456 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL 
HERBARIUM. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Skamania County, Suksdorf 1487; Peshastin, Sandberg &: Leiberg 
495; Spokane, Henderson 2273; Blue Mountains, Piper 2448. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
POLEMONIACEAE. Puiox Faminy. 
Calyx distended and at length burst by the capsule. 
Corolla large, salverform; leaves all opposite, entire; seeds not 
becoming mucilaginous when wetted; ours all suffruticose 
perennials .... 22.2... 222222020000 0202 2222 e eee eee Puiox (p. 456). 
Corolla tubular, funnelform or salverform, usually small; 
leaves mostly alternate, usually not entire 
Calyx not distended nor burst by the capsule. 
Corolla not rotate. 
Calyx lobes spine-tipped; leaves pinnatifid - . 
Calyx lobes not spine-tipped; leaves entire or - pinnatifid 
Corolla rotate (in ours); leaves pinnate, the leaflets entire... . 
PHLOX. 
Densely tufted species with crowded leaves; flowers solitary on the 
shoots. 
Herbage beset with woolly hairs....... 2.2 2..222-.-22-2-.-.--- 
Herbage not beset with woolly hairs. 
Calyx not at all wooly; leaves hispid-ciliate. 
Leaves grooved, 5 to 6mm. long..:..............-.--- 
Leaves usually plane, 8 to 14 mm. long 
Calyx sparsely woolly; leaves often woolly at base. 
Herbage finely glandular 
Herbage not glanduiar. 
Leaves all acerose; style half as long as corolla... __ - 
Leaves not all acerose; style nearly as long as co- 
rolla... 2.222222. 22 eee 
Loosely tufted taller species; flowers in cymes. 
Style long, usually equaling the corolla tube. 
Inflorescence not glandular; 
Inflorescence glandular. 
Whole plant viscid-pubescent; leaves linear, 2 to 4 mm. 
leaves narrowly linear... 2... - 
Only the inflorescence viscid-pubescent; leaves linear, 1 
mm. wide...--. 2... ..222002 02222022222 
Style short, not longer than the ovary. 
Upper leaves on flowering stem dilated at base. 
Leaves linear, soft; cymes loose. - 
Leaves lanceolate, rigid; cymes dense... Leelee 
Upper leaves on flowering stems not dilated a at “base. 
Leaves linear or narrowly lanceolate 
1. Phlox canescens Torr. & Gr. Pac. R. Rep. 2?: 122, pl. 6. 1855. 
TYPE LOCALITY: 
RanGE: Eastern Washington to California and Colorado. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Wenas, Cotion 917; Horse Heaven, 
13, 1896. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
Cotion 
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we 
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589; 
Mountains, Cotton 566; Klickitat Hills, Gorman, April, 1895; Columbus, Suksdorf, April 
GILIA (p. 459). 
. NAVARRETIA (p. 463). 
CoLLoMIA (p. 464). 
PoLEMONIUM (p. 466). 
CaTLESCENS. 
. condensata, 
. caespitosa. 
.rigida, 
. douglasii. 
>. diffusa. 
longifolia. 
. viseida, 
. viridis. 
. speciosa, 
. lanceolata. 
. whitedii, 
. occidentalis. 
“On the Cedar Mountains, south of Great Salt Lake,” Utah. 
Rattlesnake 
