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Stems 3-6 dm. high, bulbiferous at base ; leaves and bracts 

 linear; sepals ovate-lanceolate, purple spotted near the base, 

 nearly equaling the petals ; petals cuneate-obovate, 3-5 cm. high, 

 light to darker lilac, with a large ovate purplish blotch at base ; 

 gland oblong, j^ellow or brown, covered with brown or yellowish 

 hairs ; anthers obtuse, light pink, 5 mm. long, on filaments 

 thrice their length ; capsule 2.5-5 c^- ^o'^g- about i cm. wide. 



Near the coast on lower hills, from lyos Angeles, where it 

 is abundant, to Santa Barbara, and on the adjacent islands. Mr. 

 Purdyis in error in reporting it from as far inland as San Ber- 

 nardino. It is strictly a coast species. The type was collected 

 on Catalina Island, in June, 1878, by Paul Schumacher. 



** Capsule narrowly oblong, xvitli thick obtusely angled lobes, 

 attenuate into a beak ; testa loose, spongy . 



f Petals densely hairy witJiin on the lower half. 

 V Calochortus Weedii, Wood, Proc. Phila. Acad. 1868, 

 169. Watson, 1. c. 264. Purdy, 1. c. 132. 



Stems 3-5 dm. high, not bulbiferous at base ; bracts linear ; 

 sepals oblong with an acuminate tip, nearly as long as the 

 petals, or exceeding them, yellow, orange spotted at base; 

 petals cunate-obovate, sometimes truncated, 2.5-3.5 cm, long, 

 deep yellow, usualh' brown-dotted, the upper margin ciliate, 

 densely clothed with yellow hairs at least on the lower half ; 

 gland small, circular to oblong, densely hairy ; anthers oblong, 

 acute, longer ( i cm.) than the slender filaments ; capsule 4 cm. 

 long. 



Dry hills in the coast mountains of San Diego county. 

 The type was collected at " San Diego". This seems to be one of 

 the most constant species in coloration, but varies somewhat in 

 the relative length of sepals and petals. 



(To be Continued). 



Notes on Sphaeralcea a-nd MaLlvaLStrvim. 



BY T. D. A. COCKERELL. 



v' I notice on p. 74 some observations on Splixralcea fendleri 

 Californica, Parish. The original description of this form {Zoe, 

 Sept. -Oct., 1900) is not very detailed, but I strongly suspect that 

 it is the Sphaeralcea variabilis, Cockerell, Avier. Nat. April 1900, 

 p. 291 — the common plant of vSalt River Valle}', Arizona. This 

 seems the more likely, because it has been found in California 

 only here and there, as if accidentally introduced. At the end 



