1031 | 
2 Flowers purple or lavender with a purple band 3 4 
ee 
& anthers blunt | 
/ 
4 Petals rounded-truncate at the apex, not 
T ° (ouglasianus) 
2 pointed; capsule oval, strongly winged 9, Co Sattetdre- 
A Petals abruptly pointed at the apex; capsule 
8 linear-oblong, not winged 4.Ce macrocarpus 
— 
1, Ce elegans Purshe Cat's Ear, Stems slender, graceful, dainty, 5-30 cm, 
tall, the corm ovoid, .8-1.5 cm. in diameter; leaves exceeding the stems, 
3-8 mm, wide, rather glaucous; bracts 1-3 cm, long, narrowly lanceolate 
or linear, ascending; flowers several, on very slender pedicels 1-4 cm, 
long; sepals 10-15 ma. long, ovate to lanceolate, boat-shaped, greenish 
or whitish, mottled with purple inside, the petals elliptical, oval or 
ovate, 15-20 rm, long, recurving above the middle, white, purplish or blue 
towards the base, the gland covered with a crescent-shaped fringed scale 
5-4 mm, wide, surmounted by long slender hairs; stamens 8 mm, long, the 
anthers pale blue, about 5 ma, long including the acuminate tin; capsule 
1.5-2 cm. long, oblong-elliptical in outline; seeds straw-color, ovoid 
but flattened and curving, 5 ma, long, 
subelpine 
Cecasional on partly shaded/slopes and ridges, but occurring in 
tay 
woods as low as 2000 ft. i'ype coll%’ by Lewis opp peesente—tonn—oFf 
Kamiah, Sette 
L | var, selwayensis (St, John) Owenbdy, with gland nearly striaght and shorter, 
and petals only moderately bearded, does not seem to be geographically isolated 
but occasional over our range, 
