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leaves linear: inflorescence a several-bracted umbel of few to many 

 flowers, on jointed pedicels: perianth funnel-form, not contracted 

 at the throat, blue, purple or sometimes yellow or white, the 

 segments united: stamens 3 on the throat opposite the inner 

 lobes and alternate with three sterile stamens, or 6 in one or two 

 rows: ovary stalked or sessile, 3-celled,each cavity containing 3-8 

 seeds. 



Flowers white, the stamens in one row. B. i v actea. 



Flowers blue, the stamens in two rows. B. douglasii. 



B. lactea Wats. Scapes 30-70 cm. tall: leaves linear-lanceolate, shorter 

 than the stem, 5-8 mm. broad: flowers numerous: perianth open-campan- 

 ulate, white, each lobe with a green midvein, the tube about half as long as 

 the lobes: stamens in one row, the filaments broadly dilated, equal: capsule 

 subglobose. Low meadows, common. 



B. douglasii Wats. Scape 3-6 cm. tall: conn globose, the outer coats 

 coarsely fibrous: leaves two or three, shorter than the stem, 2-4 mm. broad: 

 flowers blue, usually numerous in a dense umbel; pedicels 2-30 mm. long: 

 perianth tubular-campanulate, 2-3 cm. long, the tube longer than the lobes: 

 stamens in two rows, the upper and shorter ones on the petals; filaments 

 naked: capsule oblong.-ovate, short-stipitate. Plentiful on hillsides. 



65. FRITIXLARIA. 



Bulbous herbs: stems simple, leafy: inflorescence of rather large 

 nodding solitary or racemed leafy-bracted flowers: perianth 

 mostly campanulate, of 6 separate and nearly equal oblong or 

 ovate segments, each with a nectar-pit or spot at the base: sta- 

 mens 6, hypogynous: ovary nearly or quite sessile, 3-celled: 

 ovules numerous in each cavit3 r . 



Flowers yellow: styles united the whole length. F. PUDICA. 



Flowers brown, spotted: styles not united the whole length. 



F. I Y AlNXEOI<ATA. 



F. pudica vSpreng. Stems 10-30 cm. tall: bulb-scales round, numerous: 

 leaves several, linear, obtuse, 4-12 cm. long, 5-12 mm. wide, in a single 

 whorl or scattered: flowers commonly single, sometimes 2-6: perianth-seg- 

 ments oblong, obtuse, 1-2 cm. long, yellow, each with a reddish mark at the 

 base: stamens about equalling the united styles: capsule oblong, not winged. 

 Hillsides, common. 



F. lanceolata Fursh. Stems 30-90 cm. tall, glaucous: leaves in two or 

 three whorls of 4-6, lanceolate, sessile, 5-12 cm. long: flowers 1-6, brown 

 purple with greenish-yellow spots: segments oblong-lanceolate; nectaries 

 conspicuous: capsule 2-3 cm. long, with 6 broad wings. Said to occur near 

 Palouse City. 



66. KRYTHRONIUM. 



IyOw herbs, from deep membranous-coated corms: stem simple: 

 leaves but one pair, broad or narrow, usually below the 



