Dodecatheon. 245 



3 — 6 cm longa, 5 — 15 mm lata, in petiolum larainae aequilongum sensim attenuata, 

 margine erosa. l'mbella 2 — 10-flora; pedicelli 3, rarius 5 cm longi; bracteae lineari- 

 lanceolatae vel lineares, plerumque 1 cm longae. Calycis ultra medium partiti laciniae 

 ovato-lanceolatae, acutae, glandulosae; corollae purpureae basis lutea, prope faucem 

 maculis nonnullis intense purpureis notata; staminum tubus 2 mm longus, intense 

 purpureus; antherae purpureae, 3 mm longae, leniter divergentes; connectivum luteum. 

 Capsula oblonga, apice circumscissa; semina rufescenti-brunnea, vix cubica , . testa reti- 

 culata. — Fig. 55.R 



Sierra Nevada Nordamerikas, gemein bei San Diego und San Bernardino, 

 300—500 m (Parish, PI. of South. Calif. n. 305!, 3632!, Hasse!, Jones, Flora 

 of California n. 3398!, Dünn, PI. of Calif.!, Hall, PI. of South Calif.!, Baker, PI. 

 Pacif. Coast n. 827!). Blüht Februar bis Mai. 



29. D. patulum Greene, Pittonia I. (1888) 2U. — Mea&ia patula (Greene) 

 0. Ktze. Bev. gen. I. (1891) 398; Greene, Man. Bot. San Francisco Bay (1894) 237. 

 — Herba parva, 10 — 20 cm alta, pallide viridis, ubique glandulis minutissimis obtecta. 

 Badices sub flore tuberose-incrassatae. Folia crassiuscula, pallide viridia, elliptica, cum 

 petiolo 2'/2 — * cm l° n g a > 8 — 12 mm lata, in petiolum alatum brevem attenuata, 

 integra. l'mbella 3 — 7-flora, floribus pro planta magnis, 5- saepius 6-, numquam 

 4-meris; pedicelli longitudine variantes, usque ad 4 J /2 cm longi ; bracteae magnae, 

 8 — 14 mm longae, lineari-lanceolatae. Calycis ultra medium partiti laciniae ovato- 

 lanceolatae, acutae, glandulosae; corollae lobi albidi, basis purpurea, extus luteo-margi- 

 nata ; staminum tubus 1 */j mm longus, purpureus, antheras versus anguste luteo-annu- 

 latus: antherae 2 — 2^2 mm longae, intense purpureae, lineari-oblongae , apice lata 

 retusae, demum divergentes; Stylus manifeste exsertus. Capsula oblonga, circumscissa; 

 semina depresso-globosa, albida(?), testa reticulata. 



Var. ct. typicum B. Knuth. — Scapus 15 — 20 cm altus. 



Sierra Nevada Nordamerikas: Unterlauf des Sacramento; Ostseite des Liver- 

 more-Thales in der Mt. Diablo-Kette (Greene, PI. of Calif.!); bei Monterey (Hart- 

 weg n. 1829!; Oakland Hills (Bolander!). Blüht im März. 



Yar. ß. bernalinum Greene in Erythea III. (1895) 72. — D. bernalinum Greene 

 in sched. Minor, viridior, caulibus et pedicellis purpureo-glandulosis. Corollae lobi 

 roseo-purpurei, tubus reflexus intense purpureus, annulo lato albo vel lutescenti-albo 

 circumdatus; androeceum longius quam in var. typica et manifeste conicum; antherae 

 angustiores, erecti, nunquam divergentes (ex Greene). 



San Francisco, auf der Spitze der Bernal-Höhen (blüht im März). 



Var. y. gracile Greene in Erythea III. (1895) 72. — Gracilior quam forma typica. 

 Folia angustiora. Corollae lobi albi, lineares, angusti, eleganter contorti (ex Greene). 



Californien, Loma Prieta in Santa Clara Co. (Davy). 



Var. d. parvifolium (E. Brown) B. Knuth. — D. Meadia var. parvifolium 

 E. Brown in sched. — Bracteae tenuissime membranaceae. Folia elongata, petiolis 

 elongatis. 



Californien, Buttle County (E. Brown! blüht im Mai). 



30. D. sanctarum Greene, Pittonia V. (1903) 113. — Satis robusta, erecta, 

 18 — 32 cm alta, glabra. Badices breves, carnosulae, summae fusiformes. Folia obovata 

 vel fere elliptica, cum petiolo satis longo 5 — 7,5 cm longa, ömnia obtusa, anguste 

 scarioso-marginata, aut minute crispata aut plana et vix remote crenata crenis callose 

 mucronatis. Pedicelli et calyces ± glandulosi. Calycis laciniae oblongae, obtusae, 

 glanduloso-ciliolatae; corollae magnae lobi 2 */a cm longi, basi albida vel carnea excepta 

 plane purpurei; tubus intense purpureus; antherae breves, oblongae, obtusae, fere erectae, 

 vix divergentes, nunquam convergentes; connectivum rugosum intense coloratum; Stylus 

 exsertus. Capsula apicem versus circumscissa (ex Greene). 



Sierra Nevada Nordamerikas: Santa Lucia Mountains (Pias kett, Febr. 1898 

 sub D. Clevelandii). 



