^>7Q LILIACE^. Calochortus. 



sepals nearly equalling the petals, narrowly lanceolate and acuminate, greenish yel- 

 low and purplish with a brown spot at base : petals very broadly fan-shaped, obtuse, 

 an inch or two long, from yellow to deep orange, lined with brownish purple on 

 especially the middle third where it is also usually slightly hairy ; claw purplish ; 

 gland broad, rounded or somewhat lunate, densely covered with ascending yellowish 

 hairs and with scattered spreading hairs surrounding it : anthers yellow, linear, ob- 

 tuse, 2i to 5 lines long: capsule attenuate upward, 1 to H inches long. — Lindl. 

 Eot. Reg. t. 15G7 ; Fl. Serres, ii. t. 104, fig. 2 ; Baker, 1. c."309. 



Var. OCulatUS, Watson, 1. c. Petals Avhite, lilac, or yellowish, witli a central 

 dark brownish purple spot, which is usually bordered with yellow and sometimes 

 more or less broadened transversely ; claw yellow and purplish ; gland usually nar- 

 rowly lunate, covered with brownish or yellow hairs. 



Var. citrinus, A¥atson, 1. c. The whole petal deep or lemon yellow, similarly 

 marked with brown. — C. venustus, var. citrinus, Baker, 1. c. 310. 



Frequent from San Diego to Mendocino County and in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Ex- 

 ceedingly variable in its color and markings, and perhaps running into C. venustus. 



C. AUREUS, Watson, of S. Utah, is another species of this group, 3 to 6 inches high, the petals 

 naked and clear yellow or with a narrow crescent of purple above the well-detined roundish gland, 

 wliich is densely covered with reflexed hairs. 



-J— -1— Flowers white or lilac. 



16. C. venustus, Benth. Like the last : petals white or pale lilac above, with 

 a more or less conspicuous reddish spot near the top, a brownish spot bordered with 

 yellow in the centre, and a brownish base : gland large and conspicuous but much 

 narrower than the claw, oblong, usually densely hairy and surrounded by scattered 

 hairs: capsule 1 to 2i inches long and 4 or 5 lines broad. — Trans. Hort. Soc. 

 n. ser. i. 412, t. 15, tig." 3 ; Lindl. Bot. Eeg. t. 1669; Fl. Serres, 1. c. fig. 3; Eegel, 

 Gartenfl. t. 865. 



Var. purpurascens, "Watson, 1. c. The petals deep lilac or purplish, with simi- 

 lar markings. — Vars. Ulacinus and 'pnrpureus, Baker, Gard. Chron. 2 ser. viii. 70. 



In the Coast Ranges, from Mount Diablo {Brewer) southward ; frequent and very variable in 

 its colors and in the deiinition of its markings. The variety in Kern County, Wallace, Kennedy. 



17. C. splendens, Dougl. Like the preceding: petals clear lilac, paler below 

 (the claw somewhat darker), with scattered white hairs below the middle, and M'ith 

 or without a round denselv hairy gland : anthers jnirple, obtuse or acute, 3 to 6 

 lines long.— Benth. 1. c. 411, t. 15, fig. 1; Lindl. 1. c, t. 1676; Fl. Serres, 1. c. 

 fig- L 



Frequent from Monterey to San Diego. 



C. FLEXUOSUS, Watson, of S. Utah, is a similar species, distinguished especially by shorter 

 obtusish sepals, the shorter anthers (1^ to 3 lines long), and the shorter oblong capsule (an inch 

 long) less attenuate at each end : stem lower and very flexuous, not bulbiferous. 



18. C. Palmeri, Watson, 1. c. Stem very slender, lax and flexuous, a foot or 

 two high, 1 - 7-tiowered, bulbiferous at base : leaves shorter than the stem, a line or 

 two broad : sepals equalling the petals, with narrowly acuminate recurved tips, yel- 

 lowish within and with a purple spot at base : petals a half to an inch long, obtuse 

 or acutish, white, or yellowish toward the base, with a brownish claw ; gland roundish 

 and ill-defined, nearly as broad as the claw, densely hairy and surrounded above by 

 scattered yellow hairs : anthers obtuse, 3 lines long : capsule very narrow, attenuate 

 upward, an inch long or more. 



Near the Mohave River, Palmer (n. 527, 1876). 



19. C. macrocarpus, Dougl. Often stout, erect and rigid, a foot or two high, 

 1- rarely 2-lln\v«'re(l, leafy : leaves shorter than the stem, the cauline (3 to 5) narrow 

 and convolute : sepals about equalling the petals, acuminate, usually tinged Avith 

 lilac within, darker at base with sometimes a yellowish hairy spot : petals obovate. 



