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purplish claw, 6 to 12 lines long, somewhat hairy below the middle; 

 gland ciliate-margined and with a narrow scale: anthers oblong (1 to 

 l 1 lines long), obtuse: capsule elliptical, obtuse at each end, an inch 

 long. — Proc. Calif. Acad. 2. 5 ; Baker, 1. c. 306. G. umbellatus, 

 Wood, 1. c. 168. C. uniflorus, Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 5804. California 

 (Coast Ranges, San Francisco to the Geysers). 



11. C. uniflorus, Hook. & Arn. Stem very short, bulbiferous, 

 1-2-flowered: bracts elongated: petals lilac with purplish claw, the 

 lower half hairy above the small purple densely hairy gland : anthers 

 obtuse, 2 lines long : capsule unknown. — Bot. Beechey, 398, t. 94 ; 

 Baker, 1. c. 306. Gyclobothra, Kunth. California (Coast llanges, 

 Monterey to Sonoma County). 



* * Flowers open-campanulate, with usually densely hairy glands (without 

 scales, except in n. 12) ; sepals often hairy or subglandular within: capsule 

 (except in n. 12, 13) narrowly oblong and thick-lobed, acute, septicidal : 

 seed-testa white, loose and spongy, minutely tessellated : pedicels stout, erect, 

 and stems usually stouter and more strict. — § Mariposa, Wood. 

 •*- Capsule as in § Eucalychortus : flowers large, lilac. 



12. C. Greenei. Stem stout, branching, 2-5-flowered, a foot high 

 or more: leaf an inch broad: bracts elongated: sepals with a yellow- 

 ish hairy spot ; petals lilac, barred below with yellow and more or 

 less of purple, and loosely covered with long hairs, rarely at all ciliate : 

 gland deep, densely villous with long hairs above a broad transverse 

 laciniate scale : anthers broad, acute or obtuse, 3 to 6 lines long : cap- 

 sule an inch long, narrowed to a stout beak. — Siskiyou County, 

 California (Rev. E. L. Greene) ; Multnomah County, Oregon (T. J. 

 Howell). 



13. C. nitidus, Dougl. Stem umbellately 1-3-flowered, shortly 

 bracteate in the middle : leaf narrow : sepals naked ; petals cream- 

 colored with a lilac spot in the centre, sparingly hairy below ; gland 

 shallow, narrowly oval, densely covered with tangled yellow hairs, 

 without scale : anthers acute, 2£ to 4 lines long : capsule round to 

 broadly elliptical, 9 lines long, with short stout beak. — Hort. Trans. 

 7. 277, t. 9, f. A; Baker, 1. c. 307. Gyclobothra, Kunth. G eury- 

 carpus, Watson, King's Rep. 5. 348. Oregon to N. E. Nevada. 



-•- -t- Capsule narrowly oblong, with thick obtusely angled lobes. 

 ++ Flowers yellow or orange, more or less marked with brown or purple. 



14. C. Weedii, Wood. Corm fibrous-coated: stem leafy, 1-3- 

 flowered : leaves convolute : sepals with a slightly hairy brown spot ; 

 petals deep yellow, dotted and often margined with purple, covered 

 with slender hairs and ciliate, an inch long or more ; gland small, 



