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3. Gormania Hallii Britton, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3 : 29. 1903. 



Spreading, matted, green, not glaucous, the flowering stems 8 cm. high or less. Leaves 

 spatulate to spatulate-obovate, 15 mm. long or less, 4-6 mm. wide, rounded or slightly 

 retuse at the apex, a little concave on the upper surface, the upper ones similar, narrower ; 

 cal3rx about 3 mm. long, its segments oblong-lanceolate, obtusish ; corolla bright-yellow, 

 about 7 mm. long, its tube somewhat shorter than the calyx, its lobes oblong-lanceolate, 

 obtusish ; pedicels very slender, 2-8 mm. long ; cyme little compound, thyrsoid, about ; 

 cm. broad, 3-5 cm. high. 



Type locality : Vicinity of Tuolumne meadows, Yosemite National Park, California. 

 Distribution : Central California. 



4. Gormania debilis (S. Wats.) Britton, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3 : 30. 



1903. 



Sedum debile S. Wats. Bot. King's Kxp. 102. 1871. 



Perennial by slender branched rootstocks, glabrous ; stems slender, weak, decumbent, 

 or erect, simple or branched, 3-12 cm. high. Leaves obo vat e- orbicular, or the upper ones 

 oblong, obtuse, sessile, 2-8 mm. wide; cymes 2-5 cm. broad; flowers pedicelled, the pedi- 

 cels often as long as the calyx or longer ; cal3rx- segments ovate-lanceolate, acutish ; petals 

 yellow, lanceolate, acuminate, about twice as long as the caljrx, 6-8 mm. long, united at 

 the very base; follicles erect, tipped by the subulate styles. 



Type locality : On rocky ridges on the East and West Humboldt mountains Nevada and in 

 the Wahsatch and Uintas. 



Distribution : Utah, Nevada, Idaho and eastern Oregon. 



5. Gormania oregana (Nutt.) Britton, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3 : 30. 1903. 



Sedum oreganum Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1 : 559. 1840. 



Glabrous, green ; rootstock slender, creeping ; flowering stems slender, erect or ascend- 

 ing, 8-15 cm. high. lycaves spatulate-cuneate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, the lower 

 1.7 cm. long or less, the upper much smaller; cyme compound, 2-8 cm. broad; pedicels 

 very short, mostly shorter than the calyx ; calyx- segments lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute or acuminate; corolla 8-11 mm. long, bright-yellow fading pink in age, its linear- 

 lanceolate long-acuminate segments united for about one-fifth their length, much exceeding 

 the stamens. 



Type locality : Rocks near the mouth of the Oregon River. 



Distribution : Alaska to northern California. 



6. Gormania Burnhami Britton, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3 : 30. 1903. 



Rootstocks horizontal, rather slender. Basal leaves spatulate to obovate-cuneate, thick, 

 somewhat glaucous, retuse or obcordate, 1-2 cm. long, 1 cm. wide or less, those of the 

 flowering stems similar, smaller ; flowering stems 15 cm. high or less, rather stout, reddish ; 

 inflorescence thyrsoid, 6-10 cm. long, about 5 cm. wide, rather loose ; pedicels stout, 

 3-6 mm. long, mostly shorter than the linear bracts ; calyx 4-6 mm. long, its ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate lobes acute or acuminate ; corolla cream-colored, tinged with rose, about 1 cm. 

 long, its lobes oblong-lanceolate, acute, united for about one-fourth their length. 



Type locality : Between I^ake Eleanor and I^ake Vernon, Tuolumne County, California. 

 Distribution : California. 



1 . Gormania laxa Britton, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3 : 29. 1903. 



Glabrous, green, about 3 dm. tall ; flowering stems erect. Leaves spatulate, about 2 cm. 



long, obtuse; inflorescence loose, cymose-paniculate, about 10 cm. broad and 16 cm. long, 



its branches lax, slender ; pedicels 2-3 mm. long ; calyx-segments ovate-lanceolate, acute 



4-5 mm. long; corolla red or pink, 10-11 mm. long, its lobes lanceolate, acute, ui^ited 



nearly to the middle ; anthers about 2 mm. long ; carpels erect, united at the base. 



Type locality : Waldo, Oregon. 

 Distribution : Oregon. 



