Calochortus. - LILIACE^. l>jr^ 



* Capsule as hi § 1 : Jlowers large, lilac. 



11. C. Greenei, Watson. Stem stout, branclung, often a foot liigli or more, 

 2 - r)-flowered : leaf about eciualling the stein, an inch broad; bracts narrow, elon- 

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

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

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

 l)art densely covered with very long yellow hairs; upi)er part of tiie blade uioro 

 thinly hairy, not ciliato ; pit densely villous above a broad transverse laciniato scale: 

 anthers broad, acute or obtuse, ^ inch long : capsuh; an inch long, 4 to G lines broad, 

 attenuate into a stout beak. — Proc. Anier. Acad. xiv. 204. 



Mountains near Yieka, and top of Table Uock on Little Shasta River, Jicv. E. L. Greene, July, 

 1876 ; also in Multnoniah County, Oregon, T. J. JIowclL 



C. NITIDUS, Dongl. (C. cnrijcarpux, Watson, Rot. King Exp. 348), has a sinii)lo umbellately 

 1 - 3-ll()werc(l stom, witli a short biaet-like leaf in tlio niid.lle and a single narrow radical leaf; 

 sepals naked ; petals creani-eolored witli a lilac spot in the centre, and a narrow shallow i)it, not 

 strongly aiched, the lower part of the blade usually with thinly scattered jjurple 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. K. 

 Nevada. 



* * Cajysiile narrowli/ oblong, with thick ohtusclij angled cells. 



•4- Floioers yellow or orange, more or less marked with brown or jnuple. 



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 : se[)als acute, naked, yellow 

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

 lines long, yellow s(jmowhat 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. 2G5. 



Near San Luis Obisfjo {J. G. Lemvimi) ; near Santa Barbara, Mrs. Elwood CoojKr. 



13. C. Weedii, Wood. Corm deep-seated, fibrously coated : stem usually 

 branched, leafy, ilexuous, a foot high or more, 1 - 3-tlowered : leaves convolute- 

 linear, liliform-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 brownish ]iuri)le, ciliate 

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

 densely hairy : anthers broad, acute or acutish, 4 to G lines long : cai)s;ule narrow, 

 attenuate upward, 1^ inches long. — Proc. Acad. Pliilad. 18G8, 1G9. C. luteus, var. 

 Weedii, IJaker, 1. c. 309. C. citrinus, Baker, Bot. :Mag. t. G200. 



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 1.5 lines long, of a uniform clear reddish orange, the 

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

 hairy spot : anthers 4 lines long, on very short lilaments : capsule H 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, Uougl. Stem bulbiferous near the base, usually a foot or two 

 liigh, 1 -G-llowered, exceeding the usually very narrow (1 to 3 lines wide) leaves: 



