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d. C. amoe'nus Greene. Rosy Bells. This is similar to C. amahilis 

 in form, but is deep rose-color. It grows in the foothills of the 

 southern Sierra Xevada Mountains. 



e. C. Ben'thami Baker. Yellow Star Tulips. Flowers bell- 

 shaped with incurved petals, erect when open. Petals yellow, densely 

 covered with yellow hairs, the gland shallow and crescent-shaped 

 above the brown claw. Capsules nodding on slender recurved pedi- 

 cels. Low slender plants with from 2 to 6 flowers. Common in the 

 Sierra Nevada ^Mountains from Mariposa to Siskiyou County. 



/. C. Mawea'nus Leicht. Mouse-ears. Flowers less than an inch 

 in diameter, with spreading divisions, erect in full bloom, white or 

 bluish. Inner divisions of the perianth densely covered with long 

 white or purplish hairs. Honey-gland semicircular. Anthers 

 pointed. Capsule wdnged, nodding. Stems low, branched, with 

 from 3 to 6 flowers. Common in northern California. Spring. 



g. C. el'egans Pursh. Scape 2-3-flowered, generally shorter than 

 the single grass-like leaf. Flowers on short thread-like pedicels 

 which are not much longer than the bracts. Petals about ^ inch 

 long, white, with a smooth purple spot at base, covered on the inside with 

 purple down. Pods nodding. The roots are eaten by the Indians. 

 It is found from Oregon and Idaho to British Columbia. Spring. 



h. C. uniflo'rus H. & A. Scapes erect with 1-3 flowers. Petals 

 lilac, an inch long, with the upper margin denticulate ; gland purple, 

 densely hairy, with a few scattered hairs on the petal above. Pods 

 nodding. This is found in middle California near the coast. Spring. 



{. C. umbella'tus Wood. Scapes low and often decumbent. 

 Flow^ers generally many in 1-3 umbels or corymbs on long slender 

 pedicels. Petals white or tinged with pink about ^ inch long, with 

 some hairs on the lower half ; gland covered with a narrow scale. 

 Pods obtuse at each end, nodding. This is found on slopes of hills in 

 the Coast Mountains of middle California. Spring. 



j. C. nu'dus Watson. Low and slender with one leaf. Flowers 

 1-6 in one umbel. Petals white or pale lilac, fan-shaped, denticu- 

 late on the upper margin, ivholly ivithout hairs ; gland shallow, divided 

 by a transverse, denticulate scale. Pod acute at each end, nodding. 

 This is found in the Sierra Nevada Mountains from the Y^osemite 

 northward. Early summer. 



I: C. clava'tus Watson. Erect stems a foot or two high. Flowers 

 tulip-shaped, erect. Sepals yellow on the inner side, with a brownish 

 spot at base, greenish on the outer side. Petals yellow, with a deep, 

 round gland surrounded by yellow, club-shaped hai)^s. Anthers purple, 

 obtuse. Pod erect, narrowly oblong, with thick, obtusely angled 

 cells. Southern California. Early summer. 



/. C. Weedli Wood. Stem branching, leafy, a foot or more high. 

 Sepals as long as the petals, orange on the inner side with a brown 



