Yellow Star Tulip
Calochortus Benthami, Baker. Lily Family
Leaves.—Much elongated; two to five lines broad. Stems.—Slender; three to six inches high. Buds.—Nodding. Flowers.—Erect; yellow. Petals.—Six or seven lines long; spreading; mostly obtuse; rather densely covered with yellow hairs. Gland.—Shallow; lunate. Capsule.—Nodding; six to nine lines long. Hab.—Sierra Nevada foothills, throughout their length.
WHISPERING BELLS—Emmenanthe penduliflora.
This is a very pretty little star tulip, with graceful, flexuous stems and erect flowers, whose spreading petals are covered with hairs. Sometimes there is a dark-brown, almost black, spot upon the petals, and when such is the case the plant is called C. Benthami, var. Wallacei.