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LILIACE.K. Calorhortus. 



sepals nearly e(]nalliiij,' the petals, narrowly lanceolate and aciiniinate, greenish yel- 

 low and purplisli with a brown spot at base : petals very broadly Ian-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 ])urplish ; 

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

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

 tuse, 2k to 5 lines long: capsule attenuate upward, 1 to li inches long. — Lindl. 

 Eot. lieg. t. 15(;7 ; Fl. Serres, ii. t. 104, iig. 2 ; Ikiker, 1. c."309. 



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

 dark brownish purple spot, which is us\ially bordered with j'ellow and sometimes 

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

 rowly lunate, covered with brownish or yellow hairs. 



Var. citrinus, AVatson, 1. c. The whole petal deep or lemon yellow, sinnlarly 

 marked with brown. — C. venustits, var. citriiuts, Uaker, 1. c. 310. 



Fiequent from San Diego to ]\Ieiulooino County and in the foothills of tlie Sierra Nevada. Ex- 

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



C. AURKUS, 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 aliove the well-detined roundish gland, 

 which is densely covered with retlexed hairs. 



•I- -t- Flowers white or lilac. 



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

 a more or less conspicuous reddish spot near the to}), a brownish spot bordeied 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 2.', inches long and 4 or 5 lines broad. — Trans. Hort. Soc. 

 n. ser, i. 412, t. 15, iig.'S ; Lindl. 15ot. Leg. t. IGGU ; Fl. 8erres, 1. c. iig. 3; Legel, 

 Garten H. t. SG.'). 



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

 lar markings. — \'ars. lilacinus .xud j)irrj>iir(:'iis, Laker, (!ard. (Jhron. 2 scr. viii. 70. 



In tlie Coast Ganges, from Jlount Dialdo {Brewer) soutliward ; fre<iuent and very variable in 

 its colors and in the ddinition of its markings. The variety in Kern County, U'ullacc, Kcnncdij. 



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 densclv hairy gland : anthers purple, obtuse or acute, 3 to G 

 lines long. — Lenth. 1. c. 411, t. 15, Iig. 1; Lindh 1. c, t. 1G7G ; Fl. Serres, 1, c. 

 iig. 1. 



Freipient from Monterey to Siin Diego. 



C. Fi.KXUosi'.s, Watson, of S. Utah, is a similar sjiccics, distinguished esjieeially t»y shorter 

 oUusish sepals, the shorter anthers (\S to 3 lines long), and the shorter oblong cai)siile (an inch 

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



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

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

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

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

 or acutisli, white, or yellowish towai'd the base, with a brownish claw ; gland roundish 

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

 .scattered yellow hairs : anthers obtuse, 3 lines long : cajjsule very narmw, alleiuiate 

 tipward, an inch long or more. 



Near the iMohave Kiver, Palmer (u. 527, 1876). 



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

 1- rarely 2-tlowered, leafy : leaves shorter than the stem, the caulini; (3 to 5) narrow 

 and convolute : sepals about eqimlling the jjctals, acuminate, u.sually tinged with 

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



