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Some new Species of Californian Plants 
By ALIcE EAsTwoop 
(WITH PLATES 6 AND 7) 
Fritillaria Purdyi (Plate 6) 
Corm with fibrous roots, deep-seated, with a large bublet on 
one side and a very small one on the other; stem flexuous, en- 
larged below the leaves, extending underground 15 cm. : radical 
leaves opposite but apparently whorled in 3 pairs, thick, pale green, 
oblong-lanceolate ; the outer 3 cm. broad, 9 cm. long; the inner 
about half as broad and of almost equal length; margin strongly 
undulate, crisped along the very edge ; cauline leaves 4, alternate, 
lanceolate, obtuse or callous-tipped : flowers 1-2, 2.5 cm. long, 
White, mottled with purple in lines and spots, on erect pedicels 
that recurve at apex; outer divisions obovate, 13 mm. wide, 
slightly incurved at base, the middle marked by a greenish-yellow 
band which later becomes purple; inner divisions oblong-lanceo- 
late, as long as the outer but narrower, 8 mm. wide: stamens with 
Versatile anthers, filaments 1 cm. long: ovary 6-ribbed, cylindrical, 
5 mm. long, spotted with purple, tipped by the style, which is 2 
mm. long: fruit purplish, obconic-orbicular, obtusely 6-sided, 
each side being marked by a prominent nerve but without wings 
or ribs, abruptly tapering at base, flat on top, about 15 mm. long: 
Seeds somewhat thickened on one side, winged on the opposite 
side, 6 mm, long. 
This description was drawn from fresh specimens sent by Carl 
Purdy in whose honor it is named. The specimens were grown 
in Mr. Purdy’s garden in Ukiah from bulbs sent by Mr. Charles 
Lowe from Kneeland, Humboldt county, California. It was 
looming in April in Mr. Purdy’s garden and the ripe fruit was 
sent to me by Mr. Lowe, May 27. He collected it where he had 
Collected the original bulbs. Mr. Lowe also sent blooming plants 
in April which were not so tall nor so luxuriant as those from 
Which the description was made. The type is in the herbarium 
of the California Academy of Sciences. The drawing, from the 
fresh Specimen, was made by Miss Margaret W. Buck. 
Monotropa Californica (Plate 7) 
Seca Solitary or in clumps, about 1 dm. high, glabrous, waxy- 
ut io leaves deltoid to ovate, sessile by a broad base, acute, entire 
sughtly erose, 1-2 cm, long, about 6 mm. wide at base: flowers 
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