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form or another in Los Angeles county; with the addition 

 also of C. fiexuosuSy Wats., already reported from southern 

 Utah. 



Of the northern species I know nothing, and of the southern 

 I can only speak of those I have gathered, not having been 

 able to procure material from other sources for comparison, 

 and the lack of this and of perfect fruiting specimens has 

 precluded my presenting as complete a paper as the subject 

 demands- 

 Here are to be found C clavatus.'Ws.ts.^ Weedii^ var. 

 pitrpurascens^ Wats., Kennedyi, Porter, luteits, Dough, 

 vemisiuSj Benth., and its var. purpiirascens, splendenSy 

 Dough, flexnosiLS, Wats, and Palmeri, Wats. 



0£ these O. clavatus and Kennedyi can scarcely be con- 

 founded with any of the others; the clubbed hairs on the one 

 and the orange colored petals of the other are respectively 

 quite characteristic. 



C Kennedyi is frequent on the desert at Lancaster and 

 Acton, and probably on the whole rim of the desert; for it is 

 reported from Fort Tejon to the Providence Mountains. On 

 their short stout stems the large orange-chrome-colored 

 petals, and dark purple anthers glow among the fading vegeta- 

 tion of spring with a beauty unsurpassed by any of the 

 Mariposa tribe. Its capsules are easily identified, being ren- 

 dered unique by the broad, often rich brown stripe on each 

 valve. The stem is not bulbiferous. This species flowers in 

 the mouth of May. 



O. clavahts is frequent in many of the foothill canons as 

 far north as Newhall, and is sufficiently characterized when 

 in flower by the clavate hairs on the petals and the long, 

 sometimes 4 inches long, attenuated and beaked capsule. 

 Flowering in Mny and June. 



C. Weedily Wood. var. piirpiirascens, Wats. Common in 

 the foothills of the Sierra Madre range from San Bernardino 

 to Santa Barbara. Near Los Angeles its range seems to be 

 limited by the line of about 2,000 feet altitude. The zigzag 



