Calochortus flexuosus S.Watson

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FROM BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN (BKL)
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QaloChortus NUTTAijyii T. & G. Pac. R.R. Rep. 2: 124.
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No. 8328, collected May 23, in coarse granite sand along-
the edge of the foothills west of Bishop, Inyo cotyrty. This is
C. nuttallii as generally accepted, and as defined by Purdy in
Proc. Cal. Acad. III. Bot. 2: 148. 190?, 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 oiir 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 baira^! 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. ¥
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN
HERBARIUM
PLANTS OF CALIFORNIA
Inyo County
. 8328 CALOCHORTUS
Foothills west of Bishop •
A. A. Heller, Collector	May 1% 1906
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