C'alochortus. LILIACE^E. 



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* Capsule as in § 1 : flowers large, lilac. 



11. C. Greenei, Watson. Stem stout, branching, often a foot high or more, 



2 - S-flowered : leaf about equalling the stem, an inch broad ; bracts narrow, elon- 

 gated : sepals greenish with more or less of lilac within and with a yellowish hairy 

 spot above the base: petals broadly fan-shaped and obtuse, 1| to 1^ inches long, 

 lilac, somewhat barred with yellow below, strongly pitted and arched, the lower 

 part densely covered with very long yeHow hairs ; upper part of the blade more 

 thinly hairy, not ciliate ; pit densely villous above a broad transverse laciniate scale : 

 anthers broad, acute or obtuse, |- inch long : capsule an inch long, 4 to 6 lines broad, 

 attenuate into a stout beak. — Proc. Amer. Acad. xiv. 264. 



Mountains near Yreka, and top of Table Rock on Little Shasta River, Rev. E. L. Greene, July, 

 1876 ; also in Multnomah County, Oregon, T. J. Howell. 



C. NiTFDUS, Dougl. (C. citrycarpus, Watson, Bot. King Exp. 348), has a simple umbellately 

 1 - 3-flowere(l stem, with a short bract-like leaf in the niidiUe and a single narrow radical leaf ; 

 sepals naked ; petals cieam-colored with a lilac spot in the centre, and a narrow shallow pit, not 

 strongly arched, the lower part of the blade usually with thinly scattered purple or yellowish 

 hairs ; gland oval-oblong, densely covered with entangled yellow hairs, without crest ; anthers 2h 

 to 4 lines long ; capsule round to broadly elliptical, with short stout beak. Oregon to N. E". 

 Nevada. 



* * Capsule narrowly oblong, with thick obtusely angled cells. 



-I- Floivers yellow or orange, more or less marlzed with brown or purple. 



12. C. clavatUS, Watson. In habit resembling C. Uteris: distinguislied from 

 other species of the group by the strongly clavate hairs which cover the lower half 

 of the petal arouml the deep and broad circular gland : sepals acute, naked, yellow 

 within with a brownish spot at base and greenish on the outer side : petals 15 to 18 

 iines long, yellow somewhat tinged or lined with brown, rather strongly arched : 

 anthers purple, obtuse, 4 or 5 lines long : ovary attenuate above, narrow, 10 lines 

 long. — Proc. Amer. Acad. xiv. 265. 



Near San Luis Obispo (/. O. Lemmon) ; near Santa Barbara, Mrs. Elwood Cooper. 



13. C. Weedii, Wood. Corm deep-seated, fibrously coated: stem usually 

 branched, leafy, Hexuous, a foot liigh or more, 1 - 3-flowered : leaves convolute- 

 linear, tiliform-acuminate : sepals equalling the petals, orange within, with a brown 

 slightly bearded spot at base: petals 12 to 15 lines long, fan-shaped, obtuse or 

 abruptly acute, deep yellow, dotted and often margined with brownish purple, filiate 

 and covered with slender purple or yellow hairs ; gland small, circular to oblong, 

 densely hairy : anthers broad, acute or acutish, 4 to 6 lines long : capsule narrow, 

 attenuate upward, \^ inches long. — Proc. Acad. Philad. 1868, 169. C. luteHS,va.r. 

 Weedii, Baker, 1. c. 309. C. citrinus, Baker, Bot. Mag. t. 6200. 



Var. purpurascens, Watson, 1. c. Petals wholly covered or blotched with 

 purple ; gland somewhat larger. 



In the Coast Ranges, San Diego County and northward ; the variety at Santa Barbara and 

 Cajou Pass. 



14. C. Kennedy!, Porter. Usually stout, 4 to 18 inches high, glaucous, 2-4- 

 flowered : pedicels often short and stout : leaves shorter than the stem : sepals broad, 

 scariously margined, orange within with a purple spot at base, about equalling the fon- 

 shaped petals, whicli are 12 to 15 lines long, of a uniform clear reddish orange, the 

 round-oblong gland densely hairy and surrounded by a broad deep-purple slightly 

 hairy spot : anthers 4 lines long, on very short filaments : capsule 1 h inches long or 

 more. — Coult. Bot. Gazette, ii. 79. 



Southeastern California, from Fort Tejon to the Providence Mountains, Wallace, Cooper, Pal- 

 mer, Kennedy. 



15. C. luteus, Dougl. Stem bulbiferous near the base, usually a foot or two 

 high, 1 -6-tiowered, exceeding the usually very narrow (1 to 3 lines wide) leaves: 



