638 



Rvdherg : The American Species of 



California: Mountains east of San Diego, 1850, C. C. Parry 

 (Mex. Bound. Surv., type in herb. Columbia Univ.) ; Plumas 

 county, 1875, Mrs. Austin. 



Washington: Nesqually River, 1838-42, Wilkes Exp., 146, 



in part. 



y 



5. Piperia multiflora so. nov. 



Montoli 



$ 



N. Y.. Bot. Garden, 1 : 106, 



in part as to specimen cited. 1900; not Reichenb. 188 

 elegans Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club, 28 : 270, in part. 1901 



Pip 



Stem stout, 4-6 dm. 



high, 



3-4- 



leaved only near the base : basal leaves 

 oblong, oblanceolate or obtuse or 



acutish, 1-1*5 dm. l° n g> 2 ~3 cm - w ^ e > 

 withering at anthesis ; lower stem 

 leaves lanceolate, acute ; upper stem 

 leaves much reduced and bract-like, 

 lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, scat- 

 tered, attenuate, 1-2 cm. long : spike 

 very dense, 1-2 dm. long; bracts 

 linear-lanceolate, almost equalling the 

 flowers 2 these greenish-white, spread- 



Fig. 30. 



ing, about 



1.5 cm. long : upper 



sepal 



lanceolate, acute, 4-5 mm. long ; lateral 

 sepals and petals linear-lanceolate, acutish or obtuse ; lip almost 

 linear, obtuse, only slightly hastate at the base, about 6 mm. 



long ; median 



ridge 



very low; spur 15- 18 mm. long, filiform, 



not clavate. (Fig. 30.) 



This species is perhaps nearest related to P. elegans, differing 

 however in the dense spike, the spreading flowers, and narrow 

 petals and sepals. 



Washington: Gray's Harbour, 1838-42, 



Exped., 19 J 



(type in 3 



g*** 475- 



Montana: Mission Range, 1883, IV. M. Candy, joy. 

 California: Monterey, Wm. Rich. 





6. Piperia elegans (Lindl.) Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club, 2 



6: 27 



o 



in part. 



1 90 1 



/ 



Platanthera elegans Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. PI. 285. i 8 35 



Montolincua elegans Rydb. Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. I : 106, 



in 



