ICO LILIACEJO. Catudssia. 



of tho pei'ianth an inch or two long ; segments G to 9 lines long : anthers 2 or 3 

 lines long: capsule somewhat wrinkled, truncate 'above, 3 or 4 lines long: seeds 4 

 to G in each cell. — («niy, Ann. Lye. N. York, iv. 110; Kunth, Knum. iv. 151 ; 

 Watson, Bot. King Kxp. 341), t. 3U, lig. 1-3. 



In low valleys IVoia Nortlieastem California to Colorado ; near Yreka, in moist alkaline soil on 

 Sha.sta Eiver (A\ L. Greene) ; Lassen County (Mrs. Jt. M. Austin) ; in dry sandy soil near Caison 

 City and in HiunboUlt Valley, Anderson, fl'alsoa. IJlooniing in early spring, the pine wliite and 

 very fragrant Howers appearing just above the ground. 



9. CAMASSIA, Lindl. Camass. 

 Perianth of 6 distinct oblanceolate 3-7-nerved segments, somewhat spreading, 

 blue (or white), persistent. Stamens G, on the base of the perianth, shorter than 

 tho segments; lilanutnts iiliform-subulato ; antlufrs linear-oblong, versatile. Ovary 

 sessile, ovate : ovules several in each cell : style liliform, slightly trilid at the apex, 

 the base persistent. Capsule subgloboso or oblong-obovate, 3-lobed an<l angled, 

 thick-membranaceous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds several in each cell, ovate, often 

 more or less compressed or angled, with a thin black and shining wrinkled testa. — 

 Scape slender, from a tunicated bulb ; flowers in a simple raceme, with narrow 

 scarious bracts ; pedicels jointed at the summit ; leaves linear. 



An American genus of only two species (the second in the Atlantic States), allied to Scilla of 

 the Old World, to which genus it has been referred. 



1. C. esculenta, Lindl. Scape stout, a foot or two high, from a bulb often an 

 inch in diameter : leaves usually shorter than the scape, carinate, 3 to 8 lines broad : 

 raceme loosely 10- 20-llowered ; pedicels 3 to 12 lines long, mostly shorter than the 

 narrowly attenuate bracts : flowers from dark blue to nearly white, 7 to 15 lines long; 

 the segments 3-, 5- or 7-nerved : ovary oblong-obovate; ovules IG to 18 in each 

 cell : style about eiiualling the i)erianth, the stamens usually a thir<l or fourth shorter : 

 capsule oblong-obovate, somewhat attenuate at base, G to 12 lines long: seeds 1| 

 lines long. — r.ot. lieg. xviii. t. ]^f<{\; Torr. Pacif K. Pep. iv. 147; Pern. Fl. 

 Serres, t. 275. JVi(i/(tiitjii(m Qnmnash, Tursh. SriUa tscaU-nta, Hook. Jlot. jNlag. 

 t. 2774 (white var.). 



In meadows and marshes from Middle California (Punta de los Reyes, IJiijclow ; Mariposa 

 County, Torrcij, &c.) to Washington Territory ; also in the Wahsatch Mountains and northward. 

 The bulb is largely collected for food by the Indians. The eastern sjiecies (C. Frascri, Torr.) has' 

 smaller light-blue llowcrs, more slender pedicels, and a short acutely angled subglobosc capsule. 



10. HESPEROCALLIS, Cray. 

 Perianth regular, white, persistc'ut, f'unnelform, G-cleft, the narrowly spatulato 

 segments nearly e(pial, somewhat spreading, closely 5 - 7-nerved, twice longer than 

 the cylindrical tube. Stamens G, on the throat ; filaments ccpial, shorter than the 

 segments, filiform ; anthers versatile, linear. Ovary sessile, oblong : ovules numer- 

 ous : style filiform, equalling the perianth, persistent ; stigma depressed-capitate. 

 Capsule subglobose, deeply 3-lobed, membranaceous, loculicidally dehiscent. Seeds 

 horizontal, flattened, in 2 rows in each cell, Avith dull black thin testa. — Stem 

 stout, somewhat it'afy, from a tunicated bulb; leaves linear; flowers large, in a sim- 

 ple raceme, with cons[iicuous scarious bracts; jieilicels jointed at the summit. — 

 Proc, Amer. Acad. vii. 3'JO. A single species. 



1. H. undulata, Oray, 1. c. Pulb ovate : leaves somewhat fleshy, carinate with 

 more or less umluhite margin, a foot long and 3 to G lines wiilc, tlie 2 or 3 cauline 

 ones shorter: stem a foot or two high, 5 - S-tlowered : bracts dilated, acuminate, 



