LILY FAMILY, Ltllaceac. 



The commonest kind in northern Call* 



Butterfly Tulip fomi found in both the g ierra Nevada 

 Manposa Tulip 



Calochdrtus luteus and Coast Mountains, and one of the most 

 var. oculatus beautiful of all the Mariposas. The broad 

 Many colors petals, each about an inch and a half long, 



Spring, summer are usually white lilac or yellowish, with 

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an eye like that on a peacock s feather, 



giving the name oculatus. Occasionally they are deep rose- 

 color, as in the colored picture, though this is not typical, 

 and have a vivid blotch of shaded maroon and crimson and 

 an orange spot on each petal, with some maroon-colored 

 hairs at the base. The sepals are striped with pink and 

 maroon and twist into spirals as they fade; the pistil and 

 the blunt anthers are mauve; the honey-gland narrowly 

 crescent-shaped; the leaves pale-green and the delicate 

 stem over a foot tall. This Mariposa is extremely variable 

 and seems sometimes to merge into C. venustus, a similar 

 kind, and gorgeous varieties of both may be seen along the 

 Yosemite road on the down grade to Wawona. There are 

 many similar Mariposas, but the casual flower-lover who 

 finds any of these beautiful flowers will probably be satis- 

 fied to know that they are Butterfly Tulips, without going 

 into the technical peculiarities which differentiate them. 



A fine robust plant, about a foot tall, 

 Yellow Mariposa 



Cochdrtus luteus and exceedingly handsome flowers, over 

 var. dtrtnus two inches across. The sepals are yellow- 



Yellow ish, with a black spot and streaks of brown, 



^ p "f g . and the petals are deep lemon-yellow, 



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each with a nch maroon spot near the 



center and a hairy, brown, crescent-shaped gland below, 

 often flecked with maroon at the margins and base, with 

 cream-colored anthers and a yellowish pistil. This is very 

 much like a Tulip in character and looks very gay and 

 cheerful growing in green fields. The typical C. luteus is 

 similar, but smaller and duller in color. 



