Calochortus. LILIACE^E. 175 



* Capsule as in 1 : flowers large, lilac. 



11. C. G-reenei, Watson. Stem stout, branching, often a foot high or more, 

 2 5-flowered : leaf about equalling the stem, an inch broad ; bracts narrow, elon- 

 gated : sepals greenish with more or less of lilac within and with a yellowish hairy 

 spot above the base : petals broadly fan-shaped and obtuse, 1 j to 1| inches long, 

 lilac, somewhat barred with yellow below, strongly pitted and arched, the lower 

 part densely covered with very long yellow hairs ; upper part of the blade more 

 thinly hairy, not ciliate ; pit densely villous above a broad transverse laciniate scale : 

 anthers broad, acute or obtuse, ^ inch long : capsule an inch long, 4 to 6 lines broad, 

 attenuate into a stout beak. Proc. Amer. Acad. xiv. 264. 



Mountains near Yreka, and top of Table Rock on Little Shasta River, Rev. E. L. Greene, July, 

 1876 ; also in Multnomah County, Oregon, T. J. Hoiccll. 



C. NITIDUS, Dougl. (C. eurycarpus, Watson, Bot. King Exp. 348), has a simple umbellately 

 1 - 3-flowered stom, with a short bract-like leaf in the middle and a single narrow radical leaf ; 

 sepals naked ; petals cream-colored with a lilac spot in the centre, and a narrow shallow pit, not 

 strongly arched, the lower part of the blade usually with thinly scattered purple or yellowish 

 hairs ; gland oval-oblong, densely covered with entangled yellow hairs, without crest ; anthers '2^ 

 to 4 lines long ; capsule round to broadly elliptical, with short stout beak. Oregon to N. E. 

 Nevada. 



* * Capsule narrowly oblong, with thick obtusely angled cells. 

 - Flowers yellow or orange, more or less marked with broivn or purple. 



12. C. clavatus, Watson. In habit resembling C. luteus: distinguished from 

 other species of the group by the strongly clavate hairs which cover the lower half 

 of the petal around the deep and broad circular gland : sepals acute, naked, yellow 

 within with a brownish spot at base and greenish on the outer side : petals 15 to 18 

 lines long, yellow somewhat tinged or lined with brown, rather strongly arched : 

 anthers purple, obtuse, 4 or 5 lines long : ovary attenuate above, narrow, 10 lines 

 long. Proc. Amer. Acad. xiv. 265. 



Near San Luis Obispo (J. G. Lemmori) ; near Santa Barbara, Mrs. Elwood Cooper. 



1 3. C. Weedii, Wood. Corrn deep-seated, fibrously coated : stem usually 

 branched, leafy, flexuous, a foot high or more, 1 3-flowered : leaves convolute- 

 linear, filiform-acuminate : sepals equalling the petals, orange within, with a brown 

 slightly bearded spot at base: petals 12 to 15 lines long, fan-shaped, obtuse or 

 abruptly acute, deep yellow, dotted and often margined with brownisli purple, ciliate 

 and covered with slender purple or yellow hairs ; gland small, circular to oblong, 

 densely hairy : anthers broad, acute or acutish, 4 to 6 lines long : capsule narrow, 

 attenuate upward, 1^ inches long. Proc. Acad. Philad. 1868, 169. C. luteus, var. 

 Weedii, Baker, 1. c. 309. C. citrinus, Baker, Bot. Mag. t. 6200. 



Var. purpurascens, Watson, 1. c. Petals wholly covered or blotched with 

 purple ; gland somewhat larger. 



In the Coast Ranges, San Diego County and northward ; the variety at Santa Barbara and 

 Cajon Pass. 



14. C. Kennedy!, Porter. Usually stout, 4 to 18 inches high, glaucous, 2-4- 

 flowered ; pedicels often short and stout : leaves shorter than the stem : sepals broad, 

 scariously margined, orange within with a purple spot at base, about equalling the fan- 

 shaped petals, which are 12 to 15 lines long, of a uniform clear reddish orange, the 

 round-oblong gland densely hairy and surrounded by a broad deep-purple slightly 

 hairy spot : anthers 4 lines long, on very short filaments : capsule 1| inches long or 

 more. Coult. Bot. Gazette, ii. 79. 



Southeastern California, from Fort Tejon to the Providence Mountains, Wallace, Cooper, Pal- 

 mer, Kennedy. 



15. C. luteus, Dougl. Stem bulbiferous near the base, usually a foot or two 

 high, 1 - 6-nowered, exceeding the usually very narrow (1 to 3 lines wide) leaves : 



