SAN DIEGO MARIPOSA 



Calochortus weedii Wood 



The San Diego mariposa has a very restricted range, being con- 

 fined to the desert regions of San Diego County, California, and adja- 

 cent Lower California. It loves the steep, dry slopes of the arroyos, 

 where its long stems wave gracefully in the breezes that blow fit- 

 fully over the country. The grasslike leaves often turn brown before 

 the flowers have opened. The San Diego mariposa differs from some 

 of its Californian relatives in having its flower cups adorned with 

 beardlike hairs grouped about the nectar gland at the base of each 

 petal. 



The specimen sketched was obtained in the outskirts of San Diego, 

 California. 



plate 199 



