176 LILIACE^E. Calochortus. 



sepals nearly equalling the petals, narrowly lanceolate and acuminate, greenish yel- 

 low and purplish with a brown spot at base : petals very broadly fan-shaped, obtuse, 

 an inch or two long, from yellow to deep orange, lined with brownish purple on 

 especially the middle third where it is also usually slightly hairy ; claw purplish ; 

 gland broad, rounded or somewhat lunate, densely covered with ascending yellowish 

 hairs and with scattered spreading hairs surrounding it : anthers yellow, linear, ob- 

 tuse, 2 to 5 lines long : capsule attenuate upward, 1 to 1 \ inches long. Lindl. 

 Bot. Reg. t. 1567 ; Fl. Serres, ii. t. 104, fig. 2 ; Baker, 1. c. 309. 



Var. oculatus, Watson, 1. c. Petals white, lilac, or yellowish, with a central 

 dark brownish purple spot, which is usually bordered with yellow and sometimes 

 more or less broadened transversely ; claw yellow and purplish ; gland usually nar- 

 rowly lunate, covered with brownish or yellow hairs. 



Var. citrinus, Watson, 1. c. The whole petal deep or lemon yellow, similarly 

 marked with brown. C. venustus, var. citrinus, Baker, 1. c. 310. 



Frequent from San Diego to Mendocino County and in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Ex- 

 ceedingly variable in its color and markings, and perhaps running into C. venustus. 



C. AUREUS, Watson, of S. Utah, is another species of this group, 3 to 6 inches high, the petals 

 naked and clear yellow or with a narrow crescent of purple above the well-defined roundish gland, 

 which is densely covered with reflexed hairs. 



-H- -i Flowers white or lilac. 



1 6. C. venustus, Benth. Like the last : petals white or pale lilac above, with 

 a more or less conspicuous reddish spot near the top, a brownish spot bordered with 

 yellow in the centre, and a brownish base : gland large and conspicuous but much 

 narrower than the claw, oblong, usually densely hairy and surrounded by scattered 

 hairs : capsule 1 to 2i inches long and 4 or 5 lines broad. Trans. Hort. Soc. 

 n. ser. i. 412, t. 15, fig. - 3 ; Lindl. Bot. Eeg. t. 1669; Fl. Serres, 1. c. fig. 3; Regel, 

 Gartenfl. t. 865. 



Var. purpurascens, Watson, 1. c. The petals deep lilac or purplish, with simi- 

 lar markings. Vars. lilacinus and purpureus, Baker, Gard. Chron. 2 ser. viii. 70. 



In the Coast Ranges, from Mount Diablo (Brewer) southward ; frequent and very variable in 

 its colors and in the definition of its markings. The variety in Kern County, Wallace, Kennedy. 



17. C. splendens, Dougl. Like the preceding: petals clear lilac, paler below 

 (the claw somewhat darker), with scattered white hairs below the middle, and with 

 or without a round densely hairy gland : anthers purple, obtuse or acute, 3 to 6 

 lines long. Benth. 1. c. 411, t. 15, fig. 1; LindL L c., t. 1676; Fl. Serres, 1. c. 

 fig. 1. 



Frequent from Monterey to San Diego. 



C. FLEXUOSUS, Watson, of S. Utah, is a similar species, distinguished especially by shorter 

 obtusish sepals, the shorter anthers (1| to 3 lines long), and the shorter oblong capsule (an inch 

 long) less attenuate at each end : stem lower and very flexuous, not bulbiferous. 



18. C. Falmeri, Watson, 1. c. Stem very slender, lax and flexuous, a foot or 

 two high, 1 - 7-flowered, bulbiferous at base : leaves shorter than the stem, a line or 

 two broad : sepals equalling the petals, with narrowly acuminate recurved tips, yel- 

 lowish within and with a purple spot at base : petals a half to an inch long, obtuse 

 or acutish, white, or yellowish toward the base, with a brownish claw ; gland roundish 

 and ill-defined, nearly as broad as the claw, densely hairy and surrounded above by 

 scattered yellow hairs : anthers obtuse, 3 lines long : capsule very narrow, attenuate 

 upward, an inch long or more. 



Near the Mohave River, Palmer (n. 527, 1876). 



19. C. macrocarpus, Dougl. Often stout, erect and rigid, a foot or two high, 

 1- rarely 2-flowered, leafy : leaves shorter than the stem, the cauline (3 to 5) narrow 

 and convolute : sepals about equalling the petals, acuminate, usually tinged with 

 lilac within, darker at base with sometimes a yellowish hairy spot : petals obovate, 



