SPRING FLORA 



4. CAJ.OCHORTUS. Mariposa Lily; Star Tulip. 



Bulbs thin-coated. Leaves few; keeled; grass-like; both 

 basal and cauline. Inflorescence solitary or umbellate. 

 Flowers showy. Floral envelopes with 3 outer segments 

 narrowly-lanceolate; the inner large and petaloid, each with 

 a hairy cushion-like gland at base, Capsule septicidal. 



1. C. Nuttallii T. & G. Sego Lily. Stem bulblet-bearing 

 above the true bulb. Flowers 1-5 in a naked umbel. Outer 

 surface of calyx-lobes at first green but often becoming red- 

 dish-tinged, inner surface whitish or yellowish, usually purple- 

 spotted near base. Petals broadly obovate-wedge-shaped, 

 usually abruptly acute at apex; white or cream-color, with 

 a patch of purple shaped like a candle-flame just above the 

 yellow nectar-gland. Anthers erect, obtuse; longer than fila- 

 ments. On dry plains and hillsides, 4,400-7,000 ft. May-June. 

 The State flower of Utah. 



5. BRODIAEA. (Hookera; Tritelia). Wild Hyacinth. 



Scapes erect from brown-coated solid bulbs. Leaves few, 

 basal, grass-like; withering before the flowers do. Inflores- 

 cence usually a terminal and involucrate umbel. Pedicels 

 jointed. Flowers few, showy; withering-persistent; segments 

 colored alike. Stamens 6; all anther-bearing, or 3 anther- 

 bearing and 3 with sterile filaments. Fruit a loculicidal 

 capsule. 



1. B. Douglasli Wats. (Tritelia grandiflora Llndl.) Leaves 

 keeled, often a foot or more in length. Scape sometimes 2 ft. 

 long. Perianth blue or purplish; broadly tubular. Stamens 

 6, in 2 rows, all anther-bearing; the filaments of inner sta- 

 mens narrow. In rich moist soil in the canyons, often in oak 

 copses. June. Sometimes called Blue Gammas. 



6. FRITILLARIA. Lily Bells. Rice Roots. 



Stem erect, simple, leafy, from a scaly bulb. Inflorescence 

 solitary or umbellate. Flowers few; showy. Floral envelopes 

 colored alike, each with a shallow nectary. Stamens borne 

 upon base of segments; anthers versatile. Fruit a 6-angled 

 or 6-winged loculicidal capsule. 



Flowers yellow or orange 1. P. pudtca 



Flowers dull-purplish, mottled with darker pur- 

 ple 2. F. atropurpurea 



1. F. pudica Spreng. Yellow Bells; Snowdrop; Orange 

 Fritillaria. (Locally called "Crocus" and "Buttercup.") Bulb 

 of numerous tuberous-thickened spheroidal scales. Stem 3-8 

 inches high. Leaves 3-8, alternate or somewhat whorled. 

 Flowers usually 1 or 2, sometimes as many as 6; nodding; with 

 obtuse segments. Grassy plains. March -May. 



2. F. atropurpurea Nutt. Leopard Lily; Dark Purple Fritil- 

 laria. Bulb of numerous terete scales, larger than those of 

 No. 1. Stem 6-18 inches high. Leaves sessile, SY 2 inches long, 

 whorled or alternate (%). Flowers 1-6, somewhat nodding. 

 Perianth-segments acute or acuminate; becoming revolute at 

 apex until edges meet somewhat below extreme tip. May- 

 June. Grassy slopes along streams in rich moist soil. 



