Box— Vol. II.] PURDY—CALOCHORTUS. 129 



"Siskiyou County, California (Greene); Multnomah 

 County, Oregon (Howell)." 



The |iescription and locality are copied from the original 

 of Watfon, but the latter habitat is incorrect, as Howell's 

 specimens are C . longcbarbatits. 



While at work on this revision the writer had not access 

 to specimens of authentic C. greenei, the examples from 

 Oregon and Washington referred to this species being in 

 reality C. longebarhatiis Watson. Specimens from Modoc 

 County, California, a little east of the type locality, appear, 

 however, to be the true C. greenei. 



Professor Greene, the discoverer of the species, is of the 

 opinion, which the writer also shares, that Dr. Watson con- 

 fused two distinct species in his description. C. greenei is 

 described as having the erect capsule characteristic of the 

 section, while Professor Greene reported that some of his 

 specimens had the nodding capsule of the Eucalochorti. 

 From the evidence, it would seem that the densely hairy, 

 strongly arched Calochortus described by Dr. Watson is 

 properly another one of the Giant Star Tulips; but this 

 cannot be definitely determined until there is fuller material 

 to work with. 



19. Calochortus pavonaceus Femald. 



Calochortus pavonaceus Fernald, Bot. Gaz., Vol. XIX, 1894, p. 335. 



Stem erect, stiff, slender, a foot or so high, with a single linear bract near 

 the middle and two or more below the umbel; radical leaf flat, shining, lan- 

 ceolate, not channeled ; flowers 1-4 in an umbel; pedicels i>^-3 inches long, 

 exceeding bracts; sepals purplish, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate; petals i>^ 

 inches long, cuneate-obovate, denticulate, with a broad daw, color lavender 

 to purple, with a circular band above the small round gland, which is covered 

 with densely matted yellow hairs; a few hairs on the margin and silky hairs 

 sparingly scattered over lower third; filaments slender, winged, exceeding 

 the obovate-obtuse anthers, which are 4-5 lines long; capsule elliptical, 

 acutely angled and strongly beaked. 



The description is from specimens collected near the 

 type locality, "Pullman, Whitman Co., Washington." 



