Lily Family 89 



satile extrorse dehiscing laterally. Ovules many ; style 

 slender, united to the middle or throughout, deciduous. 

 Capsule membranous ovate oroblong, 6-angled or winged, 

 Loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds flat in "2 rows in each cell, 

 brownish. 



1. F. biflora Lindl. Bulb of a few very thick and fleshy ovate 

 scales, (3-10 cm. long; stem usually stout, 15-45 cm. high, 1-3- 

 flowered ; leaves 2-6, mostly near the base, somewhat verticillate 

 or scattered , lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 5-10 cm. long; 

 perianth dark brownish-purple tinged with green ; segments 

 spreading, oblong-lanceolate, about 25 mm. long; stamens 8-10 

 mm. long; anthers 4 mm. long, mucronate; styles distinct above ; 

 stigmas linear; capsule broadly obovoid, somewhat (3-angled, 

 12-18 cm. long. 



Occasional in open places in the foothills. April. 



11. CALOCHORTUS Pursh. Mariposa Lily. 



Stems usually flexuous and branching from membranous 

 or rarely fibrous coated corms, with few linear-lanceolate 

 leaves, those of the stems alternate clasping. Flowers 

 few showy terminal on the branches or umbellately fas- 

 cicled. Perianth deciduous, of 6 distinct more or less 

 concave segments, the inner mostly broadly cuneate-obo- 

 vate, 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; capsule broadly elliptical, deeply triquetrous. 



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. 



