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LILIACEAE 



2. Laothoe purpurea (Brandg.) Greene. 

 Purple Amole. Fig-. 1013. 



Chlorogalum purpiireiiiii Brandg. Zoe 4: 159. 1893. 

 Laothoe [•iirpurca Greene, Leaflets 1: 91. 1904. 



Bulb ovoid. 2-3 cm. in diameter, 4-5 cm. long, 

 membranously' coated. Stem and panicle o0-45 cm. 

 liigli, slender ; basal leaves narrowlv linear. 3-4 mm. 

 wide, about 10 cm. long, the margins undulate; stem 

 leaves 1 or 2 attenuated and bract-like ; bracts nnich 

 attenuated, 2-5 mm. long ; pedicels 3-5 mm. long, 

 the lower sometimes longer ; Howers not vespertine ; 

 perianth-segments, oblong, 5-7 mm. long, bluish pur- 

 ple, spreading from above the base ; stamens nearly 

 as long as the segments, the filaments filiform purple ; 

 style exceeding the segments, curved; ovary sessile; 

 ovules 1 in each cell. 



Known only from the Santa Lucia Mountains, California, 

 L'pper Sonoran Zone. Type locality: Santa Lucia Mountains. 



3. Laothoe parviflora ( S. \\'ats.) Greene. 

 Small-flowered Amole. Fig. 1014. 



Chlorogalum parvifiorum S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 243. 

 1879. 



Bulb about 3 cm. in diameter, 5-6 cm. long, with 

 dark brown membranous coats. Stem with the panicle 

 6-10 dm. high ; basal leaves linear, 2 dm. or less in 

 length, 5-8 mm. wide, more or less scabrous, the 

 margins undulate ; stem leaves 1-3, much reduced 

 and attenuated ; panicle 30-50 cm. long, the branches 

 more or less divaricate ; bracts triangular, with or 

 without a short acumination, seldom over 3-4 mm. 

 in length ; pedicels usually much shorter than the 

 flowers (2-5 mm.) ; perianth-segments oblong- 

 oblanceolate, 7-8 mm. long, white or pinkish above, 

 purple beneath on the midrib ; stamens nearly equal- 

 ling the segments ; style exceeding the segments ; 

 ovary broad and obtuse ; capsule 3-4 mm. broad. 



Dry hillsides and mesas, Upuer and Lower Sonoran Zones; 

 San Diego County from the vicinity of Oceanside and Ramona 

 south to northern Lower California. Type locality: Cajon 

 N'alley, San Diego County, California. 



4. Laothoe angustifolia ( S. Wats.) Greene. 

 Narrow-leaved Amole. Fig. 1015. 



Chlorogalum augustifolium Kellogg, Proc. Calif Acad. 2: 

 104. 1861. 



Laothoe angustifolia Greene, Leaflets 1: 91. 1904. 



Bulb ovoid, 15-25 mm. in diameter, tapering at 

 ape.x, with dark brown, close-fitting membranous 

 coats. Stem slender, 20-45 cm. high ; basal leaves 

 grass-like, linear, 10^20 cm. long, 2-5 mm. wide, 

 glabrous, more or less revolute, the margins not un- 

 dulate ; stem leaves 1 or 2, much reduced and subu- 

 late ; panicle 10-25 cm. long, the branches spread- 

 ing ; pedicels 2-4 mm. long, or slighth' longer in 

 fruit ; perianth-segments oblong-oblanceolate, 10-12 

 mm. long, white with a yellowish-green midrib, 

 spreading above the base ; stamens and style in- 

 cluded ; ovary short-stipitate ; ovules 2 in each 

 cell ; capsule about 4 mm. in diameter. 



Dry open hillsides and mesas, LTpper Sonoran Zone; 

 Redding south through the foothills to Tuolume and Mendo- 

 cino Counties, California. Type locality: described from 

 cultivated sijecimens said to have been collected at Shasta, 

 California. 



