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3- Se Menziesii Hook. Dense shrub, 1-2 m. tall, the atens numerous, 4 
Exenerestee (Conseglanceclate or oblongSpanicleg the secondary branches and 
ascending or erect, young growth often dark red or tan, puberulent, soon 
checking, the thin outer bark flaking away, the inner becoming: brownish drab, 
roughened by mimite longitudinal fissures; leaves oblong, 4<8 om. ‘long, 1=2.5 
cme broad, obtuse or rounded at the apex, narrowed somewhat at the base, sub- 
sessile or on petioles 2-5 mm. long, serrate above the middle, both surfaces : 
glabrous, the lower paler, or sometimes a rs along the veins; f 
pedicels finely tafientose; calyx campamulate, the triangular-ovate lobes soo 
reflexed, 1.5 mm. long, finely tomentose, equal to the tube; petals reser 
oval, about 5 mm. long, exceeded by the persistent stamens; carpels commonly 
5, puberulent; follicles 2.5 mm. long, shining, tipped by the persistent styles; 
seeds about 1.8 mm. long. ——>(S. Menziesii Hook; S. idahoensis A. Nels.), 
In the yellow pine type and at the margin of the Thuja type, below 
3000 feet, in meadows and along streams and the margins of bogs. 
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