LILY FAMILY. 115 



winged and produced beyond the anther in the form of thin append- 

 ages. Ovary on a short stipe or sessile. Capsule loculicidal, 

 heaked by the style whic'h splits with the valves. (William Hooker, 

 1779-1832, botanical artist of London.) 



Umbel loose, mostly fen-flowered, borne on a shoit rigidly erect scape; 

 pedicels firm; perianth-lube uirbiiiate or nrn-shaptd, the segrneuls equalii g 

 or e.vceeding the lube; stamens inserted tiigh on tiie perianth, thote with 

 anthers 3; those opposite outer segments changed lo siaminodia and 

 bearing white pet>il-l:ke plaies; i.nthers inntue; corms not flattened. 

 Scapes Hlmo'^t wholly stibterranean, the umbel sessile on the ground; 



staminodia yellowish . .]. H. ten-esti-is. 



Scapes 3 to !« in. high; staminodla while. 

 Perianth turblnaiecampanuiate; stamiuodia eommonly retuse, longer than 



the stamens 2. H. vimor. 



Perianth-tube oblong with rotate or recurving segments; staminodla acute, 



mostly shiirter than the stam'-ns 3. H. coronaria. 



Umbel capbate. m-iny-flowered, borne on a straight ereci or even very tall and 

 twilling scape; penaiith-tuhe urn-.«hapid or tubular, antular or saccate 

 and more or less inflated: segments about equaling the tubt-; stamens 6, 

 all with inuMte iini liers or those opposite the outer segments with half-sized 

 anthers or entirely sterile; leaves mostly 2, flt-shy. 

 Stamens with antliers 3. 

 Flower^ rose-red or pinlcish; filaments and staminodla emarginate; scapes 



very much e ongatfd. comramilv twining i. H. voluMlis. 



Flowers blue-purple; anthers bifid at each end, sessile; staminttdia deeply 



cleft b. B. cungefia. 



Stamens with anthers 6; inner filaments wiib two lance<tliite appendages 



extended beyond the anthers; outer filaments diluted at base; bracts 



conspicuous, of a violet-purtde or metallic color . . 6. if. capitata. 



Umbel loose, many-flowered, borne on a straight, erect, and rather slender 



scape; flowers' blue, white, or yellow; perianth-lube narrowly turbinate 



10 open-campannlate. not inflated or angular or saccate, longer or shorter 



than the segments; stamens 6; anthers versatile; filaments slender or 



winged; ovary on slender stipe or rarely, suhsessile; corms somewhat 



flattened. 



Flouers yellow; filaments dilated, forkei at apex, the anther borne on a cusp 



in the middle of the notch 7. H. isoMdes. 



Flowers commonlv blue or purple, sometimes pale or nearly white; filaments 

 maiiilv coHlesoent with the perianth, the short free p irtion slender, not 

 winged; iinthers versati e. 

 Perianth violet-purple; anthers 2-lohed at base, all with distinct filaments. 



8. H. laxa. 

 Perianth pale rose-purple or nearly white; " anthers retuse at apex." those 



opposite 1 he outer segments se-sile 9. H. peduncidaris. 



Flowers white; filaments with broadly triangular and slighily united bases. 



10. £C. hyacinthina. 



1. H. terrestris (Kell.) G-reene. Scape very short, scarcely rising 

 above the surface of the ground, or altogether subterranean; umbels 

 2 to 10 or 20-flowered, the slender pedicels 3 to 4 in. long; perianth 

 purple, 8 to 10 lines long, the limb rotate; anthers oblimg, sagittate, 

 \\ lines long, slightly longer than the filaments and shorter than the 

 staminodia,'" these yellowish, emarginate and with revolute edges.— 

 (Brodiuea terrestris Kell.) 



Near the coast from Monterey and "Watsonville to Mendocino; 

 common in the sandy soil in the region about San Francisco. June- 

 July. 



2. H. minor (Wats.) Britten. Scapes slender, 3 to 6 in. high, 

 bearing an umbel of 2 to 5 blue flowers on pedicels 1 to 2J in. long; 



