Lily Family 91 



width, lilac with a small purplish blotch at base surrounding the 

 densely hairy gland, the lower third sparsely hairy to, but not 

 below, the gland ; anthers obtuse, usually shorter than the fila- 

 ments. 



Frequent in the chaparral belt of the San Gabriel and Santa Ana Moun- 

 tains. 



7. C. invenustus Greene. Stems 1-4 dm. high, bulbiferous at 

 the base; flowers in a 2-several-flowered umbel; sepals ovate- 

 oblong, shortly acuminate, striate and scarious margined, the 

 tips not recurved, shorter than the petals; petals about 3 cm. 

 long, obovate-cuneate, the rounded summit centrally apiculate, 

 dull white, tinged greenish and purplish, the short claw purplish; 

 gland oblong, covered with light hairs, and with a few scattered 

 hairs near; anthers 5-7 mm. long, obtuse at apex, yellow, on 

 narrowly margined filaments a little shorter, capsule 4 cm. long. 



Frequent in the coniferous belt of the San Bernardino Mountains; Mt. 

 Santiago, Santa Ana Mountains. 



8. C. venustus Dougl. Stem 2-5 dm. high; leaves and bracts 

 narrow; sepals oblong-lanceolate, 3-5 cm. long, acute, about 

 equaling the petals; petals broadly obovate-cuneate, broader 

 than long, white, shaded above with lilac, a conspicuous reddish- 

 purple spot near the summit, a brownish-yellow arch in the cen- 

 ter, and a brown base, or these markings sometimes obscure; 

 gland oblong or lunate, densely hairy and surrounded by a few 

 scattered hairs; anthers oblong, obtuse on dilated filaments of 

 nearly equal length ; capsule narrow, 5-7 cm. long. 



Open hills about Newhall, Davidson. 



9. C. venustus sulphurous Purdy. Petals light yellow, with 

 eye in center and a rose-colored blotch at summit. 



Newhall, Davidson. 



12. HESPEROYUCCA Baker. SPANISH BAYONET. 



Subacaulescent with a short stout woody caudex and 

 straight needle-pointed rough-margined flat leaves and 

 ample panicle. Perianth broadly campanulate, of sub- 

 equal distinct thin broadly lanceolate concave segments. 

 Filaments evidently adnate to the perianth below, clavate, 

 suberect ; anthers didymously cordate. Ovary oblong- 

 ovoid or obovoid, mostly longer than the short slender 



