194; CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Sepals each with a conspicuous purple pit at base; 



anthers caudate at apex S. C. suhalpinus. 



Sepals without pit at base; anthers merely acumi- 

 nate 6. C. purdyi. 



Petals narrowly ovate, acute; pods erect 7. C. hjallii. 



1. Calochortus macrocarpus Dougl. Trans. Ilort. Soc. 7; 276. t. 8. 1830. 



Type locality: "Dry barren grounds around the Great Falls of the Columbia, and on 

 the summit of the low hills between them and the Grand Rapids." Collected by 

 Douglas, June, 1825. 



Range: British Columbia to Idaho and California. 



Specimens examined: White Salmon, Suksdorf in 1879; Simcoe Hills, LyaU in June, 

 1800; Egbert Springs, Sandherg & Leiberg 409; without locally, Vasey S3; Ereayer 391; 

 Elleiisburg, .fcYmer 393; near Ellensburg, IF7nto/ 539; Pi/jer, July, 1897; Wenache, Whikd 

 1269; Cowiche Creek, Cotton 462; Spokane County, Mrs. Tuclcer; Spokane, Piper, July, 

 1894; Steaml)()at Rock, McKay 21; Alkal'. Lake, Sandherg i& Leiherg, July, 1892; Pullman, 

 Lake & Hull, July, 1892; Pi/wr 1681 ; Waitsburg, Horner 463: llha. Lake cfc //'///, June 

 1892. 



Zonal DisTUinuTiON: Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition. 



2. Galocliortus longebarbatus S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 381. 1882. 



Type locality: Falcon Valley, Klickitat County, Washington. Collected by Suk.sdorf 



Range: Klickitat County and adjacent Oregon. 



Specimens e.xamineu: White Salmon, Suksdorf in 1879: Falcon Valley, Sukyf/orf 64; 

 Klckitat Valley, Howell 560; Klickitat River, Flett 1 123. 



This species differs constantly from C. nitidus in producing a bulblet on the stem at the 

 surface of the ground. 



3. Calochortus nitidus Dougl. Tians. Ilort. Soc. 7: 277. /. U. 1830. 

 Calochortus pavonaceus Fernald, Bot. Gaz. 19: 335. 1894. 



Type locality: "On the chain of the Blue Mountains and mountainous districts of 

 the Columbia, from the confluence of the Spukanc River upwards." Collected l)y 

 Douglas. 



R.4NGE: Eastern Washington and adjacent Idaho. 



Speci.mens E\AMi.\Eu: Pulimau, Piptr 1680, Ilinderson 2484; Union Flat, Lake i& 

 Hull 618. 



Zonal distribution: .Vrid Transition. 



4. Calochortus apiculatus Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. 14: 305. 1875. 



Type locality: "Columbia, brittanCa ad montes Pend Oreille et Kootenay." Col- 

 lected by Lyall. This must be very clo.se to where Washington, Idaho, and Bi'itish 

 Columbia meet. 



Range. Wasliington, Idaho, and British Columb'a. 



Specimens examined: Spokane, Miss Kate Reed; Pend Oreille and Koolciiay rivers, 

 Lyall in 1861. 



Zonal dlstkibuiion: Canadian. 



5. Calochortus elegans Pur.sh, Fl. 1: 240. 1S14. 

 Calochortus elegans minor Hook. Fl. Bor. \\n. 2: ls:*>. 18:{9. 

 Calochortus elegans major Hook. loc. cit. 



Type locality. "On the headwaters of the Kooskooky," Idaho. Ci)llected by Lewis. 

 The exact place is opposite Kam'ah, Idaho. 

 Range: Wa.shington, Idaho. 



Specimens examined: Pullman, //i^// 811; //c7/(/(t.s(;;/ 2483: Wenache, Whited Ai). 11.39. 

 Zonal distribution: Arid Transition to Canadian. 

 Small specimens of this species have been rcfei':<'d c: :'o..cously to ('. iligans nanus \\'ood. 



