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11. C. venustus, Benth. Petals white or pale lilac, with a more or less conspicu- 

 cus reddish spot at top, a brownish yellow-bordered center, and a brownish base; gland 

 large, oblong, usually densely hairy. Var. purpiirascens has deep lilac or purplish petals. 

 Coast Range. 



14. STHEPTOPUS, Michx. 



The pendulous flowers solitary or in pairs, on thread-like peduncles, which bend 

 around from nearly opposite the leaves so as to appear axillary. Anthers sagittate. 



1. S. amplexifolius, DC. (Twisted Stalk.) Leaves very smooth, strongly clasp- 

 ing; flowers greenish white, half an inch long; fruit a slightly 3-lobed reddish berry. 



15. PROSARTES, D. Don. 



Flowers in fascicles or solitary terminating the branches, white or greenish, sub-erect 

 or pendulous; segments acute or acuminate. Anthers on slender filaments, oblong, 

 obtuse, dehiscing laterally. Styles united. Fruit a somewhat fleshy, obtusely-lobed 

 reddish berry. Leaves with reticulated veinlets. 



1. P. Hookeri, Torr. More or less rough-pubescent, with short usually spreading 

 hairs; leaves ovate or sometimes oblong, cordate-clasping base, acute or shortly acuminate; 

 periantli usually rather broad at base, spreading segments acute, 5 or G lines long, about 

 equaling the stamens; ovary pubescent, stigma entire; fruit obovoid, obtuse. Coast 

 Range. 



2. P. trachyandra, Torr. Resembling the last; leaves less deeply cordate and 

 broader toward the apex; stamens a third shorter than the perianth; ovary smooth; fruit 

 beaked. Sierra Xevada. 



P. Menziesii, Don., of the northern coast has ovate leaves and a 3-cleft stigma. 



16. CLINTONIA, Raf. 



Flowers in our species umbellate upon a scape-like peduncle, rose-colored. Ovary 

 2-celled; stigma slightly 2-lobed. Fruit a deep-blue berry. Leaves radical; large oblan- 

 ceolate, sheathing, ciliate. 



1. C Andre wsiaua, Torr. Scape a foot or two high, usually with a foliaceous 

 bract and one or more fe\r-fiov/ered lateral fascicles; inflorescence more or less pubescent; 

 flowers suberect, deep rose-color, the oblanceolate segments gibbous at base, 4 to 7 lines 

 long, exceeding tlie stamens and style. 



C. uniflora, Kuuth., has a large solitary white flower on a short scape. Sierra Nevada and North 

 Coast. 



17. SCOLIOPUS, Torr. 



Flowers purplish, on slender flexuose pedicels; outer segments lanceolate, inner nar- 

 rowly linear. Anthers oblong; filaments short. Style short; stigmas recurved. Fruit 

 triquetrous. "Whole plant brown -punctate, smooth. 



1. S. Bigelovii, Torr. Leaves oval-elliptic to narrowly oblanceolate, 4 to 15 inches 

 long; pedicels 3 to 12, 3 to 8 inches long. 



