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G. luteus, Nutt. Journ. Acad. Philad. 7. 53. C. Leichtlinii, Hook. f. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5862 ; Baker, 1. c. 310. California (Sierra Nevada, often 

 dwarf and alpine) to Dakota, Colorado and New Mexico. A variable 

 species, and of the widest range. 



25. C. Gunnisoni, Watson. Resembling the last, but with acu- 

 minate anthers and a broad transverse gland : petals light lilac, yel- 

 lowish-green below the middle, banded and lined with purple. — 

 King's Rep. 5. 348 ; Baker, 1. c. 310. Rocky Mountains, from Wy- 

 oming to New Mexico. 



* * * Flowers open-campanulate, the glands naked or less densely hairy ; sepals 

 more or less pitted : capsule linear, acute, septieidal : upper leaves usually 

 bulbiferous in the axils. Mexican. — § Ctclobothra, Baker. ( Cyclo- 

 bothra, Sweet.) 



h- Stem 1-2-flowered, leafy : leaves dilated at base : flowers and fruit nodding : 

 petals oblong-lanceolate. 



26. C Hartwegi, Benth. Stem stout, a foot high or less : leaves 

 narrow, elongated : sepals nearly equalling the petals, purplish with 

 a darker spot at base ; petals purplish with darker veins, and with 

 long hairs on the margin and midvein, 18 lines long by 6 wide ; gland 

 dark, naked : anthers obtuse, 3 or 4 lines long, on elongated filaments : 

 capsule with thin acutely angled lobes, 1 \ inches long. — PL Hartw. 

 26 ; Baker, 1. c. 307. Cyclobothra, Kunth. Aguas Calientes (n. 230, 

 Hartweg). 



27. C. Bonplandianus, Schult. f. Similar, but the cauline leaves 

 short and acuminate-lanceolate : sepals shorter than the petals, yellow- 

 ish with a purple pit ; petals purple, tinged with yellow, somewhat 

 hairy and ciliate with short stiff hairs, 14 to 16 lines long ; gland dark, 

 naked. — Sysfc. Veg. 7. 1532. Cyclobothra purpurea, Sweet, Fl. 

 Gard. 2 ser. t. 20. C. purpureus, Baker, 1. c. 308, with syn., in part. 

 Michoacan to Oaxaca. 



28. C. fuscus, Schult. f. Corm fibrous-coated : flower smaller, 

 erect or somewhat nodding : sepals slightly hairy within ; petals 

 5 or 6 lines long by 21 broad, naked excepting a dense cluster of 

 yellow hairs on each side of the gland. — Syst. 7. 1534. "Aris- 

 mendi " (Karwinsky). Probably a good species, judging from the 

 description. 



29. C. spatulatus. Resembling C. Bonplandianus : flowers 

 purple ; sepals and petals spatulate, with a dark hairy roundish 

 gland at the summit of the narrow naked claw; petals 9 or 10 

 lines long, ciliate and covered with long scattered hairs. — Oaxaca 

 (Ghiesbreght) . 



