220 



CALOCHORTUS 



ilar to C. Maweaniis, but 

 : Ir.w. •2-r)-fld., the pedicels 

 iti- in~Hl.': t-apsule nearly or 



III" th. ia^t : petals greenish 

 , InarikU, little or not at all 

 deeply fringed scale. Ore- 



5. CSBrilleus, Wats. Si 

 lined and dotted with bli 

 very slender: perianth ci 

 quite orbicular. Calif., in 



6. ilegans, Pursh. Sim 

 white and purplish at ha; 

 ciliate : gland covered by 

 gon, Idaho. 



Var. amoenU8, Hort. Pis. lilac, large and showy. G.C. 



III. 15:808. 

 Var. Lbbbii, Baker (C. Ldbbii, Hort.). Dwarf er, 



alpine: fls. straw-colored, with dark eye; anthers less 



pointed. Ore. 

 Var. nAnus, Wood (C. Lpallii, Baker). Subalpine, 



dwarf : petals narrow and usually more acute, more 



hairy and ciliate. Mts. Calif., N. 



BBB. Fls. bell-.s/ia/ird: Ilk,' Hii, hi,t lull [1 ft. „r viore), 

 and :<h>i:! ' II > , , I ! , /( ://, .., r. , .i i i: ,,> ■ > • ri cKps, 

 siinil'i I (1/ I : - , I'l i.ips.— 



In tlii- : ■ I ! 'I <lainty, 



silky \\~ :u,.| ( ;-c,,M, , L■^.^^^ h-,..i il,.- Star 



Tuliii, «ul, ^i ,M..(.i r-i. ;, l.M.i .,1 i«u luKh, and 

 large Us. Unlike the others, they naturally 

 grow in open places, and have a vigor and 

 health which are a high recommendation. 



7. XOimiei, Hook. & Am. Stout, a ft. high, generally 

 branched : petals often more than an inch long, tinged 

 lilac, with purple and white hairs : gland without a 

 scale: capsule broad-elliptic, acutish. Mt. Shasta, N.— 

 Remains a long time in bloom. 



8. apiculitus, Baker. Taller and stouter, with umbel- 

 late straw-colored fls. N. Idaho. 



BBBB. Fls. bell-shaped, the petals naked or hairy only 

 at the base: low: leaf solitary. Meadow 

 Tulips. -Tliesc Calodiortuses are natives of 



I. and 

 habit 

 cups 



CALOCHORTUS 



ter, lined with yellow hairs. Meadows, E. Ore. to Mont. 

 — Very beautiful and showy. 



14. Gre^nei, Wats. St. stout and branching, 1 ft., 2-5- 

 fld.: sepals with a yellowish hairy spot; petals lilac 

 barred with yellow below, and somewhat purplish, loose- 

 hairy, not ciliate : capsule beaked. Calif, ami Ore. 



15. longebarb&tUB, Wats. Slender, about 1 ft. high, 

 bulb-bearing near the base, with 1 or 2 narrow radical 

 Ivs., 2-branched and usually 2-fld.: fls. erect or nearly 

 .so, lilac with yellow at base, .scarcely hairy except the 

 long-bearded gland. Washington. 



10. H6wellii, Wats. St. erect, 1 ft. or more, 1-2-fld. : 

 Ivs. very narrow: sepals ovate, short-acuminate; petals 

 yellowish white, 1 in. long, denticulate, slightly ciliate 

 near the base, brown-hairy inside, the gland yellow- 

 hairy. Ore. 



DB. Capsule obtuse-angled. 

 C. Color yellow or oranfje or oramje-red, more or less 

 marked with brown and purple (except in forms 

 of C. lutetis) : in cult, forms ntnninf/ into other 

 colors. 



17. Weddii, Wood. Radical leaf single, glossy, broad: 

 St. tall, leafy, bearing large orange-colored fls. dotted 

 with purple : petals triangular, square-topped : gland 

 small, hairy : bulb heavily coated with fiber. Calif. 

 B.M. 6200, as C. citrinus. G.C. III. 16: 183. -Varies to 



18. Flummerse, Greene. Similar, but purple and very 

 showy. Calif. G.C. lU. IC: 133. J.H. III. 29: 289. Gn. 

 47: 999. -A fine species, with fl. of large size and full 

 outline, lined with long, silky yellow hairs. It is the C. 

 Weedii, y&t. piirpurascens, of Watson. 



19. Oblspo6nsi8, Lemm. Tall and slender, branching, 

 very floi-iferous : petals yellow, verging to red at the 

 tip and less than half the length of the orange-brown 

 sepals. Calif. G. P. 2: 161. -Odd and bizarre. 



20. Kennedy!, Porter. Bulb small and ovoid : st. 

 slender, 18 in., sometimes branches: Ivs. 

 linear, tufted from the branching of the 

 St. : fls. 2-5 ; sepals broad with a purple 

 spot ; petals red-orange to vermilion, not 



111. lilaclnus, Krll.)f,rg (C. umbelWns, Wood). A 

 handsdiiir s|i(ri.-^. with large, clear lilac fls., hairy only 

 at base : lis. 1-10,1111 long, slender scapes: capsule ellip- 

 tic, obtuse 111'.. us iiatiirallyin wet meadows, andmakes 

 offsets lic.lx. N. Calif, and Ore. B.M. 5804 as C. 

 uniflonix. 1', rh.qis t|ii. same as the next. 



11. uniJlOrus, IIu"k. & Am. St. very short, bearing 

 bulbs at base, 1-2-Hd. : petals lilac, with purple claw and 

 hairy on the lower half. Coast ranges, Calif. 



12. nMus, Wats. Low, delicate : leaf solitary : fls. 

 1-6, umbellate, small, white or pale lilac, not hairy, den- 

 ticulate. Calif., in the Sierras. 



AA. Mariposa Tulips.— .Biossoms on stout, erect pedi- 

 cels, the stems sto^it and strict: fls. open-bell- 

 shaped. Excepting in B, the Mariposa or Butter- 

 fly Tulips have slender, grassy, radical Ivs., 

 stiff, erect stems bearing cup-shaped fls., and 

 sparingly leafy and with an erect capsule. Bulbs 



B. Capsule acute-angled or winged : fls. lilac or ivhite. 

 These are hardy species, growing in the meadows 

 . from Oregon to Montana, where they endure 

 much cold. They form a connecting link between 

 the Giaiif Star Tulips and the true Mariposas. 

 Their Ivs. air likr ili..s.. .,f the Star Tulips-long, 

 broad anil u-li.ssy. I,iki- the Star Tulips, too, the 

 seed-poil is liaiiilscinr, :i-cornered and winged. 

 The stems are stiffly erect: the fls. cup-shaped, 

 not so brilliant as the true Mariposas, but very 

 delicate: the plants are hardy, healthy and vig- 

 orous, and are to be highly recommended for 

 cold climates. 



13. nltidus, Dougl. Scape erect, but not stiff : leaf 

 solitary, glossy, narrow: fls. 1-3, large and showy, lilac, 

 yellowish, or white, with a deep indigo blotch in the cen- 



cihate nor prominently 

 haiiy, purple-spotted at 

 the center. Desert spe- 

 cies of S. Calif. B.M. 

 lU. — Brilliant and desirable, 



1 It ilifficult to grow. 

 21. mteus, Dougl. St. 1-10-fld., 



bulb-bearing near the base : Ivs. 

 %ery narrow : sepals narrow-lan- 

 ceolate, with a brown spot; petals 



2 m. or less long, yellow or orange, 

 brown-lined, slightly hairy below 

 the middle, the gland densely 

 hairy. Calif. B.R. 1567.-Varia- 

 ble. Some of the forms are sold 

 as C. remisfus. 



Var. citrinus, Wats. (C.venus- 



/iis.var. citrinus, Baker). Petals 



lemon - yellow, with a central 



brown spot. 



3i2 Var. oouiatus, Wats. {C.reniis- 



Calochortus Maweanus. 'Ms, var. oculdtus, Hort.). Petals 



var. major iXii). Pale or white, lilac or yellowish, 



with a dark spot. 

 Var. cdncolor, Baker ( C. cdncolor, Hort. ) . Petals deep 

 yellow, marked with red bands, hairy below. Gn. 

 48: 1043. 



