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LILIACEiE. 



about equaling the petals; these broadly fan-shaped, clear-lilac, with 

 long scattered hairs below the middle, 1 to 1^ in. long, about as broad 

 as long; gland small and round, covered by a dense mass of short 

 hairs, or absent; filaments 3 times as long as the anthers; capsule 

 linear. 



Eastern Lake and Colusa Cos. to Monterey and southward. 



3. C. luteus Dougl. Yellow Mariposa Lily. Stem erect, 

 slender, often branching, 7 to 10 in. high; bulblets enclosed within 

 radical sheath of stem; radical leaves linear, 1 to 3 lines wide; sepals 

 narrowly ovate-lanceolate, acute, yellowish within; petals fan-shaped, 

 as long as broad, with a rather obvious claw, yellow or orange 

 without a central blotch but with penciled lines radiating from gland 

 to center of petal; gland broad, lunate, densely hairy, with ascending 

 matted yellow hairs; above this to middle of petal the hairs few and 

 scattering; stamens about equaling style, the filaments not dilated or 

 slightly toward the base, a little longer than the anthers; capsule 

 attenuate from a broad triangular base, \\ to 2 in. long. 



Coast Ranges, foothills, and low rolling gravelly or dry land. 

 May. There are named varieties which have a large purple splotch 

 on the center of each petal and often also on each sepal. Petals f to 

 \\ or 2 in. long, commonly truncate at apex, rarely roundish. 



4. C. uniflorus H. & A. Stem low, flexuous, 4 to 8 in. high, 

 with 1 to 4 bulblets beneath the surface; radical leaves 4 to 6 lines 

 broad, exceeding the stem; bracts linear-lanceolate, long, and con- 

 spicuous; flowers 2 to 10 in 1 to 3 umbels, on long flexuous pedicels 

 which are 3 to 10 in. long; sepals ovate-lanceolate, greenish-lilac; 

 petals lilac, cuneate, somewhat truncate, denticulate, 10 to 12 lines 

 long, naked above, sparingly hairy immediately above the gland; 

 this shallow, not pitted, with a narrow triangular appressed scale. 

 — (C. lilacinus Kellogg.) 



Calistoga to Monterey in low wet lands. Apr.-May. 



5. C. umbellatus Wood. Herbage glaucous, stems 3 to 10 in. 

 high, from a bulb, not bulblet-bearing, simple or branching; radical 

 leaf solitary, exceeding the inflorescence; flowers 2 to 6; sepals 

 oblong, acuminate, greenish-white, or slightly tinged with lilac; 

 petals white or slightly lilac-tinged, obovate, or fan-shaped, slightly 

 concave, to 9 lines long; gland covered by an ascending appressed 

 scale, which on its upper (free) margin is lightly fringed; on each 



petals otherwise naked; stamens £ the length of the petals. — (C. 

 collinus Lemmon.) 



Low wooded hills: Marin Co.; Oakland Hills; Walnut Creek, 

 Brewer. Apr. 



6. C. Maweanus Leicht. Pussy's Ears. Stem mostly simple, 3 

 to ') in. high, bearing an umbel of 2 to 4 flowers and with mostly 1 

 radical leaf (1 ft. long or less and 3 to 8 lines wide) which much 

 surpasses the inflorescence; sepals oblong or elliptical and acute, or 

 ovate-lanceolate, equaling or much shorter than the petals; these 



side of the gland is a hairy area 



