370 ON BREVOORTIA. 



D. Dlchelostemma ca-pitata, Bentham, a jflower (blue-purple), life size (four of its 

 se"-ments), showing tlie six unequal anthers with the winged filaments of the three 

 larger. 



E. Dlchelostemma Californica {Stwpliolirion), Torrey, a flower (rose-purple), life 

 size. e. The perianth displayed, showing the six anthers with their winged fila- 

 ments. 



F. Flower of Brodum grandiflora, Sm., introduced also for comparison ; flower 

 (blue) life size. /. The interior of the perianth displayed, showing the three perfect 

 stamens, and the three abortive anthers similar in form. 



The claims of Bremorlla to the rank of a genus will be inferred from these illus- 

 trations. If we transfer it to Brodicea (as Prof A. Gray proposes in Proceedings Am. 

 Acad. Sci., July, 18GS), we must at the same time abandon all those generic charac- 

 ters which have been heretofore recognized as valid in the LiUacea. It will then be 

 impossible to maintain either Dichelosteinma, or Galliproa, or Suhertia — genera far 

 more closely allied to Brodicea than is Brevoortia; all must be absorbed in Brodicea! 

 Moreover, if this principle be adopted in the reformation of the genera, Lilium must 

 absorb Tritillaria, Erithronium and even Tulipa. Indeed, scarcely any genus would 

 be safe from the avarice of its senior neighbors. Let us be impartial and consistent. 



* * Correction. — In the Monograph above alluded to, page 2, line 23, the reader is 

 requested to insert Kellogg in place of "n. sp ," after L. {Lilium) Wasliingtonianmn. 

 This species had been already published by Dr. Kellogg, under this same name, in 

 the Proceedings Cal. Acad. Sci. 



