82 LILIACEAE. 



11. CALOCHORTUS Pursh. Mariposa Lily. 



Stems usually flexuous and branching from membran- 

 ous or rarely fibrous coated corms, with few linear- 

 lanceolate leaves, those of the stems alternate, clasping. 

 Flowers few, showy, terminal on the branches or umbel- 

 lately fascicled. Perianth deciduous, of 6 distinct more 

 or less concave segments, the inner mostly broadly 

 cuneate-obovate, usually with a conspicuous glandular 

 pit near the base. Stamens 6, inserted on the base of 

 the segments ; anthers linear to oblong, basifixed. Ovules 

 many; stigmas sessile, recurved, persistent. Capsule 

 elliptic to oblong. 



Petals arched; pedicels slender, drooping. 1. C. albus. 



Petals not arched; pedicels stout, erect. 



Capsule oblong, obtuse at both ends. 2. C. catalinae. 



Capsule narrowly oblong, attenuate into a beak. 



Petals ciliate on the upper margins. 3. C. weedii. 



Petals not ciliate. 



Hairs on the inner surface of petals 



clavate. 4. C. clavatus. 



Hairs on the petals not clavate. 



Petals with a more or less evident 



blotch above. 7. C. venustus. 



Petals not blotched above. 



Petals apiculate, sparsely hairy 



near the gland. 6. C. invenustus. 



Petals not apiculate, with a hairy 

 zone extending | to summit 

 from gland. 5. C. splendens. 



1. C. albus Dougl. Glaucous; stems 15-45 cm. high, mostly 

 branching; bracts foliaceous; flowers subglobose, nodding; sepals 

 shorter than the petals, greenish; petals white, ovate-orbicular, 15- 

 25 mm. long, bearded above the gland with long white hairs; anthers 

 oblong, obtuse, mucronate; capsule 2-5 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide; 

 seeds pitted. 



Common on shady banks in the San Gabriel Mountains. 



2. C. catalinae Wats. Stems branching, 3-6 dm. high, bulb- 

 iferous at base, leaves and bracts linear; sepals ovate-lanceolate, 

 purple-spotted near the base, nearly equaling the petals; petals 

 cuneate-obovate, 3-5 cm. high, lilac, with a large ovate purplish 

 blotch at base; gland oblong, yellow or brown, covered with brown 

 or yellowish hairs; anthers obtuse, pinkish, 5 mm. long, on filaments 

 3 times as long; capsule 2,5-5 cm. long, about 1 cm. wide. 



Common on the plains and in the foothills. Onofree Mountains; 

 Santa Ana Mountains; San Pedro Hills. Extending as far north 

 as the Santa Inez Mountains. 



