Clilorogalum. 



LILIACE.E. 159 



twice lon-er than the pedicels which are 3 to G lines long: perianth ^ to 2 inches 

 onT Kgnrents 3 o^- 4 hnes broad : capsule half an jnch long, ac.ae w.th he 

 bas^of the style : seeds thin, 2 1^ to 3 lines broad. - Am. Journ. hci. 2 sei. 1. c 4.7 , 

 Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 3(50. 



11. HASTINGSIA, Watson. 



Perianth white or greenish, lax and becoming scarious but persistent, of 6 disUnct 

 oblong closely 3- (apparently 1-) nerved segments. Stamens 6, adnate to he base 

 of the segments; anthers linear-oblong, versatile. Ovary ovate, very short y stip. 

 tate: style short, persistent; cells 2-ovuled. - Stem naked or sparingly lealy, from 

 a coated bulb, bearing a densely many-flowered sparingly panicled racenie, with 

 small scarious bracts; leaves flat, linear; pedicels very short, stout, jointed at the 

 summit. A single species. — Proc. Amer. Acad. xiv. 217. 



1 H alba Watson 1 c 242. Bulb membranously coated or the outer coats 

 som;^^;^t^lbl^:1t:m and branches erect, often stout, 2 feet high or n^re : heaves 

 fl f .i.,.onfpr1 n9 to 18 inches lone-), 2 to 6 1 nes broad : racemes elongated, usually 

 it: :'?::iter(;^ than the very — y ^^^^^^^^ 



bracts: flowers white or somewhat tinged with green or pmk, 2 or 3 n^. ion 

 mature fruit unkno^vn. - Schcenolirion album, Durand, Journ. Acad. Philad. - .er. 

 iii. 103 ; Gray, Amer. Naturalist, x. 552. 



In the Sierra Nevada f.-on. Nevada and Plumas Counties ^f-^^^tZ^^^ui:^ 

 on Shasta River, JFo^^, Grcen.^, in swamps ot he Red Mo^^^-;" ~ active 



-:L::n:lZ^^^'^:;^7^^^ Francisco, iuhehalfof the 



" Botany of California." 



12. CHLOROGALUM, Kunth. Soap-plan-t. Amole. 

 Perianth white or pinkish, persistent and at length twisted over the ovary, of G 

 distinct oblong or narrowly ligulate segments, more or less spreading, with 3 close 

 but distinct greenish or purplish nerves down the middle. Stamens 6, somewhat 

 shorter than the segments, adnate to their base; anthers versatile, Imear-obong. 

 Ovary sessile or very nearly so, subglobose : ovules a pair in each cell, ascending : 

 style filiform, slightly 3-cleft at the apex, deciduous. Capsule thick-membranous, 

 broadly turbinate, 3-lobed, loculicidally dehiscent. Seeds 1 or 2 in each cell, obovate, 

 with a close thin somewhat rugose blackish testa. - Stem stout, scarcely leafj', from 

 a fibrous or membranously coated bulb, bearing a spreading sparingly branched 

 racemose panicle with small scarious bracts; leaves linear, somewhat fleshy and 

 flaccid, the margins more or less undulate ; pedicels scattered, jointed at the sum- 

 mit. Only the following species. 



* Perianth-segments narrowly lifjulate, spreading tcndebj fi^^^^^ the base In the 



open flower: pedicels nearly equalling the flowers. 



1 C pomeridianum, Kunth. Bulb large, oblong-ovate, densely covered with 



coai;e bro^wifS^rc^ : s^^^ and spreading panicle I to 3 feet high, brownish : leaves 



Wly Cear 6 to 18 inches ling, 4 To 10 lines broad, carinate and the margin 



stiw^lVS the cauline one or two much shorter and attemiate : pedice . 



nde? amending 2 to 9 lines long, much exceeding the ^V^^;^^^:^ 



8 to 10 lines long, white, purplish-veined : capsule 3 hues long, the valves pinnatelN 



