490 



BOTAi^rr. 



emarginate; oyary shortly stipitate, the cells 3-4-oyulecl; style filiform, H" long ; seed ioften solitary.- 



California. 



5 BEEVOOETIA. Scape erect ; perianth hroaclly tubnlar, 6-saccate at hase, the tuhe 4 times longer 

 than the segments; anthers not winged. 



5. B. COCCIKEA, Gray. iBrevooriia Ida-Maia, Wood. Froc. FUl. Acad., 1867,^,. 173.) LeaTesS-S broad, 

 lo long or more; scape 2-3° high ; valves of the spathe 4-6, lanceolate or l'^^^'"' '^^''^f ' fl^^^f °f ' 

 rxmher4-12-flowered, pedicels 8-12" long ; perianth 12-16" long, the tnhe ^^'^^-''^^'';^'' ^-f'^'l'^^^ 

 lanceolate-ohlong segments yellowish, 2i-3" long, spreading; anthers hne.r, equaling tie segments 

 emarginate at hase; staminodia yellowish, very broad, square, toothed, half-shorter than the authors, 

 ovary ohlong, stipitate, the ceU 4-6-ovuled ; style 8-9" long, filiform.-Cahfornia. 



MILLA. 



South American species are omitted. 



§ BEODI^OPSIS. Tube broadly fannelform, exceeding the segments ; stamens in 2 rows at the 

 base and middle of the segments. 



1. M. GEANDiFLORA, Baker. li-2°high; flowers 6-30, on jointed pedicels, deep-blue, 8-10" long; 

 ovary stipitate. See page 354. 



§ EUMILLA. Tube funuelform, li-2 times shorter than the (oblong-lanceolate) segments ; stamens 

 in one row on the throat of the tube. 



2. M. BIFLORA, Cav. Leaves 4-6, filiform, 6-12' long; scape 6-18' high; flowers 1-4, the pedicels 

 strict, 2-6' long, thickened at top ; valves of the spathe many, linear ; perianth whitish, 15-18" long, 

 segments carinate with a green midvein, the inner ones narrower ; stamens 2-2}" long, subsessile, wing- 

 less; ovary oblong, on a short obconio stipe; style 5-6" long ; cells 5-9-seeded.— Mexico ; New Mexico, 

 (1913 Wright.) 



3. M. CAPITAIA, Baker. {Brodiwa, Benth.) Leaves 2" broad ; scape 1-2° high ; valves of the spathe 

 many, lanceolate, violet ; umbel crowded, 5-9-flowered, pedicels 3" long or less ; perianth 7-8" long, deep 

 lilac-blue ; stamens U" long, sessile, the alternate ones emarginate-winged ; ovary narrowed at base ; 

 style 2" long ; cells 8-9-seeded.— California, and in New Mexico and Arizona a form (Var. pauciplora, 

 Torr.) with 2-4-flowered umbels. 



§ TEITELEIA. Tube funnelform, equaling or rarely exceeding the segments, or l|-2 times shorter ; 

 stamens in 2 rows, upon the tube. In N. American species, pedicels jointed ; umbel many-flowered ; 

 ovary long-stipitate. 



• Filaments elongated, winged laterally at base. {Callyprora, Lindl.) 



4. M. ixioiDES, Baker. Scape 6-18' high, with 2-3 leaves, 2-6" broad ; valves of the spathe 3-4, 

 linear ; umbel 10-20-flowered, the pedicels 1-2' long ; perianth yellow, 7-12" long, the lanceolate-spatu- 

 late segments dotted with green, twice longer than the turbinate tube ; filaments flattened, 3-cuspidate, 

 2-3}" long ; style 1}" long ; cells 5-6-seeded. — California. 



* * Filaments very short and wingless, or none. California. (Seuhertia, Kth.) 



5. M. LAXA, Baker. Leaves 2-4" broad, 1° long or more ; scape 12-18' high ; valves of the spathe 

 many, 6-9" long ; umbel 8-20-flowered, the pedicels 1-3' long ; perianth deep-bine, 15-18" long, the 

 lanceolate acute segments shorter than the tube ; anthers linear, exceeding the filaments ; stipe of the 

 ovary 6-9" long, cells 12-15-ovuled ; style 1}" long. 



6. M. PSDUNCUI.AKIS, Baker. Leaves 3-4" broad, 1° long or more ; sca^ie l}-2° high ; valves of the 

 spathe many, linear ; umbel 12-20-flowered, the pedicels 2-3' long ; perianth blue, 8-9" long, the lanceo- 

 late-spatulate acute segments a little exceeding the tube ; anthers sessile, 1}" long ; stipe 2-2}" long ; 

 cells 3-4-seeded. 



7. M. CKOCEA, Baker. (/SeuJertta, Wood, Z. u.,^. 171.) Scape 1° high, exceeding the linear leaves; 

 valves 4, shorter than the pedicels ; umbel 5-6-flow6red ; perianth yellow, 9" long, the segments obtuse ; 

 anthers oblong ; cells 5-seeded. 



5 HESPEEOSCOEDIUM. Tube campanulate, 3-4 times shorter than the segments ; stamens more 

 or less distinctly 2-rowed, upon the tube. 



8. M. HTACiNTHmA, Baker. Scape 1-2° high, with 2-3 leaves, 1-6" wide ; umbel 10-30-flowered, 

 pedicels }-l' long ; perianth 4-7" long, greenish white ; cells 2-3-seeded. See page 354. 



9. M. MAEITLMA. Scape 3-6' high; perianth 3" long, segments scarcely connate. See page 354, 

 This species is here added to the genus notwithstanding the very short titbe of the perianth. 



