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Scape as long as the 



leaves, slender, terete, naked- Umbel 9-12-flowered ; the pedicels 8-10 lines long, spreading, 

 articulated close to the flower. Spathe of 4-5 lanceolate acuminate valves, which are nearly 

 distinct to the base. Sepals 4-5 lines long, orange-yellow, oblong, rather obtuse, with a ciliolate 



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callosity at the tip. Stamens one fourth shorter than the sepals ; filaments filiform, with an 

 oblong adnate tooth on each side at the base. Ovary oblong ; style about as long as the sepals, 

 filiform ; stigma very small. 3-lobed. Capsule (immature) obovate ; seeds compressed- This 

 species resembles a small Calliproa lutea. It differs from most of the genuine species of Allium 

 in its yellow flowers, more numerous ovules, and articulated pedicels. 



Camassia Fraseki, Torr. in Bof. WMppl. Bep, p. 147. Scilla esculenta, Ker. S. Fraseri, 

 Gray^ Man. ed. 2, j). 469. Prairies of western Texas; Wright. 



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Bkodi^a (Dichelostemma) capitata, Benth. PI. Bartw. p, 339. Dichelostemma congestum, 

 Torr. Bot. WhippL Bep, non Kunth. Near Monterey, California, Parry ; and Napa valley, in 

 the same State ; Thurher. Until very recently, I had never seen the true B. congesta ; all the 



numerous specimens of what I have taken for it having 6 perfect stamens. As an early figure 

 of Hookeria pulchella, Salisb.^ which several botanists have referred to B. congesta, represented 

 the flowers as hexandrous, I supposed that the fertile stamens were commonly 6. I have, 

 liowever, just examined a Brodi^a from Oregon, which exactly accords with Smith's description 



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of B. congesta. Nevertheless it is possible that the usually abortive stamens are sometimes 

 antheriferous. 



Var, ? PAUCiELOEA : umbella 2-4-flora ; pedicellis valde inaequalibus partim spatha 3-4-valva 

 Bubduplo longioribus. Near the Copper Mines, New Mexico : Bigeloio. On the Gila river, 



March ; Parry. San Francisco Spring, Sonora, 

 species ; for we have seen no intermediate forms. 



CapL B. K. Smith. This may prove a distinct 



Smithy I. €.: Kuntli. Enum. 4, t). 471; (& var. macropoda, Torr. Bot. 



Whipple Bep. p. 149. San Pasqual, California, May; Thurher. 



Calliproa lutea, Lindl. Bot. Beg. t. 1590 ; Kunthy Enum. 4, p. 4Y6. Dry grassy hill sides 

 near Monterey, California, May ; Parry. 



Chlorogalum POMERiniANUM, KuntTiy Enum. 4, j5. 682. Anthericumpomeridianum, Gawl. Bot 

 Beg. t. 561, (Tab. LX.) Pinasquitos, California^ May ; Thurher. 



ANDKOSTEPHIUM, Nov. Gen. 



Perianthium corollaceum, infundibuliforme, 6-fidum, regulare, persistens ; laciniis tubo sul 

 qualibus patulis uninerviis. Stamina 6, omnia fertilia ; filamentis superne in tubum brev 

 cylindraceum connatis, inter et ultra antheras biloculares introrsas dorso medium affixas 



coronam 6-ioliolatum 







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Allium (Nothoscorlium) striatum, Jacq.j Bot. Mag. t. 1035; Ell. SJc. 1, p. 385. Prairies 

 of western Texas and along the Eio Grande ; common ; flowering from March to September. 

 Janos, Coralitas river, Sonora ; Capt, E. K, Smith, 



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Sub-genus Cheysoscokdium, Sepala basi vix connata, erecto-patentia, uninervia. Filamenta j 



filiformia^ basi utrinq[ue unidentata. Ovarium sessile : ovula in loculis 4-5. Herba Californica 

 scapigera, bulbosa? ; foliis linearibus ; floribus umbellatis aurantiacis. 



Allium (Cil) CROCEUM (n. sp.) Summit of the mountains east of San Diego, California; 



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