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on rocky hillsides. California to Brit. Columbia. 



B. mnltifloraPenth.Pl Bartw. 339. Scape 1-2 feet high, somewhat 

 scabrous: umbel not produced : staminodia entiie bioad and obtuse, about 

 equalling the anthers: seeds several iu each cell. From the Sacramento 

 valley to Oiegon. 



* * Flowers subcapitate; the segments little longer than the tube, 

 stamens 6. the inner with a free lanceolate appendage on each side; 

 the outer ones naked. 



B. capitata Benth. 1. c. Scapes 1-2 fpet high : leaves a foot long or 

 more, sometimes longer than the scape, 2-10 lines wide, carinaie, usually 

 glaucous: flowers few to many, nearly sessile or on pedicels 2-0 lines long: 

 perianth rather broadly funnelform. 6-10 lines long, from i-lueor purple 

 to white: inner anther* nearly sessile, linear, 2 lines long, slightly shurier 

 than the oblong-lanceolate appendages; the outer smaller, on short nai.ed 

 filaments broadly dilated at base: capsule ovoid, sessile, about 3 lines long, 

 beaked by the slender style nearly as long: seeds several in each cell, 2 

 lines long. On dry open ridges, southern Oregon to California, j 



§ 2 Tritelta Lindl. Bot. Reg. as genus. Segments of the^ 

 perianth equalling or shorter than the tube. Stamens in 2 rows, 

 with more or less distinctly versatile anthers. Capsule stipitatet 



B. Douglasii Watson 1. c. Tritelia grandiflora Lindl. Scape 1-3 fee g 

 high, smooth, erect and usually .-tout: leaves 15-18 inches lon^r. 2-8 line, 

 wide, carinate: umbel subcapitate. usually many flowered: pedicels l-l 

 lines long : perianth 8-12 lines long, dark blue ; the tube subsaccate at base* 

 about as long as the ovate obtuse lobes: anthers oblong, a line long, the 

 lower 3 inserted on the throat opposite the outer segments attached near 

 the base and erect on very short filaments; the upper 3 inserted on the 

 inner s-egments, attached near the middle and versatile on short free fila- 

 ments which form below prominent wings within the tube: style slender, 

 about 3 lines long: capsule ovoid, about 4 lines lmg, on a stipe nearly as 

 long: seeds several in each cell. On sandy plains, eastern Oregon and 

 Washington to Wyoming and Utah. 



B. Howellii Watson 1 c 301. Scape 1-3 feet high: leaves 8-12 inches 

 long, 1-4 lines broad: umbel usually few flowered subcapitate: flowers 

 white with light blue base to light blue, 8-10 lines long; the broad tube 

 longer than the oblong-ovate obtuse lobes : stamens in 2 rows, the lower 

 inserted on the throat opposit- the 3 outer segments, on very short deltoid 

 filaments, the upper inserted at the base of the inner segments with 

 broadly winged filaments about 2 lines long; anthers all attached near the 

 middle, nearly 2 lines long: capsule oblong, attenuate upward into the 

 style, the cells about 6-seeded. On dry plains, eastern Washington and 

 Oregon near the base of the Cascade Mountains. 



§ 3 Calliprora Stamens in 1 row, with deltoid or wing-dilat- 

 ed filaments and versatile anthers. Capsule stipitate. 



B lactea Watson 1. c 238. Scape usually slender, 1-3 feet high, 

 smooth or scabrous: leaves 6-8 inches !• ng: 2-6 lines wide: umbel subc.ipi- 

 tate, few- to many-flowered : pedicels %-2 inches long: perianth white with 

 green mid-nerve, 4-8 lines long, the short and broad tube not half as long 

 as the oblong obtuse segments: stamens in one row, inserted on the base 

 of the segments, with broad deltoid filaments and short anthers attached 

 a little I elow the middle: style slender, 3-4 lines l>ng: capsule subglobose, 

 on a stipe 1-2 lines long. Common in wet places and moist meadows, 

 California to Brit. Columbia and Idaho. 



B. Bridgesii Watson 1. c. 237 Scape slender, 6-18 inches high: leaves 



