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WESTERN SPECIES, NEW AND OLD.— V. 



Dichelostemma pulchellum (Salisb.) 



Hookera pulchella Salisb. Parad. Lond. 3: pi. iiy. i8oS. 



Brodiaea pulchella Greene, Bull. Cal. Acad. 3: 133. 1886. 



This species has commonly been confused with D. conges- 

 tuMy and has never apparently been transferred to the genus 

 where it belongs. 



Cytherea occidentalis (Holzinger) 



Calypso bulbosa forma occidentalis Holzinger, Cont. U. S< 



Nat Herb. 3: 251. 1895. 

 Calypso occidentalis Heller, Bull. Torr. Club, 35: 193. 



1898. 

 The writer collected the type of this plant, and again got it 

 at type locality in 1896. It has never been properly described, 

 but some day we hope to find it again here in California, and 

 carefully diagnose it in the living state. 



Spraguea montana (Jones) 



Spraguea umbellata var. montana Jones, Bull. Torr. Club, 

 9: 31. 1882. 



Calyptridium nudum Greene, Pittonia, 1 : 64. 1887. 



spraguea nuda Howell, Erythea, 1: 39. 1893. 



The writer obtained this species July 27, 1903, no. 7024, 

 east of Summit Station near the railroad crossing, at practically 

 the type locality, for the types of both Jones and Greene were 

 from the immediate neighborhood. It was also seen on Castle 

 Peak and at other near-by points. From living plants it was 

 noted that the petals are ovate-oblong, very slightly contracted 

 below, acuminate and cuspidate, 2 mm. wide but commonly 

 somewhat involute, which in dried specimens would no doubt 

 cause the narrow appearance described by Greene. The sta- 

 mens are yellow, as noted by Jones, who also remarks that "the 

 var. grows at a higher altitude than the typical form, generally 



