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Calochortus luteus Dongl.; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 19: pi. 156'j. 



No. 8630, collected May 31, on the slopes of Mt. Hamilton 

 above Smith Creek, Santa Clara county, at an elevation of about 

 3000 feet, in open grassy places having a westerly exposure. 

 The plants here were smaller with smaller flowers than the typ- 

 ical form, which is common about Los Gatos, but otherwise ap- 

 pear to be similar. "It was discovered by Mr. Douglas in Cali- 

 fornia; and a few roots of it were received from him by the Hor- 

 ticultural Society in 183 1." 



Cai^ochortus venustus Dough; Benth. Trans. Hort. Soc. II. 

 1: 412.//. 15./. 3. 1835. 

 No. 8601, collected May 30, on the Mt. Hamilton road near 

 Grand View, Santa Clara county, elevation about 1500 feet, 

 growing in a field among grass, the exposure southerly. This 

 elegant species was plentiful here, but little of it was seen else- 

 where, 



TKILLIACEAE Lindl. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2, 347. 1836. 



Trillium ovatum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1: 245. 1814. 



No. 8334, collected April 13, in the mountains back of Sar- 

 atoga, Santa Clara county, at an elevation of about 2500 feet, 

 growing sparingly in rich damp soil under redwood trees. Its 

 southern limit is said to be Santa Cruz, from which point it 

 extends northward near the coast. Lewis collected the type "on 

 the rapids of the Columbia river." 



IXIACEAE Ecklon, Verzeichn 18. 1827. 

 {Iridaceae Lindl. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2, 332. 1836.) 



Iris californica Leicht. 



No 8535a, collected May 10, at Smith Creek at the foot of 

 Mt. Hamilton, Santa Clara county, elevation 2100 feet, growing 

 on a grassy slope near oak trees, locally abundant. The flowers 

 were bright violet-blue, much shorter than the pale green leaves. 

 The hill on which it grew has an easterly exposure. 



