154 



LILIACEyE. lirodiou. 



or 9 lines lony, the oblong-lanceolate segments twice longer than the tuho : anthers 

 very nearly sessile, deeply emarginate at eacli end, 2 to 3 lines long : staniinodia 

 deeply cleft, exceeding flie anthers : capsnle sessile, ovate, T) lines long including the 

 short thick style ; cells several-ovuled, usually Iseeded : seed 2 lines long. — Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. x. 3, t. 1 ; IJaker, 1. c. 377. iJicJtdusttmma congeduvi, Kunth, Enuni. 

 iv. 470; Wood, 1. c. 173. 



From San Francisco to Wasliington Territory, coimiioii. 



5. B. multiflora, I'.enth. j\Iuch resembling the last, but the corm less deejily 

 seated, and llowuring a month or two earlier: scape a foot or two high, somewhat 

 scabrous ; umbel not produced : staniinodia entire, broad and obtuse, about equalling 

 the anthers: seeds several in each celL — I'l. Ilartw. 339; ]>aker, 1. c. ; Hook. f. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5989. B. parvijhra, Torr. ^ Oray, Pacif. li. Pep. ii. 125 ; Wood. 1. c. 

 172. JJ. gnunlijlora, var. bnic/ii/poda, Torr., same, iv. 149. 



From the Sacramento Valley to Oregon, and in the Sierra Nevada. 

 •«- 4- Stamens G, the inner with a free lanceolate appendage on each side, the 

 oxiter ones naked: Jlowers snbcapltate ; segments little longer than the tube. 



6. B. capitata, Penth. Leaves a foot long or more, 2 to 10 lines wide, cari- 

 nate, usiially glaucous : scape a foot or two high, sometimes nuich shorter than tlie 

 leaves : flowers few to many, nearly sessile, or on pedicels 1 to G lines long : perianth 

 rather broadly funnelform, G to 10 lines k)ng, from blue or purple to white : inner 

 anthers nearly sessile, linear, 2 lines long, slightly shorter than the oblong-lanceolate 

 appendages ; "the outer smaller, on short naked iilaments broadly dilated at base : 

 capsule ovate, sessile, 3 lines long, beaked by the slender style, nearly as long : seeds 

 several in each cell, 2 lines long. — Tl. Ilartw. 339. Ilookera pulchtlla, Salisb. 

 Parad. t. 117 ^ Dichelostemma capitata, ^Vood, 1. c. 173. Mil/a capitata, I'.aker, 

 1. c. 381 ; Oliver, Hook. ]5ot. Mag. t. 5912. 



Fre(iucnt tlivongli California from San Bernardino noitliwani ; also eastwanl in the mountains 

 to S. Utah. February to May. 



* * Stamens in 2 rows {except in n. 8), n'lth more or less distincthj versatile 

 anthers and naked filaments : capsule stipitate : perianth-tube mostlg narrow, 

 equalling or longer than the segments. — Sklueuti.x. 



-1- Periantlt, broadhj tubular: flowers subcapitate. 



7. B. Douglasii, Watson, 1. c. 237. Leaves 2 to G lines broad, carinate : scape 

 smooth, a foot or two high, erect and usually stout: pedicels few to many, 1 to 12 

 lines long: perianth 8 to 12 lines long, blue ; tube subsaccate, about e(iualling the 

 lobes: anthers oblong, a line long; the lower on the throat opposite the outer seg- 

 ments, the upper on the iinier segments, on a short free tilament which forms below 

 a prominent wing within the tube : capsule ovate, 3 lines long, a litth; exceeding the 

 stipe and the slender style : seeds several in each cell. — Triteleia gramlijlora, Lindl. 

 Pot. Ifeg. under t. 1293; Hook. Fl. P,or.-Am. ii. 18G, t. 198, P. B. grandijhra, 

 Torr. in Stansb. Pep. 397. Milla grandlfiora, Paker, 1. c. 380. 



WasliinKton Territory and Orpf!;on, and eastwanl to W. Wyoming and the Walisatch ; proliably 

 to lie found in Northern Califoinia. 



^_ ^_ Perianth more or less aftcnnate at base: umbel open. 

 ++ Floircrs blue or purplish, rarch/ -white. 



8. B. Bridgesii, Watson, 1. c Scajie a foot high or more : i)edicels 10 to 20, 

 I to 2 inches long: perianth 12 to 15 lin(;s long, the tube very narrow and exceed- 

 mg the lobes : stamens in one row on the throat, the nearly ecjual Iilaments dilated 

 downward, 1 h lines long : anthers linear, 2 lines long : capsule ovate, 4 lines long, 

 shorter than 'the stipe, beaked by the very slender style : seeds 2 or 3 in each cell. 

 H lines long. 



