96 uiJACEAE. 



(lower (first or second year) are stemless, producing simply one broad long- 

 petioled leaf. Flowers large, solitary or several and racemose; perianth- 

 segments distinct with longitudinal nectar-bearing groove and - or 4 scale like 

 processes at base, or only the inner segments so provided. Stamens 6, hypogy- 

 nous, shorter than the perianth. Style 3-lobed or -cleft; stigmas 3. Capsule 

 somewhat 3-angled, loculicidal. (Greek eruthros, red, the color of the flowers 

 in some species.) 



1. E. calif ornicum Purdy. Fawn Lily. Scapes 5 to 9 in. high, 1 to 2 

 or even 5-flowered; leaves mostly 2, oblong,- obtuse, 4 to 6 in. long, 1 to 1% in. 

 wide; flowers nodding, creamy white, the base of the segments orange; 

 segments broadly oblong, tapering from the middle or below the middle to base 

 and apex, 1*4 in. to 1% in. long, 5 to 7 lines wide, auricled at base; inner 

 segments longitudinally 2-channeled on back; capsule obovoid, 1 in. long. — 

 (E. grandiflorum Wats, et al., not Pursh.) 



Middletown and Healdsburg to Cloverdale (where it is very abundant and 

 called "Easter Lily") and northward to Ukiah and Bound Valley. Mar. 

 Corms slender, not producing offsets. 



E. hartwegii Wats. Conns forming offsets freely at the end of filiform 

 filaments originating from their base; leaves richly mottled; flowers white or 

 cream with orange or yellow base, borne in an umbel which is sessile between 

 the leaves, each flower thus appearing to be raised on a scape of its own; 

 inner segments auricled. — Sierra Nevada foothills, Tehama to Mariposa cos. 



E. purpurascens Wats. Leaves not mottled, undulate-margined, dark metal- 

 lic green; flowers very small, light yellow, tinged purple after a few days, 

 1 to 8 crowded on a raceme; filaments filiform. — Sierra Nevada, Placer to 

 Plumas cos., above 4000 ft. 



E. revolutum Sm. Scapes 1 or 2-flowered; leaves lightly mottled; flowers 

 white or light-pink, aging purplish ; filaments broadly dilated, almost conniv- 

 ing around style. — Mendocino and Humboldt cos., 10 to 15 miles from the coast, 

 in a strip about 4 miles wide (Carl Purdy), and far northward. 



4. CALOCHORTUS Pursh. Mariposa Lily. 

 Stems from membranous-coated corms, with few narrow radical or cauline 

 leaves and showy white, yellow, lilac or bluish flowers borne terminally on 

 the stem or branches or in an umbellate fascicle. Perianth deciduous, the 

 segments distinct and more or less concave. Sepals lanceolate, greenish or 

 sometimes colored. Petals for the most part broadly cuneate-obovate and 

 usually with a conspicuous gland or pit near the base. Stamens 6, on the 

 base of the segments. Ovary triquetrous; stigmas sessile, recurved, persistent. 

 Capsule elliptical or oblong, membranaceous, 3-angled or -winged, commonly 

 septicidally dehiscent. Seeds numerous, in 2 rows in each cell, somewhat flat- 

 tened. (Greek kalos, beautiful, and chortos, grass, in allusion to the flowers 

 and grass-like leaves.) 



Flowers and capsule erect, the former open campanulate; gland densely hairy; stem 

 bearing bulblets at base; radical leaves usually a pair, channeled, linear. — Mariposa 



I.i I IIS. 



Petals mostly white or lilac, with an eye-spot; gland round; capsule linear or linear- 



clavate 1. C. venustus. 



Petals clear lilac; gland small, round and densely hairy, or absent: capsule linear.... 



2. C. splendens. 



Petals yellow, usually without eve spot ; gland lunate; capsule attenuate from a broad 



base 3. C. luteus. 



Flowers erect or ascending, campanulate; petals with a transverse scale covering upper 



