CALIFORNIAN FIELD NOTES. 29 



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stem, open tulip-like flower, prominent gland, densely liairy 

 and ciliate-edged petals mark it unmistakably in flower. 

 Ordinarily in this group the union of the carpels that form 

 the capsule is indicated by a narrow channel which is con- 

 tinued as such to the very base of the capsule; but in this it 

 disappears or ends in a distinct ridge. This, so far as I have 

 observed in tliose examined here is typical of, and confined to, 

 this variety. As C. Weedii is said to differ from the variety 

 only in the color, it probably has likewise this peculiarity. 



Of the remaining species, C. splendens, flexuosus and 

 Falmeri, closely resemble each other in general appearance, 

 its size and disposition of the gland, and in the general 

 coloring. 



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May. Its stems are flexuous and 



many flowered. Its petals are distinguished by the broad 

 claw, comparatively large cushion, delicately pencilled petals 

 and obtuse sepals. The capsules are one and a half inches 

 long and a fourth of an inch wide; the seeds minutely pitted. 

 This is therefore very distinct from the other two, which have 



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merely tessellated seeds. 



O. Palmeri, "Wats, with its lax stem, smaller or more 

 numerous flowers frequently somewhat cymosely arranged, I 

 have found at Eock Creek commencing at an altitude of 4,000 

 feet. As I have seen specimens of this from Bear Valley I 

 judge that it probably extends throughout the San Gabriel 

 Range. It flowers in July or August according to altitude. 



a splendens, Dougl. is upright, tall and few-flowered It 

 may be frequently met with in the lower Sierras and foothills 

 in the month of May, being in fact the first of this group to 

 flower. Its petals, generally of a clear lilac, are sometimes 

 pure white, with or without glands. 



C. lutens and C. venustus are within our limits and conform 

 strictly to the type. The former is rare and has only been 

 once found near Saugus; the latter is in some places abun- 

 dant. Mr. Parish in the course of an excellent paper on the 

 variability of this species has placed the southerly limit of 



