Calochortus bruneaunis A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.

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MONOGRAPH OF CALOCHORTUS
©. Nuttallii var. bruneaunis
(Nelson & Macbride) Ownbey
Date jane., 1939	makion ownbey
Calochortus nuttallii T. & G. Pac. R. R. Rep. 2: 124,
*855-
No. 8328, collected May 23, in coarse granite sand along
the edge of the foothills west of Bishop, Inyo county. This is
C. nuttallii as generally accepted, and as defined by Purdy in
Proc. Cal. Acad. III. Bot. 2: 148. 1901^ but does not altogether
accord with the original from “summit of Noble’s Pass, Sierra
Nevada.” That has “stem 2-flowered; leaves very narrowly lin-
ear; petals obovate-cuneate, rounded at the summit (white, but
yellow at the base), with an oblong dense tuft of hairs on the
claw; and just above this a purple spot, with a few scattered
hairs.” The petals in our plant have- a raised blunt point, the
gland is roundish, “covered densely with agglutinated hairs,” as
described by Purdy. In addition there is a ’purple, somewhat
lunate-shaped spot below the gland, with a yellow and yellow-
haired band around the gland except at the base, and above the
yellow band a purple somewhat penciled spot. It is possible
that the plant called C. leichtlinii is typical nuttallii, and that
much of what passes for the latter is unnamed. My 7062, col-
lected in 1903 on the slopes of Castle Peak, Nevada county, dis-
tributed as C. leichtlinii is perhaps typical nuttallii, judged by
the original description.
PLANTS OF CALIFORNIA
liiyo County
8328 CALOCHORTUS UTJTTALLIL T. & G,
Foothills west of Bishop
A. A. Heller, Collector	May 190# .
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