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2. I. Douglasiana, Herbert. Stouter and taller than the last, y z \y z 

 ft. high: bracts broader, less acuminate: fl. 2 or 3, larger and on longer 

 pedicels: perianth-lube only % 1 * n - long: capsule oblong, acutely 

 triangular, 1% in. long: seeds almost globular. Habitat of the preceding. 

 April, May. 



3. I. longipetala, Herbert. Stout, 12^ ft. high; leaves about as 

 high: bracts large, acuminate, 3 "4 in. long: flowers 35, pale blue, on 

 stout pedicels 12 in. long; tube funnelform, % in. long; sepals 2^3 in. 

 long; petals somewhat shorter, oblanceolate: capsule oblong, narrowed 

 at each end, 2 in. long: seeds flattened. Very plentiful on moist slopes 

 of hills on the southern outskirts of San Francisco. May, June. 



2. BERMUDIANA, Tourn. Stems and foliage from a tuft of coarse- 

 fibrous perennial roots. Leaves narrow and grass-like. Stems flat. 

 Flowers clustered within a pair of ensiform bracts, fugacious. Perianth 

 6-parted; segments only slightly differing in breadth, but of equal 

 length, usually cuspidate, spreading. Stamens monadelphous; anthers 

 oblong. Style short; stigmas filiform, involute. Capsule subglobose. 

 Seeds several, nearly spherical. 



1. B. bella (Wats.). Stems 1 1J ft. high, glabrous or with scabrous 

 margins, with 1 3 floriferous nodes at the summit: peduncles usually 2 

 at each node; spathes of 2 nearly equal bracts, scabrous on the keel, 4 7- 

 flowered: perianth deep blue-purple with yellow base, expanding % in. or 

 more: stamens monadelphous to near the summit; anthers very small: 

 capsule round-obovoid, % in. high: seeds % line thick, obscurely pitted. 

 Abundant on moist slopes. March June. 



2, B. Californica (Ker). Scape broadly winged, 615 in. high, sur- 

 passing the broad glaucescent leaves: perianths 3 7 to the spathe, clear 

 yellow, % in. broad '.filaments united at base only] anthers linear-sagittate. 

 Boggy places on the San Francisco peninsula. Herbage turning 

 black in drying, and staining paper dark purple. 



DIVISION II. CALYCE^E HYPOGYN^E. 



Ovary superior; the stamens inserted at its base, either as distinct 

 from the perianth, or as adherent to its tube. 



ORDEB XC. L I L I A C E > . 



Ours all herbaceous plants; the stems usually from bulbs or corms or 

 more or less fleshy rhizomes. Perianth regular, corolla-like, of 6 distinct 

 or more or less united parts. Stamens opposite the segments, with 

 2-celled anthers (or confluently 1-celled). Ovary superior, 3-celled, 

 becoming a capsular, or rarely a baccate fruit. 



