II . 



C. 



invenustus 



12 . 



C. 



invenustus 

 montanus 



lO. 



C. 



Dunnii 



13- 



C. 



Kennedy! 



14. 



C. 



venustus 



15 



C. 



venustus 





purpurascens 



16. 



C. 



venustus 

 sulphureus 



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Gland large, ill-defined; claw brown g. C. Palmeri 

 Gland small, circular or oblong 

 Petals greenish- white, claw 

 purple 



Petals clear purple, claw yellow . 

 Stems not bulbiferous at base 



Petals white 



Petals vermilion 

 Petals normally oculate 



Petals white, or pale lilac 



Petals deep lilac, or purple ] 



Petals light yellow ] 



DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES. 



§ EucALOCHORTus — Petals arcJied and broadly pitted, the 

 gland transversely crested ; capsule broadly elliptical, deeply 

 triquetrous , the thin compressed lobes acute or winged, septicidal ; 

 seeds ascending, the testa close and pitted, mostly brownish. 



Flowers subglobose, nodding. 

 ^ Calochoktus albus, Doug. ex. Benth. in Maund & Heuse, 

 Bot. 98. Watson, Proc. Am. Acad. 14:262. Purdy, Proc. Cal. 

 Acad. Ser. 3, Bot. 2:117. 



Glaucous ; stems 15-45 cm. high, mostly branching; bracts 

 foliaceous, lanceolate-acuminate; sepals shorter than the petals, 

 greenish; petals white, ovate-orbicular 15-25 mm. long, bearded 

 above the gland with long white hairs; gland lunate, shallow, 

 with four transverse upwardly-imbricated scales, fringed with 

 short glandular hairs; anthers oblong, obtuse, mucronate ; cap- 

 sule 2-5 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide; seeds pitted. 



Open, wooded slopes, from near Julian to Los Angeles and 

 Pasadena. North to Butte count}^, according to Purdy, and to 

 Ukiah, according to Jepson. 



§ Mariposa — Flowers open-canipamilate ; gland usually 

 densely hairy ; sepals often spotted within; seeds zvith minutely 

 pitted white testa; pedicels stout, erect. 



/ * Capsule oblong, obtiise at both ends, zvinged ; testa close. 

 ^' Calochortus Catalin^E, Watson, Proc. Am. Acad. 

 14:268. Davidson, Erythea 2:2. Purdy, I.e. 145. C. Lyoni, 

 Watson, 1. c. 21:455. 



