2^4 LILIACE.K Calochvrtiis. 



A^ar. nanus, AVood, I. c. Dwarf ami slender : leaves very narrow : petals more 

 hairy and ciliate, often acute or even acuminate. — C. Lyallii, liaker, 1. c. 305. 



Oim)ii uiul I(liilii) ; the ciirlicst known »\wv\vh of llii; pnns, to wliicli tliu last two imd hi'VciuI of 

 the following liuvc usually been referrecl. The variety has been coUecteil on the mountains west 

 of Yreka {Wood), on Mount liooil, and northward to IJiitish Columbia, Lijall. 



7. C. Tolmiei, Hook. & Arn. Another similar species, hut stouter and taller 

 (ahout a foot lii-li) and usually branched : leaves 4 to (5 lines hroad, not greatly ex- 

 celling the stem ; bracts larger : llowers larger, tinged or marked with lilac ; i)etals 

 9 to 15 lines long, very broadly obovate and scarcely acute, rather deeply i)itted, 

 covered and fringed with long purple and white hairs ; gland without scale, but the 

 upper circular edge with a dense fringe of reflexetl hairs : anthers lanceolate and 

 acuminate, 2 or 3°lines long: capsule broadly elliptical, acutish at each end, 10 to 

 15 lines long. — Dot. Beechey, 3D8. C deyans, var., J]aker, 1. c. 305, 



Oiegon ; loot of Mount Shasta, Wood. 



C. Al'icULAXiis, Baker, of Northern lilalio, resenililcs this species, but is taller and stout, with 

 a single umbel of larger straw-colored lloweis. 



++ ++ Petals hamj only toward the base or ichoUy naked. 



8. C. nudus, "Watson, 1. c. Low and often slender (2 to 10 inches high), with a 

 single elongated leaf 3 to 10 lines broad ; bracts usually small (an inch long or less) : 

 llowers 1 to G, usually in a single umbel : sepals about equalling the broadly fan- 

 shaped petals, which are 4 to 10 lines long, white or pale lilac, denticulate above, 

 and wholly witliout hairs ; gland shallow, divided by a broad transverse denticulate ' 

 appressed scale : anthers linear-oblong, obtuse, 2 or 3 lines long, about equalling the 

 hlaments : capsule oblong, acute at each end, 8 or 10 lines long and 4 or 5 wide: 

 seeds yellowish, papillose, with a white vesicle at base. — Cydubuthra dtyans, var., 

 Eenth. PI. Hartw. 338 (n. 198G); Torr. 1. c. Calodiortns degans, var. siihcalvatus, 

 Baker, 1. c. 305. 



In the Sierra Nevada, from the Yosemite Valley to Plumas County. 



9. C. lilacinus, Kell. Stem bulbiferous near the base, Ioav (4 to 8 inches high), 

 rather stout, usually branched, with broad elongated leaves (4 to G lines wiile), and 

 long conspicuous bracts : llowers 4 to 10, in 1 to 3 umbels or close coryndjs, on long 

 flex°uous pedicels: petals broad, G to 12 lines long, pale lilac, with a more or less 

 purplish claw, somewhat hairy below the middle ; gland very shallow, ciliately mar- 

 gined and with a narrow scale : anthers oblong, obtuse, 1 to U lines long, much 

 shorter than the filaments : stigmas slender : capside elliptical, obtuse at each end, 

 an inch long. — Proc. Calif. Acad. ii. 5 ; Baker, 1. c. 30G. C. vvibdlatus, Wood, 

 1. c 1G8. C. unijlnrus, Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 5804. 



On hillsides about Sau Fraucisco Bay {Biydow, Uuluudcr, Kello(jij) and northward ; at the 

 Geysers, Bulandcr. 



10. C. uniflorus, Hook, & Am, Stem low and slender (3 to 6 inches high), 

 1 - 2-ilowered : leaves 2 to 4 lines broad ; bracts near the base, elongated : sepals G 

 to 8 lines long, purplish, sometinies spotted : petals 10 to 12 lines long, the upper 

 margin denticulate, lilac with a purplish base aiul suiall very shallow purple den.sely 

 hairy gland, the lower half of the ])etal above the gland covered with scattered hairs : 

 anthers obtuse, 2 lines long. — Bt)t. Beechey, 398, t. 94; Wood, 1. c, 1G8 ; Baker, 

 1. c. 30G. 



From Monterey {DoikjJus, Parry, Brewer) to Sonoma County, Kciclcrry. The .stem is bul- 

 bil'erous at the base of the leaf; capsule not known. 



§ 2. Flowers and fruit erect on stout pedicels : flowers open-camjmnulute: (jland 

 usually densely hairy : capsule {except in group *) narrowly oblong, with 

 thick lobes, acute, septicidal sejnds often hairy or subglandular or spotted 

 within: seed ascending and somewhat turgid, with white, loose and 

 sj)ongg, minutely tessellated testa. — Mahipus.k. 



