 small B. grandiflora: scape very slender, 3-6 in.; fla. 

 2-6 and only J2-I in. long; staminodia broad and 

 usually emarginate; anthers oblong. Calif, to Ore. 



14. stellaris, Wats. {H. stelldris, Greene). Low: 

 scape with long pedi- 

 cels and 3-6 bright 

 purple fls., with 

 w^hite centers: Ivs. 

 nearly terete: anth- 

 ers winged behind: 

 staminodia white, 

 longer than the 

 stamens, emargi- 

 nate. N. Calif. G.C. 

 TIL 20:213.— Very 

 pretty. 



15. rosea, Baker 

 (H. rosea, Greene). 

 About 3-6 in.: Ivs. 

 nearly terete : fls. 

 5-8, under 1 in. long, 

 rose-red; filaments 

 dilated; staminodia 

 white, obtuse and 

 entire, longer than 

 the anthers. N.Calif. 

 G.C. III. 20:213.— 

 A pretty species. 



CC. S ta m i no d ia 

 markedly shorter 

 than anthers. 



16. Orcuttii, Bailey 

 (H.Orcultii, Greene) . 

 Plant rather stout, 

 a foot or more high: 

 Ivs. linear, flat or 

 nearly so: fls. 5-15, 

 less than an inch 

 long, short - tubed, 

 lilac; staminodia a small triangular scale, or none. S. 

 Calif. G.C. III. 20:215. 



17. filifolia, Wats. (H. filifblia, Greene). From 

 6-12 in.: Ivs. slightly flattened: fls. .3-6, ^in. or less 

 long, dark-colored; staminodia triangular, twice shorter 

 than the anthers. S. Calif. 



AA. Fls. short and flaring. 



18. Purdyi, Eastw. Different from others in having a 

 short-tubed fl. with broaill\' spreading, declinate segms., 

 the throat constricted. Cent. Calif., in Sierras. 



Groups. — Conn long and cormiferous: Ivs. grassy: 

 scape tall, slender and flexuous; fls. small, in close, 

 head-like umbels, the separate fls. waxy and narrowly 

 tubular; perfect anthere .3, except in B. capitata. These 

 species thrive in a loose, perfectly drained, loamy soil, 

 with some humus. Hardy. The species are not readily 

 distinguished. All are from Cent. Calif, to Wash. 

 Known as California hyacintlis. 



A. Anthers 3. 



19. congesta, Smith. Tall (2-3 ft.), with a globular 

 head of purple fls.: Ivs. somewhat terete, perishing: 

 fls. 6-12, sessile or nearly so, J^in. long; filaments 0; 



665. Brodisa Bridgesii. (plant XH) 



