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usually densely hairy and surrounded by scattered hairs : capsule 1 to 

 2\ inches long. — Hort. Trans. 1. 412, t. 15, f. 3 ; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 

 t, 1G69 ; Fl. Serres, t. 104, f. 3 ; Kegel, Gartenn. t. 865 ; Baker, 1. c. 

 310. California (from Alameda County southward); frequent and 

 very variable. 



Var. purpurascens. Petals deep lilac or purplish, with similar 

 markings. 



20. C. splendens, Dougl. Like the last, but the petals clear lilac, 

 paler below (the claw somewhat darker), with scattered white hairs 

 below the middle, and with or without a round densely hairy gland : 

 anthers purple, obtuse or acute, 3 to 6 lines long. — Benth. 1. a, t. 15, 

 f. 1 ; Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1676; Baker, 1. c. 309. California (Mon- 

 terey to San Diego). 



21. C. flexuosus, Watson, 1. c. Stem stout, more or less flexuous, 

 branching, not bulbifcrous : sepals shorter, obtusish ; petals as in the 

 last, usually slightly hairy or dotted around the brown or orange 

 gland: anthers obtuse, 1£ to 3 lines long: capsule oblong, an inch 

 long. — Baker, 1. c. 306. S. Utah. 



22. C. Palmeui. Stem very slender, lax and flexuous, a foot or 

 two high, 1-7-flowered, bulbiferous near the base : sepals with nar- 

 rowly acuminate recurved tips, spotted; petals 6 to 12 lines long, 

 white (or yellowish below) with a brownish claw, and with scattered 

 hairs around the ill-defined broad densely hairy gland : anthers obtuse, 

 3 lines long : capsule very narrow, an inch long or more. — California 

 (near the Mohave River; n. 527, Palmer, 1876). 



23. C. macrocarpus, Dougl. Stem erect and rigid, with 3 to 5 

 narrow short cauline leaves, 1- (rarely 2-) flowered : sepals acuminate, 

 with sometimes a hairy spot ; petals acute, H to 2 inches long, purple- 

 lilac, paler at base, with a greenish midvein, and somewhat villous 

 above the oblong densely hairy gland : anthers acutish, 4 to 6 lines 

 long. — Hort. Trans. 7. 275, t. 8 ; Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1152; Baker, 

 1. c. 309. Washington Territory and Idaho to N. California. Pecu- 

 liar in its habit. 



24. C. Nuttallii, Torr. & Gray. Stem slender, bulbiferous at 

 base, with a single narrow cauline leaf (rarely 2 or 3), umbellately 

 1-5-flowered : sepals ovate-lanceolate, often with a dark or hairy spot ; 

 petals an inch or two long, white tinged with greenish yellow or lilac, 

 with a purplish spot or band above the yellow base, and hairy around 

 the circular or oblong gland : anthers obtuse, sagittate, 3 or 4 lines 

 long. — Pacif. R. Rep. 2. 124 ; Baker, 1. c. 306, excl. syn. Fritillaria 

 alba, Nutt. Gen. 1. 222 ; Baker, 1. c. 271. Amblirion album, Sweet, 



