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BRODI^A 



BROMUS 



G. ixioides, Wats. Allied to B. laxa, but dwarfer (3 in. 

 to 2 ft.). Fls. few to many, on pedicels 1-4 in. long, in 

 shades of vellow and often purple-tinged ; filaments 

 winged, 2-toothed above. S. Calif, to Ore. B.R. 1590. 

 B.M.3588(as(7a«tprom lutea). G.C. III. 20: 459. -Many 

 handsome varieties. The best is var. spl6nden8, Hort. 

 {Fig. 270), with large, bright yellow fls., the limb wheel- 

 shaped. Var. minor, Hort. Dwarf : fls. yellow, with 

 dark band and blue anthers. Var. eT6cta, Hort. Dwarf. 



7. hyaointhina, Bailey, Ann. Hort. 1891, 2^1 (Triteleia 

 hyacinthlna, Greene). From 1-2 ft.: Ivs. linear : fls. 

 10-30, 1 in. or less long, milky white or purplish. Calif. 

 —Probably a form of the next. 



8. 14otea,'Wats. In the type, has the habit of B. laxa, 

 but the fls. have a short tube with a rotate corolla, and 

 are white, with green raidvein ; filaments deltoid. Calif, 

 to Brit. Columbia, in many forms. B.R. 1639 (as Hes- 

 peroscordum lacteiim and H. hyacinthinum). G.C. III. 

 20:459.— Var. lilaoina, Wats., is much stronger, very 

 bulbiferous, grows in wet, heavy soils, and has a larger 

 fl., which is usually lilac-colored. Var. mijor, Purdy. 

 Like var. Ulacina, but fls. white. 



9. grdoilis, Wats. A tiny species, with small yellow 

 fls. Scape 2-4 in. and purplish: If. 1: fls. Kin. long, on 

 pedicels of equal or greater length; filaments elongated 

 and very slender. N. Calif., in Sierras. 



Group 2. 

 In this group the corm is not flattened, and bears many 

 strong offsets ; the coating is hairy and reddish. The 

 Ivs. are linear and grassy; the scapes stiff, few-fld. ; the 

 fls. of a thick, waxy texture, funnel-form (except B. 

 Purdyi ) , very lasting, usually purple. These Brodiseas 

 are native to a heavy soil, in rather moist situations, and 

 are hardy. They will thrive under conditions recom- 

 mended for Group 1. (Boohera.) 



10. grandiSldia, Smith (Hookira coronctria, Salisb.). 

 Scape 4-10 in. high: Ivs. nearly terete, dying before the 

 fl.-st. appears: fls. 3-10, blue, of good size (1 in. long), 

 very lasting; staminodia obtuse; anthers line.ar. Calif, 

 to Brit. Col., Ore., and Wash. B.R. 1183. B.M. 2877. 

 G.C. 111.20:213. 



11. Califdrnica, Lindl. (Hookira Califdrnioa, Greene). 

 "Very {xke B.grandiflora: scape longer ( 12-vJO in. ) : fis. 

 10-20, lK-2 in. long, rose to deep purple : staminodia 

 linear and cuspidate. N.Calif. G.C. III. 20: 215. -"The 

 finest species for garden purposes," ace. to Baker. 



12. minor, Wats. Very slender, 3-6 in. : fls. }i-l in. 

 long: staminodia broad and usually eraarginate; anthers 

 oblong. Calif, to Ore. 



13. terrfistris, Kellogg. Sca^pe short or practically 

 none, the umbel sitting on the earth : Ivs. nearly terete: 

 fls. %-l in. long; staminodia emarginate, yellowish: an- 

 thers sagittate-oblong. Central Calif., along the coast. 



14. stelUris, Wats. Low: scape with long pedicels and 

 3-6 bright purple fls., with white centers; Ivs. nearly 

 terete: anthers winged behind: staminodia white, longer 

 than the stamens, emarginate. N. Calif. G.C. III. 

 20: 213. -Very pretty. 



15. Orcuttii, Bailey, Ann. Hort, 1891, 267 {Hookira 

 Orcuttii, Greene). Plant rather stout, a foot or more 

 high: Ivs, linear, flat or nearly so: fls. 5-15, less than 

 an inch long, short-tubed, lihic; staminodia a small, 

 triangular scale or none, S, Calif, G.C, III, 20:215, 



16. Siliffilia, Wats. (Hookera filifdlia,QTeene). Prom 

 0-12 in.: Ivs. slightly flattened: fls. 3-6, 34 in. or less 

 long, dark colored; staminodia triangular, twice shorter 

 than the anthers. S. Calif. 



17. rdsea, Baker {Hookira rdsea, Greene). About 

 3-6 in.: Ivs. nearly terete: fls. 5-8, under 1 in. long, 

 rose-red ; filaments dilated ; staminodia white, obtuse 

 and entire, longer than the anthers. N. Calif. G.C. III. 

 20:213.— A pretty species. 



18. Piirdyi, Eastw. Different from others in having a 

 short-tubed fl. with broadly spreading, declinate seg- 

 ments, the throat constricted. Cent, Calif,, in Sierras, 



Group S. 

 In these pretty Brodiseas the corm is long and bulbif- 

 erous. Lvs. grassy; the scape tall, slender and flexuous; 



the fls. in a close, head-like umbel, the separate fls. 

 waxy and narrowly tubular. They like a loose, perfectly 

 drained, loamy soil, with some humus. Hardy. The spe- 

 cies are not readily distinguished. All are from Cent. 

 Calif, to Wash. Known as "California Hyacinths." 



19. cong6sta, Smith. Tall (2-3 ft.), with a globular 

 head of purple fls. : lvs. somewhat terete : fls. 6-12, ses- 

 sile or nearly so, % in. long ; filaments ; staminodia 

 purple, 2-toothed. N.Cal. G.C. III. 20:213. -Blooms late. 



20. multiUdra, Benth. Similar to B. congesta: fls. 

 6-20, sessile or short-stalked, umbellate, % in. long, 

 blue; staminodia lanceolate, entire. Calif., Ore., Utah. 



21. capit^ta, Benth. Lower (1-2 ft.): lvs. narrow- 

 linear: fls. many, in a capitate umbel, % in. or less long, 

 lilac {a, VBX. alba) ; three inner anthers winged. Calif., 

 Utah,N. Mex. B.M, 5912. G.C. Ill, 20: 238, -Early 

 blooming. 



Var. parvifldra, Torr. Dwarf (3-6 in.), very early. 



Group 4. 

 Bulb as in Group 1: fls. many, in a dense umbel, the 

 tube about as long as the segments. 



22. Doiiglasii, Wats. Lvs. linear; scape lK-2 ft. : fls. 

 few, in a close umbel, saccate as in Brevoortia coccinea, 

 blue : segments as long as the tube, the inner ones 

 wavy: fllaments winged. Ore. and Wash. B.M. 6907. 



23. Hdwellii, Wats. (TriteleXa Hdwellii, Greene). 

 Pis. bell-shaped, white: differs from B. Douglasii in 

 smaller fis., and segments not more than half as long as 

 tube. Wash. B.M. 6989. 



Var. lilaoina, Hort. One of the handsomest of all 

 Brodiseas, and a good grower. Pis. porcelain-blue, sug- 

 gestive of Prevoor/ia coccuiefl. Wash. G.C. III. 19: 767; 

 20 : 239. Gn. 46 : 992. - Large and strong. 



B. crdcea, Wats. 1 ft. or more : fls. 6-15, yellow. N. Calif.— S. 

 insulctris, Greene. Like B. capitata, but more robust and 

 larger fld. Islands off Calif. — S. iemr?ionos, Wats. 1 ft.t fls. 

 small, deep orange. N. Ariz. — B. leptdndra, Baker. 1 ft. or 

 less : fls. 2, purple. Calif. — JS. lilacina, Baker. 1 ft. or less : 

 fls. 10-15, lilac-purple. Calif. — B.lihgens, Baker. LikeB.ixioides, 

 but fls. saffron color -witMu and brown-black. on tube and ribs 

 Calif. — B, Pdlmeri, Wats. Lvs. linear : fls. many, lilac. S. 

 Calif. G-.F. 2:245. — B.pulchUla.GvQ&nQ. Probably the same as 

 B. congesta. — B, scdbra, Baker. Like B. txioides, but scabrous: 

 fls. bright yeUow. CaUf. Carl Pubdy and L. H. B. 



BEOMfiLIA (Bromel, a Swedish botanist). Brome- 

 UA-cece. About two dozen species of tropical Amer. 

 herbs, with stiff, pineapple-like lvs., and fls. in panicles; 

 corolla 3-parted ; calyx of 3 ovate-oblong sepals. Differs 

 from Billbergia and Ananas in technical characters, 

 particularly in the deeper-cut calyx. Less popular as 

 stove plants than Mchmeaand Billbergia. B. bracteata 

 and B. Tnacrodontes of trade lists belong to Ananas. 

 Culture as for Billbergia, which see. Monogr. by Mez, 

 in De Candolle's Monogr. Phaner. 9. 



Finguin, Linn. Pinguin of Jamaica. Wild Pine. 

 Three or 4 ft. high ; lvs. broad-toothed and spiny, 

 bright green, but becoming pink and red with age : fls. 

 reddish, pubescent, in a dense panicle, with a mealy 

 rachis, the sepals acute : fr. as large as plums, acid. 

 W. Ind. — Makes a good hedge in tropical countries, and 

 the fr. yields a cooling juice. 



Bindti, Morr. Panicle lax: sepals rounded at the top: 

 habit open and spreading. Braz. l H. B. 



BEOMPTON STOCK. See Matthiola. 



BRdMUS (Greek, food). Graminem. Brome Grass. 

 Annual or perennial grasses, with large spikelets, usu- 

 ally over 1 in. long. Lvs. flat, the sheaths often closed: 

 panicle branched, somewhat spreading ; spikelets sev- 

 eral-fld., erect or drooping, awned, rarely awnless; 

 empty glumes 2, unequal, acute; flowering glumes usu- 

 ally rounded on the back (excepts, vnioloides) . Species 

 about 40, most abundant in the North Temperate zone, 

 some also in temperate S. Amer. ; a few on the moun- 

 tains of the tropics. A number of kinds used as for- 

 age grasses. The common Chess is B. secalinws. 



A. Spikelets lO-flowered or more. 

 briz8e£6rmis, Pisch. & Mey. {B. squarrdsus,-va,r.muti- 

 CHS, C. A. Mey. ) . An elegant biennial grass with droop- 



