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tiolatis, superioribus sessilibus ovatis acuminatis, verticillis multifloris confertis sub- 

 aphyllis, corolla calyce longiore. {LindL) DotigL in Bot, Reg. t 1260. 



Hab. Mountain Pine woods, in dry sandy soils, between Salmon River and the Kettle Falls of the 

 Columbia, and in the valleys of the Rocky Mountains, at an elevation of 7000 feet above the level of the 

 sea. Douglas.— Flowers small, crowded, sulphur-yellow. 



13. P.procerm; herbaceus, caule erecto stricto subsimplici, foHis lanceolatis integer- 

 inferioribus petiolatis superioribus sessilibus subconnatis, floribus verlicillato. 



spicatis, calycis segmentis membranaceo-laciniatis mucronatis, filamento sterili edentulo. 

 —Bough in Bot. Mag. t. 2954, Grah. in Ed. Phil. Journ. July, 1829. 



Hab. Plains of the Saskatchawan to the Rocky Mountains, Dr Richardson, Drummond. Banks of the 

 Columbia, between Fort Vancouver and the Grand Rapids. Douglas,— \N^\\^mQi River. Mr Tolmie.'- 

 Habit of P. confertus, but the flowers; are blue-purple, varied with a redder tinge. Mr Douglas' specimens 

 are very luxuriant, 2-3 feet high, those from the Saskatchawan 1 foot to IG inches. 



14. P. attenuatus ; caule stricto apice piloso, foliis radicalibus elllpticis acutis petio- 

 latis, superioribus ovato-oblongis amplexicaulibus sessilibus, omnibus glabris integer- 

 rimis, panicula stricta, calycibus corollisque pubescentibus, capsulis glaberriniis, (Lindl.) 

 Dougl in Bot Reg. t 1295. 



Hab. Mountains of Lewis and Clark^s River. Douglas,— Viosyers moderately large, pale-yellow.— My 

 specimens, however, under this name from Douglas, have decidedly purple flowers : and are perhaps rather 

 referrible to the foUowinor. 



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15. P. acuminatus; caule ascendente foliisque glabris valtle glaucis, horum radicali- 

 bus ovato-oblongis longe petiolatis integerrimis subcoriaceis, caulinis bracteisque cordatis 

 acuminatis sessilibus amplexicaulibus, fasciculis florum subsessilibus, sepalis acuminatis 

 glaberrimis, corollis tubo infundibulari fauce inflata, limbi laciniis laiis retusis. {LindL) 

 Dougl. in Bot Reg. t 1285.— ft minor — P. nitidus. Dougl. in Hook. Herb. 



Hab. Barren sandy plains of the Columbia. Douglas.— {i. Red Deer and Eagle Hills, and other dry 



places of the Saskatchawan and Assinaboine and Red Rivers. Dr Richardson. TJow^/as.— Flowers rather 

 large, bright purple. 



16. P. puhescens ; caule pubescente erecto, foliis lato-lanceolatis lanceolatisve dentalo- 

 serratis infimis subspatliulatis supremis basi subcordatis, panicula laxa erecta, pedunculis 

 plurifloris, corolla tubo elongato, labio superiore bifido breviore, inferiore porrecto trilobo 

 intus filamentoque sterili apice dense fulvo-barbatis. Ait Hort Kew. v. 2. p. 360. Mich. 



•Ph. — a, latifolius. Sims, Bot. Mag, t. 1424.— ft angustifolius. 



Hab. Upper Canada. Lady Dalhousie. Lake Huron. Dr Todd. — Flowers white suffused with purple 



and red. I cannot distinguish the P. Icevigatus specifically from the present. Nuttall justly observes, that 



both are hairy (they have two bright yellow tufts) on the base of the lower lip within : as also has P. glau- 

 cus. Grah. 



IT. P. gracilis ; caule erecto gracili, foliis magis minusve serratis glabris, inferioribus 

 spathulatis caulinis lanceolatis basi subcordatis, panicula laxa stricta pubescente, pedun- 

 culis plurifloris, corollas tubo elongato labio superiore bifido breviore, inferiore porrecto 



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