California Trees and Flowers. gg 



H. Orcuttii Greene. A loot or two high, with large laven- 

 der to royal purple flowers, discovered in 1882. One of the 

 choicest species. 



H. stellaris Gr en \ Flowers rich purple with white center, 

 in a star-like cluster. 



H. terrestris Kellogg. Flowers red-purple. 



Ill- — TRITELEIA 



The following species are included by Prof. Greene in the 

 genus Triteleia, but they are best known in cultivation under the 

 old classification. 



T. hyacinth ina Greene. Flowers milky white, banded with 

 green. 



T. ixioides Wilson. Low, bearing numerous light yellow 

 flowers banded with gr^en. Very pretty 



1. lax a Benlh. Tall, with umbel of 15 to 30 large blue flow- 

 ers. 



T. peduncularis Lindl. Flowers glossy purple on long 

 stems. Rare. 



CALANDRINIA. 



C. Menziesh Hjok. A low, succulent annual, very variable, 

 with pretty red or purple flowers. 



C. Menziesh alba. Flowers pure white. 



C. rosea. A form in cultivation, presumed to have originated 

 in California. 



CALOCHORTUS. 

 * I. — MARIPOSA TULIPS. 



These Tulips, excepting the true lilies, are the finest of the 

 beautiful liliaceous plants of the Pacific Coast. The Mariposa or 

 Butterfly Tulips are highly recommended for winter flowering 

 and are gaining great popularity in the East and in Europe. 

 Each species varies greatly in color, and the erect, cup-like flow- 

 ers are of large size, and of the richest and most brilliant color- 

 ing. The stout, slender flower stalks vary from eight inches to 

 two or three feet in height, each bearing from a few to fifteen or 

 twenty flowers. 



C. aureus Watson. Three to six inches high, flowers clear 

 yellow, or with a narrow crescent of purple above the well-de- 

 fined roundish gland, which is densely covered with reflexed 

 hairs. 



C. Gunnisoni Watson. Petals light lilac, yellowish green be- 

 low the middle, banded and lined with purple. 



C Kennedyi Porter. A rare species only known in the Mo- 

 lave Desert where it is very difficult of access. The large flow- 

 ers two inches across, of a deep orange vermilion,* produced on 

 short stout scapes. A magnificent species 



