70 FITrONIA. 



equal Lracts : 



I incli wide) 



pale blue, the segments obtuse aud cusi^idate : capsule 

 obovoid, about SO-.seeded ; seeds minute, rounded or obovoic! 

 or even somewhat reniform, the surface marked with elevateiJ 

 crowded sinuous rugosities. 



As different from the common blue-flowered species in 

 aspect as in character. Discovered by the writer, iii moist 

 meadows at the base of Bill ATilliams Mountains, Arizona, 

 and also near Flagstaff, July, 1SS9. 



SisviiiNCHiUM AxcEPS, Lam. Encycl. i. 403 (1783) ; Cav, 

 Diss. ri. 345 (17^)0). This species, although not before 

 credited to western districts {S. mucronatmn replacing it in 

 the Rocky Mountaiu region), is to be added to the list of 

 Californian plants. It appears to be rather common on the 

 westward slope of the Sierra Nevada at considerable altitudes. 

 I collected it some years since at the Soda Springs near 

 Summit Station ; also last year in moist meadows near 

 Tehachapi. Mr. Lemmon too has brouglit it to me from 

 some other mountain locality as being a plant whicli he could 

 not identify. The coast species, S. helium, is fairly distinct, 

 differing, however, more in habit, geographical range, and the 

 size of the flowers and seeds, than by any stronger characters ; 

 though its seeds are less deeply pitted than in S. avccj^s. 



Calochortus Plumjier.!;. Near O. spleudcns, but larger : 

 sepals erect : petals as broad as loug, distinctly unguiculate, 

 forming a campauulate cup, the lamina of a rich red-purple, 

 more than half its surface ornamented with orange-colored 

 hairs, the gland near the base densely ciliate : anthers oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, mucronulate, -| inch long, on iilaments of 



an equal length : ovary long and narrow, almost equalling 

 the petals. 



Mill Creek Cah'>n, San Bernardino Co., Calif.; first collected 

 by Mr. Lemmon in 1876, and also brought from the same 

 region more recently by him and his wife, Mrs. S. Plummer 

 Lemmon, to wliom it is dedicated. Mr. Parish has also lately 



