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CALIFORNIA.— SUPPLEMENT. 



[Asphodelea. 



longe anguste acuminatis carinatis rectis stamina conformia subaequantibus, ovario trilobo, 

 stylo integro. Hook. Flor. Bor. Am. II./?. 184. t. 197. — (3. foliis scapo longioribus. Hook. 

 I.e. 



Hab. /3. Between Burnt and Malheur Rivers, Snake Country. Tolmie. 



4. K.falci folium; humili, foliis binis lanceolatis recurvo-falcatis striatis basi attenuatis 

 radicalibus, umbella densa multiflora patente, sepalis (roseis) lanceolatis acuminatis undu- 

 latis carinatis apice recurvis omnibus margine undiqueminuteglanduloso-serrulatis stamina 

 conformia longe superantibus, ovario trilobo, stylo integro. 



This was collected by Douglas in California, probably at no great distance from the coast. It is closely 

 allied to A. Douglasii, but differs from that species by its more humble stature, shorter and much more fal- 

 cate leaves, more compact umbel, much larger flowers, narrower and thinner sepals, which are, moreover, 

 undulated and serrulate with minute glands and almost twice as long as the stamens. 



HESPEROSCORDON. Lindl. 



Periantliiurn subcampanulato-rotatum, bifidum, cum pedieello articulatum. Stamina 6, fertilia ; filamentis 

 dilatatis membranaceis sequalibus, e fauce exortis, basi subconnatis. Squama hypogynm nullse. Ovarium 

 sessile, 3-loculare, polyspermum, apice 3-glandulosum. Stylus teres, cum ovario articulatus. Stigma 

 simplex. Capsula trilocularis, 3-valvis, poljsperma, valvis medio septiferis. Semina nigra angulata, sub- 

 crustacea. — Herbac cormis induviatis. Flores umbcllati. Lindl. 



1. H. lacteum {Lindl.) umbella multiflora laxa, fioribus exterioribus pedieello 2-4-plo 

 brevioribus, periantbii laciniis stellatis, ovario subgloboso. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1639. 



This differs from H. Lcwisii. Hook. Flor. Bor. Am. II. p. 185. t. 198, by the umbel being much fewer 

 flowered and lax, the pedicels conspicuously longer than the flowers, and slender, and the perianth not cam- 

 panulate. In H. Lewisii the ovary is so attenuated at the base as to be almost stipitate. In the centre of 

 the umbel the flowers expand at a later period, and are on shorter pedicels than the outer ones. 



CALIPRORA. Lindl. 



Periantliiurn subcampanulatum, cum pedieello continuum, 6-partitum. Stamina 6, omnia fertilia, fauce 

 exorta, verticillata, tria breviora : filamenta petaloidea, biloba, antheris inter lobos sessilibus. Squama 

 hypogynce nullse. Ovarium stipitatum, 3-loculare, polyspermum. Stylus simplex. Stigma trilobum, 

 Capsula membranacea, triptera. Semina obovata, nec atra nec Crustacea. — Folia radicalia lineari-ensi- 

 formia, acuminata, canaliculata, debilia, scapo longiora. Scapus erectus teres. Flores umbcllati, lutei, 

 laciniis medio exlus fusco-purpureis. Bractese spatliacece, ovatce, scariosai, pedicellis multo breviores. 

 Lobi filamentorum acuti. 



1. C. lutea. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1590. 



The seed-coat is very unlike that of Allium or indeed any of the Asphodelece as limited by Brown, and 

 rather resembles in that respect the Tulipacece : but we have not seen it perfectly mature. Lindley, from 

 whom the remainder of the above character is taken, takes no notice of it. 



