348 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



8. CALOCHORTUS SPATULATUS S. Wats. 



Calochortus spatulatm S. Wate. Proc. Amer. Acad. 14: 267. 1879. "Oaxaca Ghiea- 

 breght." 



Stem simple or branched, about 40 cm. high; basal leaves unknown; cauline leavea 

 linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, dilated at base, clasping; axils bulbiferous; bracts 

 lanceolate; flowers purple, horizontal, on peduncles much exceeding the cauline 

 leaves; sepals and petals spatulate, with a hairy gland a little below the middle; 

 filaments thread-like, 6 to 8 mm. long; anthers 2.5 to 3 mm. long. 



Distribution: Oaxaca. 

 Specimens examined: 



Oaxaca: Specific locality not stated, Ghiesbreght in 1842. 



Type in the Gray Herbarium. 



9. CALOCHORTUS PURPUREUS (H. B. K.) Baker. 



Fritillaria purpurea H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1 : 288. 1815. "Creech locis apricis, 

 aridis Novae Hispaniae prope Patzcuaro, alt. 1130 hexap. " 



Calochortus bonplandianus Schultes f . in Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 7: 1532. 1830. 

 "Humb. et Bonpl. nov. gen. red. Kunth III. p. 288, sub Fritillaria purpurea. " 



Cyclobothra purpurea Sweet, Brit. FL Gard. II. 1: pi. 20. 1831. "Fritillaria purpurea 

 Humb. Bonpl. and Kth. nov. gen. et Bp. 1 p. 288. " 



Cyclobothra propinqua Schauer, Linnaea 19: 701. 1847. "In Mexico Aschenb. 

 exs. n. 374. " 



Calochortus purpureus Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. 14: 308. 1875. "Fritillaria purpurea 



H. B.K.Nov. Gen. 1:288 " 



Stem simple, 20 to 40 cm. high from a fibrous-coated corm; lower leaves narrowly 

 linear, upper lanceolate, acuminate, dilated and clasping; flowers one or two, hori- 

 zontal, on peduncles exceeding the leaves; Bepals oblong-lanceolate, distinctly 

 Bpotted at the base; petals of the same shape as the sepals and hairy near and on the 

 margins; anthers 5 mm. long; pod erect. 



Distribution: On the table-lands of central Mexico. 

 Specimens examined: 



Guanajuato: A. Dugh in 1880. 



Jalisco: On the road between Huejuquilla and Mesquitec, August 25, 1897, 

 J. iV. Rose 2589; slopes of canyons near Guadalajara, September 28, 1889, 

 C. G. Pringle 2329; Rio Blanco, August, 1886, Dr. E. Palmer 338. 



10. CALOCHORTUS BARBATUS (H. B. K.). 



Fritillaria barbata H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1: 288. 1815 "Crest-it in montanis 

 prope Guanajuato et Vallodolid Mexicanorum, alt. 1,000-1,100 hexap." 



Cyclobothra barbata Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. I. 3: 273. pi. 27. 1828. "Fritillaria 

 barbata Humbl. et Bonpl. nov. gen. red. Kunth." 



Calochortus pallidus Schultes f. Syst. 7: 1533. 1830. "In Mexico: D. de Kar- 

 winsky." 



Calochortus flavus Schultes f. Syst. 7: 1535. 1830. "Fritillaria barbata Humbl. et 

 Bonpl." 



Cyclobothra flava Lindl. Bot. Reg. under pi. 1662. 1834. "Calochortus flavus 

 Schultes fil. Fritillaria barbata Kunth." 



Cyclobothra pallida Lindl. Bot. Reg. under pi. 1662. 1834. "Calochortus pallidus 

 Schultes fil." 



Cyclobothra lutea Lindl. Bot. Reg. pi. 1663. 1834. "Cyclobothra barbata Sweet 

 Fl. Gard. t. 273." 



