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SMILACE^. 



Smilax tamnoides, Linn. sp.p. 1460, Piedra Piata^ western Texas (In fruit) ; Blgeloiv. An 

 extremely variable species, of which S. Bona nox, S. hatitata and S. pandurata are doubtless 

 mere varieties. My friend, Dr. Chapman, who has carefully studied, in a living state, the 

 Florida species of this genus, thinks that S. Beyrichii, S. Sprengelii and S. hedera^folia of 

 Kunth are also forms of S. tamnoides. 



Trillium SESSILE, Linn. Spec. p. 284, var. axgustipetalum, Torr. Bot. Whippl. Bep, p. 151. 

 Moist places near Monterey and San Luis Obispo, California, March — April ; Barry. Napa 

 county, in the same State ; Thurher. 



LILIACE^. 



Fritillaria lanceolata, Fiirsh^ FL 1, p. 230. F. mutica, Liiicll. Bot. Beg.fdl. 1663 ? (Tab. 

 LXI.) In pine woods near Monterey^ California, February — April; Barry; also in Napa 

 county; Thtirher. The leaves of Dr. Parry's specimens are unusually narrow. 



Fritillaria Kamtschatcensis, Fisclu in Booh. FL Bor.-Am. 2, p. 181, t. 193, A. San Lusi 

 Rey and San Luis Obispo, California ; Barry. 



Calochortus uniplorus, Hook. & Am. Bat. Beech, p. 398, t. 94, Monterey, California, May ; 

 Barry. 



Calochortus venustus, Benth. in Hort. Trans, (n. ser.) 1, p. 411, t 15, /. 3. Monterey, 

 California, May ; Barry. Near the Copper Mines, New Mexico, May — June ; Bigchw. San 

 Luis mountains, Sonora ; Capt. E. K, Smith. 



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Calochortus splendens, Benth. L c. p, 411, L 15,/. 1. San Diego, California, May — June ; 

 Barry, Thurher. 



Cyclorothra alba, Benth. I. c. p. 413, t. 14,/. 3. Monterey, California, May ; Barry. 



Allium cernuum, Both; Bot. Mag. t. 1134; Kunth) Enum. 4,^. 435. Hills near the Copper 

 Mines, New Mexico, July; Bigelow. (No. 1913, Wright. No. 848. Fendler.) 



Allium reticulatum, Nuti. in Eraser ^ Cat. ; Hook. FL Bor.-Am. 2, p. 184, f. 195 ; Kunth^ L c. 

 Hill sides and prairies. Western Texas to the Eio Grande and Chihuahua ; also in New Mexico 



west to the Copper Mines, April. (No. 1915 and 1916, Wright.) 



Allium mutabile, Michx. 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 ; 

 Bigeloiv. Chihuahua ; Thurher. The bulb is commonly single, ovate, and 1-1^ 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 a single 

 ovate black seed. 



Allium acuminatum, Hook. FL Bor.-Am. 2, p. 185, t. 196. San Diego, near the boundary 

 line; Ban^y. New A Imaden, California ; Thurber. 



(Hesperoscordium) 



Torr. BoL WhippL Bep. p. 149 ; Benth. FL Hartw 



p* 339. Sandy places near Monterey, California, March; Barry. 



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