380 Bicknell : Species of the Genus Hydastylus 



scales ample, usually slightly exserted : flowers apparently medium 

 sized, the anthers 3-4 mm. long : capsules oblong to broadly ellip- 

 soid, 7—10 mm. long, at maturity crowded together on short pedi- 

 cels mostly 10-15 mm. long, on large plants becoming 20 mm. 

 long, mostly much shorter than the bracts : seeds black, distinctly 

 pitted and umbilicate, small, .75-1 mm. in diameter. 



Coast region of Oregon and Washington. Flowering in June 



and July. 



Oregon: Elihu Hall, 1871 ; Newport, A. Isabel Mulford, 



June 1, 1892. 



Washington : Near Gray's Harbor, Wilke's Expedition, 1838— 



42 ; Chehalis Co., July 6, 1897, F. H. Lamb ; Estuary of the Co- 

 lumbia, Nuttall ; low hills of the Columbia, Dr. Scouler. 



Very near indeed to H. Californicus and often equally stout, 

 but mostly lower, with shorter spathes, broader and less unequal 

 bracts, the inner one more obtuse, smaller flowers, very much 

 shorter pedicels and smaller capsules and seeds. 



The plant is mostly much stouter than H. borealis with broader 

 and more obtuse leaves and bracts and dries darker ; the flowers 

 and capsules are rather larger, although the seeds appear to be 

 equally small ; in the specimens examined the seeds are darker, 

 less finely pitted and less widely umbilicate, except in size agreeing 

 more nearly with those of H. Californicus, Although a larger 

 plant than H. borealis, the pedicels, which are relatively much 

 shorter, are in most specimens absolutely so, say 10-15 mm. as 

 against 1 5-20 mm. 



The exact status of the plant can probably be determined only 

 by critical comparative study in the field. i 



' Hydastylus Elmeri (Greene). 



Sisyrinchiiun Elnuri Greene, Pittonia, 2: 106. 1890. 



Nearly allied to H. Californicus but smaller and especially 

 more slender, 1 5-30 cm. high, not turning dark unless carelessly 

 dried." Leaves half the height of the stem or less, 1-3.5 mm - 



ery 



very 



narrowly winged or merely margined, like the leaves sometimes 

 minutely serrulate ; bracts of the spathe subequal or the outer one 

 slightly the longer, 16-25 mm. long and united -clasping for 

 mostly 5-6 mm., narrowed or short-attenuate to an obtuse point, 

 the rather narrow inner bract scarious obtuse : flowers yellow, 



