PAINTER — REVISION OF SUBGENUS CYCLOBOTHRA. 347 



cuneate, about 1.5 cm. long, externally glabrous, internally covered on all parts except 

 the narrowed base by rather coarse violet or yellow hairs; ovary glabrous; capsule 

 elliptic in outline, acute at both ends. 



Distribution: Morelos. Only known from type locality. 

 Specimens examined: 



Morelos: Sierra de Tepoxtlan (see above). Typo in the Gray Herbarium and 

 cotypes in the U. S. National Herbarium and the Philadelphia Academy of 

 Natural Sciences. 



5. CALOCHORTUS GRANDIFLORUS (Mart. A Gal). 



Cyclobothra grandifiora Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Sci. Brux. 9 s : 384. 1842. "Bor- 

 der of Lake Patzcuaro, 7,000 feet, H. Gal. no. 5313. " 



Stem simple, 50 cm. high; basal leaves narrowly linear, the cauline broadly linear 

 to lanceolate, clasping and dilated at base; axils bulbiferous; flowers few on stout 

 peduncles, but little exceeding the leaves; sepals oblong, acute, yellowish, with an 

 oval, slightly hairy gland near the base, 3.5 cm. long; petals larger, broadly elliptic, 

 obtuse, ciliate, deeper colored and with a triangular gland near the base; anthers 5 mm. 

 long. 



Distribution: In the Sierra Madre of Jalisco and Michoacan. 

 Specimens examined: 



Jalisco: Barranca near Guadalajara, June, 1886, Dr. E. Palmer 580; vicinity of 

 Bio Blanco, near Guadalajara, September 30, 1903, J. N. Rose & Jos, H. 

 Painter 7445. 

 Bulbs of the last-cited collection flowered in Washington, May, 1905. 



6. CALOCHORTUS HARTWEGI Bentham. 



Calochort-jis hartwegi Benth. PI . Hartw. 26. 1840. ' ' In pascuis montium prope Aguas 

 Calientes. " 



CyclobothrahartwegiKunth,J£,mim. PL 4: 231. 1843. "Calochortus hartwegi Benth." 

 Stems 40 to 50 cm. high; leaves linear, vaginate, the upper ones dilated at base; 

 flowers few, horizontal on stoutish peduncles exceeding the leaves; sepals oblong 

 with no hairs on the inner surface, yellowish, about 5 cm. long; petals larger, broader, 

 ciliate and with a row of hairs extending about two-thirds along the midvein, deeply 

 colored, purplish at the base and shading to yellow at the tip, about 6 cm. long; anthers 

 0.6 cm. long. 



Distribution: In the Sierra Madre of Aguas Calientes and Jalisco. 

 Specimens examined : 



Aguas Calientes: Ilartweg 230. (Gray Herbarium.) 



Jalisco: In the Sierra Madre west of Boianos, September 15-17, 1897, /. N. Rose 

 2949. 



7. CALOCHORTUS CERNUUS sp. nov. 



Stem erect, simple or with a few branches, very straight, 20 to 40 cm. high, from 

 a fibrous-coated corm surmounted by a cylindrical mass of dark brown Bcales; leaves 

 linear, the basal 20 cm. or more long, 5 to 8 mm. broad, the cauline gradually shorter, 

 becoming lanceolate, clasping, the axils bulbiferous, the bracts unequal; flowers 

 nodding on slender upright peduncles; sepals dark brown, lanceolate-oblong, acute, 

 glabrous, 1.5 to 3.8 cm. long; petals larger, purple, ovate, with long, scattered hairs 

 above and a dark-colored gland below the middle, 2 to 2.7 cm. long; filaments 0.5 cm. 

 long, slender; anthers 0.25 cm. long, apiculate. 



Type in the Gray Herbarium, collected on Sierra de Tepoxtlan, Moreloi, altitude 

 6,700 meters, September 12, 1900, by C. G. Pringle (no. 9341). 



