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5. Calochortus benthami Baker. 



Calochortus benthami Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.), Vol. XIV, 1875, p. 

 304; also Bot. Mag., PI. 6475. 



Stems several-flowered, very flexuous, branching, dividing into pairs 7 inches 

 high; radical leaf linear-lanceolate, shining, 4 lines wide, exceeding stem; 

 bracts ovate-lanceolate, long, acuminate, 2 to 4 inches long, 3 to 5 lines wide; 

 sepals 8 to 10 lines long, narrowly ovate, mucronate; petals yellow, with a 

 yellow claw, naked, obovate, rounded above, a little longer than sepals, the 

 upper portion of the gland covered by a narrow crescentic scale which is 

 densely bordered al)Ove with short yellow hairs, some of which are clavate; 

 anthers lanceolate-acute, capsule nodding, nearly orbicular, 6 to 9 lines long. 



Found in the lower Yellow-Pine belt of the Sierra 

 Nevada, from Mariposa to Butte counties. 



" California." 



The description is drawn from rather an extreme speci- 

 men. The plants are often very slender, simple, and but 

 three to four inches in height. The flowers vary but little. 

 In some sections flowers with the claw dark red or nearly 

 black are common (C wallaceii Hort.). 



6. Calochortus maweanus Leichtlin. 



Calochortus maweanus Leichtl. ex Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.), Vol. 

 XIV, 1875, p. 305; also Bot. Mag., PI. 5976. 



Resembles the preceding; stem usually branching, very slender and flexu- 

 ous, 3-10 inches high, with from a ^^\v to ten flowers; leaves glaucous, 

 much exceeding stem, 2-6 lines wide; bracts lanceolate, narrow, 10 lines 

 or more long; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate; petals a little 

 longer, broadly ovate, acute; gland covered above with a narrow transverse 

 scale, immediately above the scale densely hairy, the entire surface thickly 

 bearded with long, erect, white or bluish hairs; anthers lanceolate-acuminate, 

 2-3 lines long; capsule oblong-elliptic. 



This is the type which is found in the Coast Range, from 

 San Francisco Bay, at least as far north as Trinity County, 

 California, and western Oregon. 



"California." 



6a. C. maweanus var. major, var. nov. This variety is twice as large as 

 the type, from which it differs in its much stronger habit and lighter color. 



