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C. luteus, Nutt. Journ. Acad. Philad. 7.53. ©. Letchtlinii, Hook. f. 
Bot. Mag. t. 5862 ; Baker, 1.c. 310. California (Sierra Nevada, often 
dwarf and alpine) to Dakota, Colorado and New Mexico. A variable 
species, and of the widest range. 
25. C. Gunnisont, Watson. Resembling the last, but with acu- 
minate anthers and a broad transverse gland: petals light lilac, yel- 
lowish-green below the middle, banded and lined with purple. — 
King’s Rep. 5. 348; Baker, 1. c. 310. Rocky Mountains, from Wy- 
oming to New Mexico. 
* * * Flowers open-campanulate, the glands naked or less densely hairy ; sepals 
more or less pitted: capsule linear, acute, septicidal: upper leaves usually 
bulbiferous in the axils. Mexican.—§ Cycroporura, Baker. (Cyclo- 
bothra, Sweet.) 
+ Stem 1-24flowered, leafy: leaves dilated at base: flowers and fruit nodding: 
petals oblong-lanceolate. 
26. C. Hartweat, Benth. Stem stout, a foot high or less: leaves 
narrow, elongated: sepals nearly equalling the petals, purplish with 
a darker spot at base; petals purplish with darker veins, and with 
long hairs on the margin and midvein, 18 lines long by 6 wide; gland 
dark, naked: anthers obtuse, 3 or 4 lines long, on elongated filaments: 
capsule with thin acutely ‘angled lobes, 1} inches long. — Pl. Hartw. 
26; Baker, l.c. 307. Cyelobothra, Kunth. Aguas Calientes (n. 230, 
Hartweg). 
27. C. BONPLANDIANUS, Schult. f. Similar, but the cauline leaves 
short and acuminate-lanceolate: sepals shorter than the petals, yellow- 
ish with a purple pit; petals purple, tinged with yellow, somewhat 
hairy and ciliate with short stiff hairs, 14 to 16 lines long ; gland dark, 
naked. — Syst. Veg. 7. 1532. Cyclobothra purpurea, Sweet, FI. 
Gard. 2 ser. t. 20. C. purpureus, Baker, 1. c. 508, with syn., in part. 
Michoacan to Oaxaca. 
28. C. Fuscus, Schult. f. Corm fibrous-coated: flower smaller, 
erect or somewhat nodding: sepals slightly hairy within; petals 
5 or 6 lines long by 2} broad, naked excepting a dense cluster of 
yellow hairs on each side of the gland. — Syst. 7. 1534. “ Aris- 
mendi” (Karwinsky). Probably a good species, judging from the 
description. 
29. C. spATULATUS. Resembling C. Bonplandianus: flowers 
purple; sepals and petals spatulate, with a dark hairy roundish 
gland at the summit of the narrow naked claw; petals 9 or 10 
lines long, ciliate and covered with long scattered hairs. — Oaxaca 
(Ghiesbreght). 
