R enx sylvanicus ivf. Stems erect, usually branching, 80-60 cm, ta: L, 
~ “strongly hispid-hirsute, stout; leaves termately divided, on hirsute petigls 
3-20 cme long, the upper sessile but similar, blades of lower leaves 8-10'6: 
long, the petiolules 1-2 cm. long the leaflets S-parted, :the middle lobe. 
larger and longer than the lateral lobes, again incised and toothed, both sux 
faces hirsute; flowers several on slender peduncles 2-5 cm. long, the hairs .; 
appressed, erect; sepals lanceolate, 5-4 mm. long, hispid; ¢se petals subequady 
3e4 ma. long, rotund-obovate, the scale semicircular,entire; fruit a cyliniris 
cal cluster 10-12 mm. long, 5-6 mms wide, the achenes compressed, 2 mm, broad 
peaked by @ triangular style less than 1 mm. long. fai 
Frequent in marshy ground in the open, below 5000 feet; seen only in” 
a ——» Priest River Exp. Sta., 2700 ft., Ephing 8648; Port. Hill, & 
crpfdite sts, Epling; Bast River, pling; Rathdrum, Sandbere 752 
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Re sceleratus L. Annual, the roots fascicled, not fleshy, the.stems 
~ ‘procumbent ‘12-25 cm. long, branching, ly v ith fine hairs; basa 
leaves with hirsute-villous petioles 2-3 cm. long, the blades renif “eu 
line, truncate or broadly cordate at the base, 1-2 cms wide, subpedately 5- 
lobed, the sinuses broad and obtuse, the lobes obovate-cuneate, again 3-lobed. 
or toothed, the lobes or teeth very blunt, 1-35 mm. long, glabrate above, hir- 
sute beneath; cauline leaves similar, smaller, on shorter petioles, often. 
35-lobed, the lobes attenuate at the base, 5-5 toothed at the apex, the stipules 
membranous, obliquely ovate, 3 mm. long; peduncles 1-2 cm. long; sepals 
orbicular, 2 mme long, concave, thin on the margins, villous; petals yellow, 
orbicular, 5 mm. long; fruit cluster broadly cylindrical, 6 x 5 mm., the recep- ¥ 
tacle clavate, villous, achenes 1 mm. in diameter, turgid, with an obscure 5 
broad margin, smooth, the beak minute. 
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Sandy riv ~ bottom, Sonners Vorry, spling 104603; Sendpoint, Christ 118664 
Perhans the native ver. mitifidus iivtt. rather than naturaliged true 
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Douglasii Howell . ; _ 
Re Domentiientneensn Roots fascicled, rather fibrous; stems 50-60 cm. 
tall, slender, simple or widely branching in the inflorescence in vigorous 
; forms, hispid with spreading hairs and usually glaucous; basal leaves on hispid : 
\ petioles 5-30 cm. long, the blades renifora in outline, 2.5-15 cm. broad, cor- 
date at the base, the sinus wide, the lobes rounded, three lobed or parted, the 
lobes, especially the middle, cuneate, shallowly incised or merely toothed, 3 
hirsute on both surfaces, the lower paler; cauline leaves smaller, the lobes” 
nearly or quite simple, acute, the petioles 1-2 cme long; flowers few in a — 
terminal cyme, pedicels 1-3 cm. long; sepals lanceolate or oblong, recurved, sub- ; 
equal to the petals; hispid; petals 2-5 mm. lone, spatulate or obovate, the 
gland subtended by 4 recurving spur; fruit a globose cluster 5-6 mm in diameter, 
achenes 2-2.5 mae long, strongly flattened, thinly hispidulous , the style sub- 
equal, stronsly curved and hooked, slender, receptacle hispidulous. 7 
in (2. tenellius Nutte). 
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qj: Common in meadows or marshy places in woods and bottoms throughout our : 
region, 2500-6500 feet; quite variable in habit and size in the same community; ! 
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robust forms nearly glabrous may occur. Cur nlents seem to be more or ] 38 = me a 
towrd %, Bonvsr i Greene, to which this svecies is manifestly allied.- 
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