^'^'"''""'«- LILIACEJE. -^^g 



■^ Filaments elongated, longer than the anthers. 



i.i'l.^: ^°°^®"; '^'"'''■- , ^^'T- ?' ^f ' i-^"Sl>-l'"besccnt with d.urt usually sj.read- 

 n- hail. : stcu a loot or two high : leaves ovate, mostly deeply cordate, rou-d, on 

 the uar,.n and nerves beneath, 11 to 3 inehes long, the uppcnno.st very ohFi.jue 

 secondary nerves often 2 or 3 : llowers 1 to G ; segments spreading above, .-3 ir 6 

 Hies long, narrowed at base: stamens nearly equalling or a little exceeding the 

 . ] or anth; anthers 1 to 1^ lines long: ovary narrow, ,nore or less pubescent: the 

 sylo entire, exserted, glabrous : fruit usually somewhat j.ubescent, obovate. 

 obtuse, 4 lines ong, G-seeded. - Pacif. \l. JJep. iv. 144. P. lanurjinosa, var. 

 7Vcad''viii !'>''' ""'"■ ""■■'''''■ ^^*'" ^'''"''"'^''' "• •'^l'- i^''ll-'t,%"l'ruc. Calif. 



Var. Oblongifolia, Watson. Leaves mostly oblong, acuminate. 

 In the Coast Ranges from Marin County to Santa Cruz; April to June. 

 3. P. trachyandra, Torr. Very similar to the last : leaves less deeply cordate 

 (he upper ones often not at all so) and usually less acuminate: stamens a third 

 shorter than the perianth ; anthers minutely hispid : ovary glabrous : fruit smooth, 

 Bake; 1 c "" ^'■"''- -^ •'^''^- ^^- ^^^'l'- '''■ 1^^- ^'- l^tau.jiaosa, var. trachyaadra, 

 M^'AuMin!'"'' ^''"'''''' ^''""' '^""'"'""'^ ^'«""ty (Bigcloiv) to riun.a.s County, Lanmon, Mrs. P.. 



P. Okegana, Watson, of Oregon and Washington Territory, is distin^uisi.ed by its lon<r 

 ncnmu.ato conlate leaves ; pedicels and upper portion of the Wanches C den llj vooSf 

 pubescent ; spreadnig perianth-segments (5 to 7 lines long) more distinctly (offen purplish) lei 

 3-6l;,fer""' ' '"'""'^'' .pubescent, ovate, acutish, neady haf " T ilS lo" g, 



rn!i;ina3'w//i;!.i,u?*r"' ''•""","'■', '"'*'^'" species of the AS^ahsatch and Rocky Mountains, 

 in fr m"",";'- ^ ''"' ''"^' ■■'•''''"'^ »«* ^•"••^'•'^t" ^^^''■^^' •'Stamens ^about e.uul- 



hng the perianth, a slightly clelt style, rounded ovary, and obovate obtuse papillose G-lsJeded 



-t- H- Anthers much exceeding the very short filaments. 

 4. P. parvifolia, Watson, inod. Jfather stout, much branche.l, woolly-inibes- 

 cent: leaves ovate to broadly lanceolate, the lower cordate and clasping 1 to H- 

 inches long, acuminate: flowers rather numerous, 4 lines long; se-ments sli<ditlv 

 spreading, twice longer than the lanceolate acute nearly sessile anthers • ovarv°very 

 small, slightly pubescent ; style slightly exserted. 



Siskiyou Mountains; collected in flower, June, 1879, by V. Rnttan. 



24. CLINTONIA, Raf 



Perianth campanulate, of G distinct oblanceolate deciduous several-nerved seg- 

 ments. Stamens G, on the base of the segments ; filaments filiform ; anthers oblon°g 

 to linear, versatile, attached on the inner side above the base, dehiscing laterally! 

 Ovary sessile, ovate-oblong, 2-3-celled: cells 2 - several-ovuled ; style slender, 

 slightly 2 - 3-lobed at the summit, deciduous. Fruit a smooth ovoid thin few - many- 

 seeded berry. Seed with smooth brownish crustaceous testa, somewhat compressed 

 and angled. — Stems very short, few-leaved, from a slender creeping rootstock, bear- 

 ing a scape-like peduncle with solitary or uinbelled flowers ; leaves apparently radi- 

 cal, alternate, large, oblanceolate, sheathing, many-norvcd with transverse veinlets, 

 ciliate. 



A genus of lialf a dozen species, divided eipially between the Atlantic States, the Pacific coast, 

 ami Lastern Asia. 



1. C. uniflora, Kunlh. ]\I()ro or less villous-pubesoent throughout: stem very 

 short (an inch or two long), mostly subterranean : leaves 2 to 5, acute, attenuate 



