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LTLIACEAE 
Perianth greenish or yellowish white, nearly rotate. Capsule globose, 
seeds several in each cell. (Anagram of Allium.) 
1. M. maritima (Torr.) Wats. Plants 7 to 22 cm. high; perianth 
without glands, segments 4 to 6 mm. long.—Alkaline fields. 
2. M. serotina Greene. Taller, 3.3 to 4.8 dm. high; leaves fewer; 
perianth with very broad green veins to the segments, the inner seg¬ 
ments with pit-like glands.—Half-open foothills; upper San Joaquin Val¬ 
ley; mountains of or towards the interior of S. Cal. 
7. CALOCHORTUS Pursh 
Stems from membranous-coated conns, the basal leaves few, long and 
narrow, the upper leaves small or none. Flowers very showy. Sepals 
greenish or colored, mostly lanceolate. Petals showy, mostly cuneate, 
obovate or fan-shaped, usually with a conspicuous gland or pit near the 
base. Capsule 3-angled or -winged. (Greek kalos, beautiful, and chor- 
tos, grass, in allusion to the flowers and grass-like leaves.) 
Perianth globose or with inarched petals; flowers nodding; petals incurved or 
strongly arched ; gland transversely crested or hairy ; pod nodding, with 
acute or thin wings.—G lobe Tulips. 
Petals white to pale pink or rose, the margins entire.1. C. albus. 
Petals yellow, the margins fimbriate.2. C. pulchellus. 
Perianth campanulate. 
Flowers erect or ascending; pod nodding; stem low and flexuous.-— Star 
Tulips. 
Petals obovate, mostly acute, hairy all over.3. C. caemleus. 
Petals fan- or wedge-shaped, rounded, hairy only near the gland. 
Petals white.4. C. umbellatus. 
Petals lilac.5. C. uniflorus. 
Flowers erect, open campanulate; gland usually densely hairy; pod erect, 
narrow, with thick lobes ; sepals often hairy or spotted within.— 
Mariposa Lilies. 
Gland depressed in a pocket.6. C. weedii. 
Gland not depressed. 
Hairs of gland linear, entire. 
Flowers yellow; gland crescent-shaped.7. C. luteus. 
Flowers white; gland quadrate.8. C. venustus. 
Hairs of gland with swollen tips.9. C. splendens. 
1. C. albus Dough White Globe Tulip. Stems usually branching, 
2.8 to 5.7 dm. high, leafy; basal leaves long and narrow, 1.4 to 5.7 dm. 
long; flowers sub-globose; sepals ovate, acuminate, greenish-white; 
petals pure white, purplish at base, ovate-orbicular, 2.4 to 3 cm. long, 
with scattered silky hairs above the gland.—Wooded foothills. 
2. C. pulchellus Dough Golden Lantern. Habit of no. 1; flowers 
yellow; petals strongly inarched, hairy within; gland bordered with stiff 
hairs which cross each other, visible from the outside as a projecting 
knob.—Wooded hills. 
3. C. caeruleus (Kell.) Wats. var. maweanus Jepson. Pussy Ears. 
Stem usually branching, 7.2 to 24 cm. high, leaves exceeding the stem) 
sepals ovate-lanceolate; petals white or pale blue, lilac-dotted and lined, 
a little longer than the sepals, broadly obovate or roundish, 1.2 to 2 cm. 
long, the upper surface with white or bluish hairs; gland covered above 
with a narrow transverse scale, an area immediately above the scale 
densely hairy.—North Coast Ranges. 
