Refugium Botanicum.| (June, 1873. 
TAB. 354. 
Natural Order LiniAce®. 
Sub-order MELANTHACE. 
Genus AntTicLEA, Kunth. 
A. Fremonru (Torrey, Pac. R. R. Surv. iv. 149). Bulbo ovoideo 
tunicato, foliis linearibus viridibus arundinaceo-carnosis glabris 
1—2 pedes longis 8—4 lin. latis, caule 1—2-pedali parce 
foliato, racemis dense 12—50-floris simplicibus vel compositis, 
pedicellis ascendentibus infimis 1—2 poll. longis bracteis 
superantibus, perianthii segmentis lanceolatis acutis unguicu- 
latis 5—6 lin. longis supra unguem glandula magna flavo-viridi 
apice dentata preditis, genitalibus perianthio distincte bre- 
vioribus. — Zygadenus F'remontiit, Torrey, Bot. 40 Parall. p. 
343. 
A native of California, reaching as far east as Utah. 
Rootstock a large ovoid bulb with brown tunics. Leaves mostly 
basal, bright green, glabrous, arundinaceo-carnose, a foot to two 
feet long, three to four lines broad, recurved, persistent, narrowed 
toa point. Stem a foot to two feet high, furnished with two or 
three reduced leaves. Racemes densely twelve- to fifty-flowered, 
simple or panicled. Pedicels erecto-patent, the lower ones an 
inch to two inches long. Bracts membranous, lanceolate, per- 
sistent, as long as the upper, shorter than the lower pedicels. 
Perianth cream-white, the divisions equal, lanceolate above a 
distinct claw, narrowed gradually to a point, spreading from the 
top of the claw when expanded, distinctly many-nerved, vertically 
plicate, furnished at the top of a claw with a large viscid greenish 
yellow gland which is toothed on the upper side. laments 
filiform, shorter than the segments. Styles distinctly separated. 
Fruit a dry coriaceous three-lobed many-seeded capsule three- 
fourths of an inch to an inch long, surrounded by the marcescent 
perianth. 
Tas. 854.—1, a single segment of the perianth; 2, stamens and 
pistils ; 8, pistils alone ; 4, horizontal section of ovary: all magnified. 
—J. G. B. 

This plant produces a branched flower-spike, and pale straw- 
coloured flowers. J am indebted to Mr. Bull, of Chelsea, for the 
opportunity of figuring this interesting bulb, which will probably 
be as hardy as T'riteleia conspicua (Tab. 43), and may be treated 
in the same way.—W. W.S. 
