116 LILIACE^. 



perianth 8 to 12 lines long, its tube oblong or even slightly inflated, 

 the segments rotately spreading or often strongly recurved, each with 

 a mid-vein, green on back and" running down to base of perianth; 

 outer perianth segments narrowed towards the apex, mucronulate; 

 inner segments broadly oblong, obtuse; anthers 2 lines long, sagittate 

 at base, deeply bifid at apex; staminodia broadly ligulate or with 

 somewhat involute margins, at apex commonly retuse and mucronu- 

 late, somewhat (often much) exceeding the anthers. — (Brodisea minor 

 Wats.) 



Dry and often gravelly soil of the plains and low hills of the 

 Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys. Vacaville (the anthers and 

 staminodia incurved and closely approximate, closing the mouth of 

 the tube). 



3. H. coronaria Salisb. Hakvest Brodi^a. Scape stout, 7 to 

 18 in. high; leaves 1 line broad, thick or somewhat terete, about 

 equaling the scape; umbels 3 to 11-flowered; pedicels unequal, 1 to 

 3| in. long; perianth violet-purple, IJ- to If in. long; segments 

 narrowly oblong, longer than the tube, in age withering and becom- 

 ing caudate; anthers 4 or 5 lines long, sagittate at base, entire at apex 

 or nearly so, exceeding or at least equaling the oblong-lanceolate 

 mostly acute staminodia; capsule stipitate, the body about 5 lines 

 long. — (Brodisea grandiflora Smith.) 



The most common species in the Bay Eegion, flowering in May 

 and early June at the time of the hay harvest when the hills and 

 flelds are turning brown. Napa Valley; Niles; Santa Clara Co.; 

 Vacaville (anthers approximate, but staminodia erect, not closing the 

 tube). The flowers close before sunset (?). 



4. H. volubilis (Baker). TwI^aNG BRODiiBA. Scape roughish, 

 2 or 3 ft. high and lax or twining over bushes and attaining a height 

 of 7 or 8 ft.; oorm nearly 1 in. broad; leaves 1 ft. long or more, 4 to 



6 lines broad, carinate; umbels short and dense, 18 to 30-flowered; 

 pedicels J to 1 in. long; perianth rose-red or pinkish, 6 to 8 lines 

 long; tube 3 to 4 lines long and broad, 6-augled, the angles produced 

 into sacs somewhat above the middle; segments rotate, their tips 

 recurved; stamens 3, inserted on the throat opposite the inner seg- 

 ments, their filaments short, winged, emarginate; staminodia 3, 

 opposite the outer segments, ligulate, emarginate; capsule ovate, 

 acuminate, on a short stipe; seeds angled, black, usually 1 in each 

 cell. — (Brodiasa volubilis Baker.) 



Hill country of the Coast Ranges and foothills of the Sierra Nevada. 



. 5. H. congesta (Smith). OoKow. Scape 2 to 3J (or even 5) ft. 



high, often flexuous; heads short-racemose, 6 to 16-flowered, subtended 



by 3 to 5 ovate sub-acuminate bracts 4 lines long; leaves as long or 



nearly as long as the scape, 2 to 6 lines wide; flowers blue or purplish, 



7 to 8 lines long, in a dense head; perianth-segments spreading^ 

 oblong, shorter or longer than the tube, which is slightly constricted 

 at apex; stamens opposite inner perianth lobes with anthers less than 

 J as large as the others; outer perianth segments with deeply cleft 



