1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California 139 



Specimens examined. — Plumas Countj^, Mrs. R. M. Austin in 1876 ; 

 Glen Alpine, Setchell and Dobie, July 6-21, 1901 ; Lake of the Woods, 

 Tahoe, 8,100 feet, Smiley 58 ; Desolation Vallej^ 7,500 feet, McGregor 

 163; Duffield's Ranch, Bigelow; Meadow back of Glacier Point, 

 Yosemite, A. Graef in 1872 ; Hockett meadows, Tulare County, 8,500 

 feet, in grass beneath pines. Hall and Chandler 4754; Tioga Road, 

 Yosemite, marshy meadow near Aspen Valley, 6,400 feet. Smiley 908. 



2. Calochortus Nuttallii var. Leichtlinii (Hook.), comb. nov. 



C. Leichtlinii Hook., Bot. Mag., vol. 96, t. 5862. 1870. 

 C. Nuttallii var. subalpinus Jones, Contr. W. Coast Bot., vol. 12, p. 78. 

 1908. 



Type locality. — ' ' In the Sierra Nevada of California. ' ' 



Range. — Sierra Nevada. 



Zone. — Canadian. 



Specimens examined. — Jameson Creek, Plumas County, 6,300 feet, 

 Hall 9311 ; southeastern approaches to Castle Peak, Heller 7062 ; 

 Blue Lakes, 8,500 feet, Hansen 1252; near Suzy Lake, Tahoe, 7,600 

 feet, Smiley 167 ; Tallac sawmill, Tahoe, 6,400 feet. Smiley 141 ; Glen 

 Alpine, Dudley, June 28, 1900; Caple's Lakes, Alpine County, 8,500 

 feet, Hansen 587 ; peak south of Sonora Pass, 9,000 feet. Brewer 1923 ; 

 Ebbett's Pass, 9-12,000 feet. Brewer 1993; Tioga Road west of Lake 

 Tenaya, Yosemite, 7,900 feet. Smiley 585; Volcano Creek, Tulare 

 County, 7,500 feet, Hall and Babcock 5426. 



Typical C. Nuttallii T. and G. is a widely ranging species in west- 

 ern North America while this variety, distinguished by the paler 

 colored flowers and anthers more or less sagittate at base, is strictly 

 of the Sierran region and is found at a higher level than the species. 



5. ERYTHRONIUM 



1. Erjrthronium purpurascens Wats., Proc. Am. Acad., vol. 12, 

 p. 277. 1877. 



Type locality. — "In the Sierra Nevada: near Downieville, Sierra 

 Co., and frequent in Plumas Co." 



Range. — Sierra Nevada, 



Zone. — Upper Transition and Canadian. 



Specimens examined. — Plumas County, Mrs. R. M. Austin in 1876 ; 

 Downieville, Dr. J. M. Bigelow (type) ; near snowbank on north side 

 of Shuteye Mountain, Madera County, 8,200 feet, J. Murdoch Jr. 

 554; Mt. Moses, Tulare County, rocky places, 8-9,000 feet, Purpus 

 1341. 



