BOT— Vol. II.] PURDY— CALOCHORTUS. 1 27 



the bracts, erect in flower, recurved in fruit; flowers broadly open-campanu- 

 late; sepals from elliptical to narrowly ovate, abruptly acuminate, tinged with 

 purple on the outer surface, purple-veined on the inner, two-thirds as long as 

 the petals; petals broadly obovate-cuneate, acute or rounded at apex, creamy 

 white or tinged with purple, bearded all over the inner surface with long hairs 

 which are white on the upper half of the petals, purple on the lower, some- 

 what arched by the narrow, transverse, semicircular, conspicuous gland, the 

 shallow pit of which is covered by a densely hairy narrow scale; anthers lan- 

 ceolate, abruptly acuminate, cream color or purplish, shorter than the fila- 

 ments, which broaden to the base; capsule 3 cm. [one-fourth inch] long, 

 2 cm. [10 lines] wide, broadly elliptical, with the three wing-like valves trans- 

 versely veined. 



Tlie above is the original description as given by Miss 

 Eastwood. 



"Willamette Valley [Oregon], in the foot-hills," 



C . purdyi may be distinguished from C . tohniei by its 

 color and the absence of the gland. The two are fre- 

 quently confused and many of the specimens in herbariums 

 labeled C . tolmiei are in reality C . purdyi. 



Through C . howellii, C . tohniei and C . -ptirdyi are closely 

 related to C longebarbatus; while the large forms of C. 

 maweamcs link them to the elegans group. 



^ 16. Calochortus apiculatus Baker. 



Calochortus apiculatus Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.), Vol. XIV, 1875, 

 P- 305- 

 Stem stout, erect, a foot to 18 inches high; the single radical leaf 6-12 

 inches long, 3-9 lines wide; bracts linear, acuminate, 1-3 inches long; 

 sepals lanceolate, greenish white, acute, 6-9 lines long; petals straw 

 colored, broadly obovate, one inch long, distinctly pitted, above with only 

 scattering hairs, pit densely hairy and without scale; anthers 4 lines long, 

 acuminate; filaments as long; capsule 12-15 lines long, narrowly oblong. 



"Columbia brittanica ad montes Pend Oreille et Koot- 

 enay." 



The above is drawn from Baker's original description 

 and from letters. The writer has no personal knowledge 

 of the species. 



Section II. Mariposa. 



Flowers and fruit erect on stout pedicels; flowers open-cam panulate; gland 

 usually densely hairy; capsule (except in Group i) narrow, with thick lobes, 



