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Dichelostemma and Senhertia, Kuntli, Enum. iv. 4G9 & 475. Themis, Salisb. Gen. 

 85. Milla, Baker, 1. c. in part, not Cav. 



A genus peculiar to California and the adjacent region, not reacliing the southern boundary. 

 Thougli i>olymori)hous in its cliaracters, yet it is on tlie wiiole distinctly marked, and clearly sepa- 

 rated IVoin the Mexican genus Milla, to which many of the species arc referred by Mr. Daker. 

 The latter is distinguished by its salverforni ])eriant]i with 3-nerved segments, its inarticulate 

 jiedicels, sessile ovary, and southern haliitat. Tlie single Mexican species, M. bijlorn, Cav., is 

 also toiiud in New i\iexico and southeastern Arizona. 



■•It Stamens in one, row on the throat,' anthers hasi fixed: cnpsntc snthfessile: 

 perianth purple, niostli/ broadly funnelforni, the tube shorter than the limb. 



EUBIIODLKA. 



-1- Stamens 3, opposite to the inner segments, the outer stamens being reduced to 

 staminodia : segments 2 or 3 times longer than the tube. 



++ Pedicels more or less elongated. 



1. B. grandiflora, Smith. Leaves a lino broad, thick and somewliat terete, 

 about e(iualling the smooth scape, which is 4 to 10 inches high: peilicels 3 to 10 

 (or rarely solitary), unequal, ^ to 2 (or even 3 or 4) inches long: perianth varying 

 from purine to light rose-color, 10 to 20 linns long, the linear-oblong obtuse or acutish 

 segments strongly 1-nerved : Jihiments rather slender, 1^ lines long or more, the 

 antliers twice longer ; staminodia ligulate, entire, obtuse, whitish, about equalling 

 the anthers : capsule sessile, narrowed at base, oblong, and attenuate into the stout 

 rigid style; cells G - 8-seeded : seeds a line long. — Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 2; Lindl. 

 ]}ot. Reg. t. 1183; Hook, JJot. Mag. t. 2877; Baker, I. c. 376, in j^art. 



Var. (]) major, Benth. Taller and stouter, a foot or two high; scapes often 

 scabrous ; leaves I to 3 lines broad and flattened : pedicels G to 20, mostly 1 to 4 

 inches long : perianth often 1^ inches long or more, with long narrow segments and 

 staminodia ; anthers and iilaments twice longer : capstdes sometimes strictly sessile 

 with a broad base and the seeds 2 lines long. — PI. Hartw. 339 ; Baker, 1. c. B. 

 Californica, Limll. Trans. Hort. Soc. iv. 84, & fig. 



From S. California (on tlie Mohave Hiver, Pulmn-) to tlie British Boundary ; in the Sierra 

 Nevada and footliills. The brown-coated (!ornis are from half an inch to nearly an inch in diame- 

 ter. Tlie broader leaved variety, with broader capsule and larger seeds, may prove distinct. 



2. B. minor, Watson. Scape very slender, 3 to G inches high, smf)oth, bearing an 

 nmbel of 2 to G rays an inch or two long : i)erianth 7 to 14 lines long : anthers ob- 

 long, 2 lines long, shorter tlian the broadly ligulate usually emargiiiate staminodia: 

 capsule obovate, .sessile or nearly so, 3 lines long, acute, the cells 3-seedeil : seeds a 

 line long. — Proc. Amer. Acad. .\iv. 236. B. graudljlora, var. minor, Benth. PI. 

 Hartw. 340. B. gramUjlora, Baker, 1. c, in ])art. 



In various ])arts of Califoinia {Ilariwej, JFallacc, Coulter) and Oregon, Kellogg k Hiirfirrd. 



3. B. terrestris, Kell. Leaves nearly terete : .scape very short, scarcely rising 

 above the surface of the ground : pedicels 2 to 10, very slender, 3 or 4 inches long : 

 perianths to 10 lines long: anthers oblong, sagittate, \\ lines long, slightly longer 

 than the filaments, shorter than the yellowish emarginate staminodia : capsule \ 

 inch long, including the short stout style, sessile, acute at base; cells 6 -8-seeded : 

 .seeds nearly a line long. — Proc. Calif Acad. ii. G. B. grandiflora, var. macropoda, 

 Torr. Pacif. Ii. Rep. iv. 149. B. Torreyi, Wood, Proc. 'Phila.'l. Acad. 1868, 172. 



A very common species about San Francisco and through Central California, from Mendocino 

 County (sandy plains near Fort Bragg, Bolandrf) to Monterey. 



++ ++ Flou'ers subcapitatc, on short pedii'cls. 



4. B. congesta, Smith. Conn often deep-seated : scapes 2 to 4 feet high, 

 smooth ; leaves 2 to 6 lines broad, carinate, glaucous : und)el often more or less pro- 

 duced into a short dense raceme : pedicels 6 to many, 1 to 3 lines long : perianth 8 



