^ EEYTHEA. 



but the loose testa in this plant readily prevents any confusion. 



Kennedy 



« — ".^^v.«u. LKj uic Lu ue always Horizon- 



tal and of a somewhat similar shape to those of C. Catalince, 

 so that this supposed characteristic may also be eliminated. 

 Kmce the publication of the Californian State Survey Bot- 

 any a new species has been added to this family, and, while 

 I have not seen Gray's description of it, I am quite familiar 



with the plant. 



* — -"-XXV.O,; doaia inubi common man- 



posa at Los Angeles, and was named C. Lyoni in honor of 

 its discoverer. 



meBsof a Catahnc^KT^A eompared them in flower and Lit 



Zt S ^^''"'' ' ''?™ "^ '''="**'™ ^^ pronouncing them 



to be of the same species. As C. Caialina, antedates C Lyoni 

 by »ome years .t will naturally take precedence. In accord- 

 dance with the analysis detailed above,- the following sub- 

 dmsion and description may prove more accurate 



Z7T -J • •» . , . 



Fruiting _ 

 close white testa. 



"Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. xiv. 268. 



Rnf Pal 1Q7Q ^ r . ^ ---^-^^^ei. Acaa. XIV. Z0». 



from a in S'*"™' '*"^- ^''^'^ ^ feet high, branching, 

 ftom a small oblong-oTate fibrous-coated corm: leaves 



»d bracts narrowly linear: flower open-campanulate, peta 

 wide.'Te ^Jfw ".'T' '* '^ ' "^■'^^ '""e and 1 to li inches 



eo^s w ft, '^r " """""^^'J "^•'^ '!«' whole spot; 



upper two l^'ird ''*"7S>" 'l"-^es; filaments purple in the 



locuKcidally and senticidnllt ^^ °^' * '° ® '""=^ "'^9= 



ular. thin and ver7Xtl tr • "ff ""^"'^ "''■<'- 

 bulbiferous. First discovered' nr»."?-T^ ^"^^ '''"° 

 mon on the mainland on the lowe^ h Us- ^ \ ' 'f "7" 



abandant, in the Elysian PartrTow "t' i A -> ^"^^ " 



season. 



Mariposa 



