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. C. luteus Dough Plant low, with clear lemon yellow flowers. 

 C. macrocarpus Dougl. Stout and tall, the lilac flowers 

 "banded with purple. 



C. Nuttallii T. & G. Tall, flowers large, of a creamy- 

 whiteness, banded with green on the back of the petals. A strong 

 growing plant. 



C. Leichtlinii Hook. A low mountain form of the last. 



C. Palmeri Watson, Rose purple flowers, with maroon pur- 

 ple spots at base of petals.* 



C splendens Dougl. Lustrous rose purple, with often a 

 maroon purple spot at base of petal*. Greatly admired. 



C. vexustus Benth. Regarding this species, considerable 

 confusion exists relative to the nomenclature of the numerous 

 beautiful varieties. The following are the leading varieties known 

 in cultivation, the first being conoidered the type of the species. 



1 — Roseus. Creamy white inside, with rose-colored 

 blotch at top of petal, a beautiful tinted eye in center, and silky 

 gland at base; rich carmine on back. A perfect gem. 



2 — Citrinus. Citron yellow. 



3 — Oculatus. White inside, with richly colored eye-like 

 spots. 



4 — Purpurascens. Rich purplish lilac, with eye-like spots. 



C. Weedii Wood. This is one of the finest of the Mariposa 

 Tulips, two or three feet high, producing several large and bril 

 liant orange yellow flowers, delicately dotted with brown and 

 covered with silky hairs. Peculiar to Southern California. 



II. — STAR TULIPS. 



The Celestial or Star Tulips differ from the Mariposa Tulips 

 in the slender drooping stems, bearing many bell-shaped or glob- 

 ular flowers. A single long glossy leaf is characteristic of both 

 sections of the genus. 



C. albus Dougl. A strong growing plant, with pearly white 

 globular flowers, often an inch in diameter, lined with silky hairs. 

 Very beautiful. 



C. Benth amii Baker. Bearing two to six delicate nearly 

 erect open bells, yellow, lined with silky hairs. 



C. flexuosus Watson. Petals clear lilac. 



C. lil acinus Kdl. Erect cup-shaped flowers, light lilac. 



C. Maweanus Leichilin* Delicate open bells, white lined with 

 silky blue hairs. 



C- nitidus Dougl. A foot high, white or purpiisji flowers. 



C. nudus Watson. Low and often slender, white or pale lilac, 

 wholly without hairs 



C. pulchellus Dougl., One of the hardiest and most beauti- 

 ful species, resembling C. albus, but with rich yellow flowers. 



C. unif*.orus H> df A. Large white flowers. 



