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30. CALOCHORTUS, Pursh. 



* Inner perianth-segments (petals) strongly arched and broadly pitted, the 

 gland usually with a transverse scale or fringe; outer segments (sepals) 

 naked, rarely spotted : capsule more or less broadly elliptical, obtuse or 

 acute, deeply triquetrous with thin acute or winged lobes, septicidal: seeds 

 mostly brownish with close pitted testa : flowers or fruit more or less nod- 

 ding, and stem usually lax. — § Eccalychortus. 

 -i- Flowers subglobose, nodding : stem usually tall and branching. 



1. C. albus, Dougl. Stem 1 to 3 feet high: flowers white with 

 purplish base : petals acutish, an inch long, bearded and ciliate : 

 gland lunate, with four transverse imbricate fringed scales : capsule 

 short-beaked, an inch or two long, half as wide. — Maund, Bot. t. 98 ; 

 Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. 14. 304. Cyclobothra alba, Benth. Trans. 

 Hort. Soc. 1. 413, t. 14, f. 3; Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1661 ; Fl. Serres, 

 t. 1171. C. panicidata, Lindl. California (Los Angeles to Sonoma 

 County and foothills of the Sierra Nevada). 



2. C. pdlchellus, Dougl. Stem usually a foot high or more : 

 flowers yellow or orange : petals ciliate and bearded with glandular- 

 tipped hairs, deeply pitted, the gland covered by the reflexed stiff 

 hairs of its upper margin : anthers obtuse : capsule obtuse, an inch 

 long or more. — Baker, 1. c. 303. Cyclobothra pulchella, Benth. 1. c, 

 t. 14, f. 1 ; Lindl. 1. c, t. 1662 ; Regel, Gartenfl. t. 802. California 

 (Monterey to Mendocino County). 



h- 4- Flowers campanulate, erect when open ; pedicels becoming recurved : 



stem mostly low and flowers often subumbelhite. 



++ Flowers yellow. 



3. C. Benthami, Baker, 1. c. 304. Resembling the last : stem low 

 and leaves narrow: flowers nearly erect: petals a half-inch long, 

 mostly obtuse, often deep brown at base, with shallower pit : anthers 

 acute: capsule 6 to 9 lines long. — Cyclobothra elegans, var. lutea, 

 Benth. PI. Hartw. 338. California (in the Sierra Nevada, Mariposa 

 to Butte Counties). 



++ ++ Flowers white or light lilac. 

 = Petals covered with hairs and mostly ciliate. 



4. C. Maweanus, Leichtlin. Low, usually branched ; bracts an 

 inch long or more : petals white, purplish at the broad base, 6 to 8 

 lines long, somewhat pitted, the gland covered by a broad transverse 

 semicircular scale: anthers lanceolate, acuminate: capsule oblong- 

 elliptic, acutish. — C. elegans of California, mainly ; Hook. f. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 5976 ; Baker, 1. c. 305. California (Coast Ranges, from San 

 Francisco to Humboldt County, and near Chico). 



