90 Liliaceae 



** Petals not arched; pedicels stout, erect. 

 •*- Capsule oblong, obtuse at both ends. 



2. C. Catalinae Wats. Sterne branching, 3-0 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 [nez 

 Mountains. 



■*-■•- Capsule narrowly oblong, attenuate into a beak. 



3. C. Weedii Wats. Stems often much branched above, 3-5 

 dm. high; bracts linear; sepals oblong with an acuminate tip 

 nearly as long as the petals or exceeding them, yellow orange- 

 spotted at the base; petals cuneate-obovate, sometimes truncate, 

 2.5-3.5 cm. long, deep yellow, usually dotted with brown, the 

 upper margin ciliate, densely clothed with hairs at least on the 

 lower two-thirds ; anthers about equaling the filaments. 



Dry hills in the coast mountains and foothills of San Diego County. 



4. C. Weedii purpurascens Wats. Like the type as to struc- 

 tural characters, but petals more or less purplish and conspicu- 

 ously blotched with brown. (C. Weedii restus Purdy.) 



In the chaparral belt of the coast mountains from the Santa Ana to the 

 Santa Inez Mountains. 



5. C. clavatus Wats. Stems rather stout, 3-5 dm. high, 

 bulbiferous near the base; bracts linear; sepals ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, about equaling the petals; petals cuneate-obovate, 

 yellow, tinged with brown below, the lower half clothed with 

 long clavate hairs; gland circular, deep, bordered with imbricated 

 scales; anthers purple, obtuse, 8-10 mm. long, about equaling 

 the filaments; capsule narrow, about 5 cm. long. 



Santa Monica Mountains; Newhall. 



6. C. splendens Dougl. Stems single 3-fi dm. high, usually 

 branched above, bulbiferous at base; sepals lanceolate-acumi- 

 nate, recurved, yellowish, with an oval purple spot near the base 

 within ; petals obovate-cuneate, 3-4 cm. long and of greater 



