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"the higher mountains to the westward of the Mojave Desert"; 

 probably near Tehachapi. It is not a satisfactory species to the 

 field student, its great variation in size and color suggesting that 

 it may bc no more than a variety of C. splendens. But for the 

 present it is best maintained. The color varies from nearly 

 white to light purples, usually dull and greenish tinged. 



l/ Calochortus invenustus montanus. C. splendens mon- 

 tanus, Purdy, 1. c. 144 at least in part. 



An extreme form of these variations, with shorter and slend- 

 er stem; petals clear dark lilac purple, with no trace of the dull 

 white or green of the species; claw yellow. 



Same range as the species, with which it grows, and for this 

 reason, at least, must go with it, if the species is retained. It is 

 well connected with it by intermediates. 



V Calochortus Kennedyi, Porter, Bot. Gaz. 2.79. Watson, 

 1. c. 265. Purdy, 1. c. 135. 



Stems 2 cm. -3dm. high, not bulbiferous at base, i-few 

 flowered leaves and bracts narrow; sepals ovate-oblong, acute; 

 erect, two thirds the length of the petals, brown without vermilion 

 within, scarious margined; petals brilliant vermillion, the base 

 and claw purple, nude except for a few hairs near the small 

 circular, densely-hairy gland; anthers ovate-oblong, 5 mm. long, 

 on filaments of twice that length; capsule 4-5 cm. long i cm. 

 wide. 



Common on dry gravelly or clayey mesas and hillsides of 

 the Mojave Desert at 2,. =^00 to 4,000 ft. alt., and rarely ascending 

 the desert slope of the San Bernardino Mountains even to 7,000 

 ft. alt. (Gold Mt.) The range of this species extends north to 

 Mt. Magruder, Esmeralda Co. Nevada^, and east into Arizona. 

 In our region it is very constant in coloration, but orange or 

 creamy-yellow flowers are sometimes seen. 

 If Petals normally oculate 

 '. Calochortus venustus, Dougl. ex. Benth. Trans. Hort. 

 Soc. Ser. 2,1:412, 1. 15. Watson, I.e. 265, Purdy, I.e. 140, t.19, f.io. 

 Stems 2-6 dm. high basal bulblet single; leaves and bracts 

 narrow; sepals oblong-lanceolate, 3-5 cm. long, acute, about 

 equalling the petals; petals broadly obovate-cuneate, broader than 

 long' white, shaded above with lilac, a conspicuous reddish- 

 purple spot near the top, a brownish-yellow arch in the center, 

 and a brown base, but these markings sometimes faint and 



