LILY FAMILY, Liliaceae. 



The commonest kind in northern Cali- 

 Butterfly Tulip f orn i a> found in both the Sierra Nevada 

 ?JtodWrtJ l&uu, and Coast Mountains, and one of the most 

 var. oculcLtus beautiful of all the Mariposas. The broac 

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



are usually white lilac or yellowish, with 

 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-colorec 

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

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

 the blunt anthers are mauve; the honey-gland narrowl} 

 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 similai 

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

 Yosemite road on the down grade to Wawona. There are 

 many similar Mariposas, but the casual flower-lover wh 

 finds any of these beautiful flowers will probably be satis 

 fied to know that they are Butterfly Tulips, without goin^ 

 into the technical peculiarities which differentiate them. 



A fine robust plant, about a foot tall 

 Yellow Mariposa with & stQut stem> light> t, r ig ht green leaves 



Calochortus luieus and exceedingly handsome flowers, ove 

 var. citrinus two inches across. The sepals are yellow 



Yellow ish, with a black spot and streaks of brown 



Spring an( ^ t k e p eta i s are d ee p lemon-yellow 



California 



each with a rich maroon spot near th< 



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

 often flecked with maroon at the margins and base, wit! 

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

 much like a Tulip in character and looks very gay anc I 

 cheerful growing in green fields. The typical C. luteus i;| 

 similar, but smaller and duller in color. 



