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CALOCHORTUS 



5. caeruleus, Wats. Similar to C. Maiveanus, but 

 lined and dotted with blue : low, 2-5-fld., the pedicels 

 very slender : perianth ciliate inside : capsule nearly or 

 quite orbicular. Calif., in the Sierras. 



6. elegans, Pursh. Similar to the last : petals greenish 

 white and purplish at base, bearded, little or not at all 

 ciliate : gland covered by a deeply fringed scale. Ore- 

 gon, Idaho. 



Var. amoenus, Hort. Fls. lilac, large and showy. G.C. 

 III. 15:808. 



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

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

 pointed. Ore. 



Var. nanus, Wood (C. Lyallii, Baker). Subalpine, 

 dwarf : petals narrow and usually more acute, more 

 hairy and ciliate. Mts. Calif., N. 



BBB. Fls. bell-shaped: like BB, but tall (1 ft. or more), 

 and stoutly erect, with several fine, erect cups, 

 similar to C.Maweanus. GIANT STAR TULIPS. 

 In this splendid group we have the very dainty, 

 silky fls. and handsome, glossy Ivs. of the Star 

 Tulip, with a stout st. a foot or two high, and 

 large fls. Unlike the others, they naturally 



grow in open places, and have a vigor and 

 ealth which are a high recommendation. 



7. Tolmiei, Hook. & Arn. 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. apiculatus, Baker. Taller and stouter, with umbel- 

 late straw-colored fls. N. Idaho. 



9. Piirdyi, Eastw. Fls. silvery white, filled with blue 

 hairs. S. Ore. G.C. III. 23: 395. -Very handsome. 



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

 at the base : low : leaf solitary. MEADOW 

 TULIPS. These Calochortuses are natives of 

 wet meadows. C. lilacinus and C. Vesta grow 

 well in all soils as long as well drained, and 

 as garden plants thrive everywhere. In habit 

 they are 4ow, flexuous and leafy. The cups 

 are open, erect and numerous, an inch or so 

 in diameter. 



10. lilacinus, Kellogg (C. umbellatus, Wood). A 

 handsome species, with large, clear lilac fls., hairy only 

 at base : fls. 4-10, on long, slender scapes: capsule ellip- 

 tic, obtuse. Grows naturally in wet meadows, and makes 

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

 unifldrus. Perhaps the same as the next. 



11. uniflorus, Hook. & Arn. St. very short, bearing 

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

 hairy on the lower half. Coast ranges, Calif. 



12. nudus, 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. Blossoms on stout, erect pedi- 

 cels, the stems stout 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 

 small. 



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

 These are hardy species, growing in the meadows 

 from Oregon to Montana, where they endure 

 much cold. They form a connecting link between 

 the Giant Star Tulips and the true Mariposas. 

 Their Ivs. are like those of the Star Tulips long, 

 broad and glossy. Like the Star Tulips, too, the 

 seed-pod is handsome, 3-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. nitidus, 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- 



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

 Very beautiful and showy. 



14. Greenei, 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, and Ore. 



15. longebarbatus, Wats. Slender, about 1 ft. high, 

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

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

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

 long-bearded gland. Washington. 



16. Hdwellii, 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. 



BB. Capsule obtuse -angled. 



c. Color yellow or orange or orange-red, more or less 

 marked with brown and purple (except in forms 

 of C. luteus) : in cult, forms running into other 

 colors. 



17. Weedii, 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 

 white. 



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

 showy. Calif. G.C. III. 16: 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, var. purpurascens, of Watson. 



19. Obispoensis, 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.F. 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 



ciliate nor prominently 

 hairy, purple-spotted at 

 the center. Desert spe- 

 cies of S. Calif. B.M. 

 7264. - Brilliant and desirable, 

 but difficult to grow. 



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

 bulb-bearing near the base : Ivs. 

 very narrow : sepals narrow-lan- 

 ceolate, with a brown spot ; petals 

 2 in. 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. venustus. 



Var. citrinus, Wats. (C.venus- 

 tiis,v&r. citrinus, Baker). Petals 

 lemon - yellow, with a central 

 brown spot. 



Var. oculatus, Wats. ( C. venus- 

 Calochortus Maweanus, tus, var. oculatus, Hort.). Petals 

 var. major (X %). P & l e 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. 



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