194 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Sepals e»voh with a conspicuous purple pit at b»vsc; 



anthers caudat* at apex 8. C. sttbcUpinus. 



Sepals without pit at base; anthers merely acumi- 

 nate 6. C. purdyi. 



Petals narrowly ovate, acute; • pods erect 7. C. lyaUii. 



1. Calochortus macrocarpus Dougl. Trans. Hort. Soc. 7: 276. t. 8. 1830. 



Tyi'k lAK'.M-rfi: " Diy barren grounds around the Groat Falls of the Columbia, and on 

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

 Douglas, June, 1825. 



Rance: British Columbia to Idaho and California. 



Specimens examined: White Salmon, Svksdorf in 1879; Simcoe Hills, Lyall in June, 

 186(); Egl)(*rt, Springs, Sandherg cfc Leiherg 409; without localty, Vasey Ki; Kreager 391; 

 Elleiisburg, AYwer 393; near Ellensburg, H^/ii/«/ 539; Piper, July, 1897; Wenache, Whited 

 1209; Cowiche Creek, Cotton 462; Spokane County, Mrs. Tucker; Spokane, Piper, July, 

 1894; SteamlK)at Roc-k, McKay 2\; Alkali h»kQ , Sandherg A Leiherg, July, 1892; Pullman, 

 Like d' Hull, July, 1892; Piper 1681; Waitsburg, Horner 463; lllia, Lake Jc Hull, June 

 1892. 



Zonal distribution: Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition. 



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



Tvi'E ixx:auty: Falcon Valley, Klickitat County, Washington. Collected by Suksdorf 



Range: KFickitat County and adjacent Oregon. 



Specimens examined: White Salmon, Suksdorf in 1879; Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 64; 

 Klckitat Valley, Howell 5IjO; Klickitat River, Flett 1123. 



Tiiis .sptx;ies differs constantly from C. nitidus in producing a bulblet on the stem at the 

 surface of the ground. 



3. Calochortus nitidusJ)ougl. Trans. Hort. Soc. 7: 277. t. 9. 1830. 

 Calochortus paiH}naceus Fernald, Bot. Q&z. 19: 335. 1894. 



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

 the Columbia, from the confluence of the Spokane River upwards." Collected by 

 Douglas. 



Range: Eastern Washington and adjacent Idaho. 



Specimens exa.mined: Pullman, Piper 1680, Henderson 2484; Union Flat, Lake <& 

 Hull 618. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



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



Type locality: "Columbia brittan'ca ad monies Pend Oreille et Kootenay." Col- 

 lected by Lyall. This must l)e very clo.s<i to where Wa.shiiigton, Idaho, and British 

 Columb:a meet. 



Range. Wa.shington, Idaho, and British Columbia. 



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

 Lyall in 1861. 



Zonal distkibution: Canadian. 



6. Calochortus elegans Pursh, Fl. 1: 240. 1814. 



Calochortus elegans minor Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: \Ki. 18.39. 



Calochortus elegans major Hook. loc. cit. 



Type locality. "On the headwaters of the Kooskooky," Idaho. Collected by Lewis. 

 The exact place is opposite Kam'ah, Idaho. 



Range: Washington, Idaho. 



Specimens examined: Pullman, Hull 811;- Henderson 24SS; Wenache, Whited 40, 1139. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition to Canadian. 



Small specimens of this spec'es have been referrc d c: ro;.i()usly to C. elegans nanus Wood. 



