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10. Calochortus purdyi Eastw. Purdy's Star Tulip. Fig. 1066. 



Calochortus fiirdvi Eastw. Proc. Calif. Acad. III. 1 : 137. 

 pi. 11. 1898. " 



Stem rather stout, 2-3 dm. liigh, glaucuiis, 

 branching, not bulbiferous at base. Flowers 2 to 

 several, broadly open-campanulate ; sepals elliptic 

 to narrowly ovate, abruptly acuminate, tinged 

 with purple, 12-15 mm. long; petals 15-20 mm. 

 long, broadly obovate-cuneate, rounded or ab- 

 ruptly acute at apex, somewliat arched, creamy 

 white, tinged with purple, bearded over the en- 

 tire inner surface with long hairs, these white on 

 the upper half of the petal and purple on the 

 lower ; gland conspicuous, semi-circular, covered 

 by a densely hairy narrow scale ; anthers lan- 

 ceolate, abruptly acuminate, creamy white of 

 purple. 4-5 mm. long, shorter than the filaments ; 

 capsule 25-30 _mm. long, broadly elliptic. 



Grassy meadows and hillsides, Humid Transition Zone; 

 east of the Coast Ranges, Seattle to Grants Pass, Oregon. 

 This species is very closely related to Calochortus tolmiei, 

 from which it is distinguished by the presence of a scale 

 over the gland. Type locality: Willamette \'^alley, in the 

 foothills on dry gravelly soil. 



11. Calochortus tolmiei Hook. & Am. 

 Toluiie's Star Tulip. Fig. 1067. 



Calochortus tolmiei Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey 398. 1841. 



Stem erect or ascending, slender and flexuous, usu- 

 ally branched, 15-45 cm. high. Flowers 2 to several, 

 open-campanulate ; sepals oblong-lanceolate, 12-18 mm. 

 long, tinged with purple ; petals creamy white tinged 

 with purple, cuneate-obovate, 15-20 mm. long, bearded 

 over the entire inner surface with long hairs, these 

 on the lower part of petal purple, on the upper white ; 

 the gland without a scale, but the upper circular edge 

 with a dense fringe of reflexed hairs ; anthers lanceo- 

 late, acute, 5 mm. long ; capsule elliptic, acute at both 

 ends, 2-3 cm. long, nodding. 



On dry grassy plains of the Transition Zone; Willamette 

 Valley, Oregon. Type locality: "on the banks of the Wahlamet 

 (Willamette) River.' 



12. Calochortus apiculatus Baker. 



Baker's Star Tulip. 



Fig. 



1068. 



Calochortus apiculatus Baker, Tourn. Linn. Soc. 14: 305. 

 1875. 



Stem 2-4 dm. high, flexuous. Flowers 1-9, 

 umbellate, on slender elongated pedicels, erect, 

 campanulate ; sepals lanceolate, 15-20 mm. long, 

 acute, greenish white ; petals pale yellow, 20-25 

 mm. long, obovate, obtuse, sparsely hairy on 

 the inner surface ; gland without scale ; anthers 

 6-8 mm. long, acuminate, equalling the filaments ; 

 capsules nodding, 20-30 mm. long, oblong. 



Moist woods of the Canadian Zone; British Columbia 

 to Idaho and eastern Washington. Type locality: prob- 

 ably close to where Washington, British Columbia and 

 Idaho meet. 



