Bro(U(ta. LILTACE/lil, 



155 



Collpctpd by WilHnm. Bridr/rs (n. 338), in Contral rnlifornia ; near riiico (.Vrs. J. BidwcU) ; 

 other sppciiiiens arc in lierb. Gray, but tlio collectors ami locality arc uiiccrtjiin. 



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

 ])edicels few to many, 1 to 3 inches long: perianth very narrow below, 12 to 20 

 lines long, the tube ccjualling or exceeding the lobes : anthers oblong to linear, Ih to 

 2i 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 : cai)sule on an 

 elongated stipe, oblong, 4 to G lines long, beaked by the rather sliort tliick style : 

 seeds several in each cell, a lino long. — Tritelcia laxa, Benth. in Trans, llort. 'Soc. 

 i. 413, t. 15; Lindl. JJot. Keg. t. 1G85. Seuhertia laxa, Kunth, Euum. iv. 475. 

 Milla. laxa, l?aker, 1. c. 384. Flowers sometimes white. 



Ill the Coast Ranges from Iliiniboldt County {IlaUan) to San Francisco. 



10. B. peduncularis, AVatson, 1. c. Scaj)es erect, slender, 1 to 2 feet high, 

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

 li)ng, 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 Ijy the short style ; cells 3- 

 5-sce(led. — Triteleia peduncularis, Lindl. Dot. Jieg. under t. 1085. Milla peduncu- 

 laris, JJaker, 1. c. 384. 



Apparently rather rare ; collected by Douglas, Fremont, anil in Lake County by Dr. Torrcij. 

 ++ ++ Flowers yellow, with brown nerves. 



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

 a foot i)igh or more, smooth : bracts narrowly linear, acuminate, elongated : pedicels 

 G to 15, slender,^ to 2 inches long : perianth 7 to 9 lines long, tiie 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. — Senhertia crocea, Wood, Proc. 

 Acad. IMiilad. 18G8, 172. MUla crocea, IJaker, 1. c. 384. 



Near Yreka, Siskiyou County, H'ood, Greene. In flower, May and .Tune. 



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 : bi-acts 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 e([uailing the narrow 

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

 throat : capsule ovate-oblong, on a slender stii)e, attenuate into the narrow style : 

 cells 2-see(led. 



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

 * * >.t Stamens in one row, with deltoid, or irinq-dilated filaments and versatile 

 anthers: capsule stipitate: perianth-tnhe tnrhinate, ahnnt Jialf as lonrj as the 

 segments: pedicels more or less elongated. — § CAi.iiinumA. 



13. B. ixioides, Watson, I. 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 tingetl 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 eqiialling 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. — Ornithnqalum ixioides. Ait. f. Hort. Kew. ii. 257. Calliprora 

 Ivtea, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1590 ; Hook. T.ot. Mag. t. 3588.' Themis ixioides, Salisb. 

 Calliprora a^irantea, Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acatl. ii. 20. Milla ixioides. Laker, 1. c. 

 383. 



