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SMILACEJE. 
SMILAX TAMNOIDES, Linn. sp. p. 1460. Piedra Pinta, western Texas (in fruit); Bigelow. Ап 
extremely variable species, of which 8. Bona nox, S. hastata and S. pandurata are doubtless 
mere varieties. My friend, Dz. Chapman, who has carefully studied, in a living state, the 
Florida species of this genus, thinks that 8. Beyrichii, Š. Sprengelii and S. hederzfolia of 
Kunth are also forms of S. tamnoides. 
TRILLIUM SESSILE, Linn. Spec. p. 284, var. ANGUSTIPETALUM, Torr. Bot. Whippl. Rep. р. 151. 
Moist places near Monterey and San Luis Obispo, California, March—April; Parry. Napa 
county, in the same State; Thurber. 
LILIACEJE. 
FRITILLARIA LANCEOLATA, Pursh, Fl. 1, р. 230. Е. mutica, Lindl. Bot. Reg. fol. 1663? (TAB. 
LXI.) In pine woods near Monterey, California, February—April; Parry; also in Napa 
county; Thurber. The leaves of Dr. Parry’s specimens are unusually narrow. 
FRITILLARIA KAMTSCHATCENSIS, Fisch. in Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. 2, р. 181, t. 193, 4. San Lusi 
Rey and San Luis Obispo, California; Parry. 
CALOCHORTUS UNIFLORUS, Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 398, t. 94. Monterey, California, May ; 
Parry. 
Сагосновтов VENUSTUS, Benth. in Hort. Trans. (n. ser.) 1, p. 411, t. 15, f. 3. Monterey, 
California, May; Parry. Near the Copper Mines, New Mexico, May—June; Bigelow. San 
Luis mountains, Sonora; Capt. E. K. Smith. 
CALOCHORTUS LUTEUS, е: Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1661. San Diego, California, Мау; Parry. 
CALOCHORTUS SPLENDENS, Benth. 1. c. р. 411, 4. 15, f. 1. San Diego, California, May—June ; 
Parry, Thurber. 
CycLoBoTHRA ALBA, Benth. 1, c. р. 413, t. 14, f. 3. Monterey, California, Мау; Parry. 
ALLIUM CERNUUM, Roth; Bot. Mag. i. 1134; Kunth, Enum. 4, p. 435. Hills near the Copper 
Mines, New Mexico, July; Bigelow. (No. 191%, Wright. No. 848. Fendler.) 
ALLIUM RETICULATUM, Nutt. in Fraser, Cat. ; Hook. Fl. Вот.- Ат. 2, p. 184, t. 195 ; Kunth, 1. c. 
Hill sides and prairies. Western Texas to the Rio Grande and Chihuahua; also in New Mexico 
west to the Copper Mines, April. (No. 1915 and 1916, Wright.) 
ALLIUM MUTABILE, Miche. Fl. 1, p. 195; Kunth, Enum. 4, p. 451. Gravelly hills, western 
Texas; Wright. Presidio del Norte on the Rio Grande, and in other places on that river ; 
Bigelow. Chihuahua; Thurber. The bulb is commonly single, ovate, and 1-14 inch long. 
Leaves narrowly linear, shorter than the scape, which is about a foot long. Umbel 15-40- 
flowered. Spathe 2-3-valved.  Perianth rose color, sometimes very pale; the segments ovate- 
lanceolate, acute. Stamens about two thirds the length of the perianth ; filaments subulate, 
gradually and moderately dilated downward; anthers oblong. Cells of the ovary 2-ovulate. 
Capsule subglobose, 3-lobed ; the cells rounded at the summit, usually perfecting but а single 
ovate black seed. 
ALLIUM ACUMINATUM, Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. 2, р. 185, 6, 196. San Diego, near the boundary 
line; Parry. New Almaden, California; Thurber. 
кылны (HESPEROSCORDIUM) MARITIMUM, Torr. Bot. Whippl. Rep. р. 149; Benth. Pl. Hartw 
p.339. Sandy places near Monterey, Qalitemit; March; Parry. 
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