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4. C. umbellatus Wood. Stems 7.2 to 24 cm. high; basal leaf ex¬ 
ceeding the inflorescence; sepals oblong, acuminate; petals white or 
slightly lilac-tinged, obovate or fan-shaped, 1.2 to 1.8 cm. long, with a 
hairy area on each side of the gland, otherwise naked; gland covered by 
an ascending appressed scale which is lightly fringed on its upper 
margin.—Low wooded hills about San Francisco Bay. 
5. C. uniflorus H. & A. Stem with 1 to several bulblets below 
ground; flowers 2 to 10, in 1 to 3 umbels; pedicels flexuous, 7 to 24 cm. 
long; petals broadly cuneate, somewhat truncate, 2 to 2.4 cm. long, naked 
except an area immediately above the gland which is sparingly hairy; 
glands shallow, with a triangular appressed scale.—Open wet fields, Coast 
Ranges. 
6. C. weedii Wood. Weed’s Mariposa. Stem 2.8 to 8.6 dm. high, 
usually branched ; basal, leaf 1, long; sepals narrowly ovate-lanceolate, 
often exceeding the petals; petals fan-shaped, deep yellow, 2.4 to 3.6 cm. 
long, covered with silky yellow hairs, each set in a brown dot; gland 
circular or oblong, densely matted with short hairs.—S. Cal. 
7. C. luteus Dougl. Yellow Mariposa. Stem stiffy erect, bulblet- 
bearing at base, 1.6 to 2.4 dm. high; basal leaves usually 2; sepals nar¬ 
rowly ovate-lanceolate, yellowish within; petals yellow or orange, fan¬ 
shaped, as long as broad, with or usually without a central brown blotch 
or “eye”, slightly hairy below; gland crescent-shaped, densely hairy with 
ascending matted yellow hairs.—Dry hills, mid. Cal. 
8. C. venustus Dougl. White Mariposa Lily. Habit of no. 7; 
petals broadly fan-shaped, with long scattered hairs below the middle, 
2.4 to 3 cm. long, white, cream-color, lilac, purple, red, or pink, with a 
central “eye-spot”, in some forms with a red blotch above the eye ; gland 
quadratish or longitudinally oblong, densely matted with hairs.—Mostly 
in the foothills. 
9. C. splendens Dougl. Lilac Mariposa.. Petals lilac-purple, hairy 
on lower third, without eye-spot; gland small, round and densely hairy.— 
Mt. Diablo to San Diego. 
8. FRITILLARIA L. 
Stems simple. Bulb with thick scales. Leaves often in whorls. 
Flowers in racemes, rarely solitary. Perianth campanulate, the seg¬ 
ments distinct, each with a shallow nectary near the base. (Latin fritil- 
lus, a dice-box, cn account of the shape of the flower.) 
Stems leafy only on lower half, the larger leaves mostly basal. 
Flowers dull white.1. F. lihacea. 
Flowers dark brownish or greenish-purple.2. F. biflora. 
Stems leafy above, the lower half or third naked. 
Flowers scarlet; style cleft % to % its length.3. F. recurva. 
Flowers -brownish-purple ; style cleft to below the middle.4. F. lanceolata. 
1. F. liliacea Lindl. White Fritillary. Stems 7.2 to 14.4 cm. high, 
1 to 3-flowered; basal leaves oblong, upper narrower; flowers 1.2 to 1.8 
cm. long.—Bleak hilltops about San Francisco Bay. 
2. F^ biflora Lindl. Mission Bells. Stems stout, 1.4 to 4.3 dm. 
high, 1 to 3-flowered; leaves borne near the base, oblong; perianth 1.8 to 
2.4 cm. long.—Near the coast, San Luis Obispo to San Diego. 
