@y>.s Se Douglasii Hook. Perennials with creeping rootstocks, the annual 
a erect, come ora Pe Cme tall, glabrous, internodes shorter than the leaves; 
leaves fleshy, becoming scarious, widely spreading, bearing bulblets in the 
axils below the inflorescence, lanceolate, acute, 1-2 cm. long, loosely , 
| articulated, easily falling away, the margin extended beyond the eo 
4 the lowermost leaves in globose tufts, scarious and expanded and clasping a 
the base; rlowers pale yellow, savovel—in—e—bemminal—oymdy sessile, the a 
lobes 2 me lon;, triangular-acuminate, the petals rotate, 7-8 mm. ong. 
oblong-lanceolate, carinate, mucronate; stamens somewhat shorter than the 
petals,.the follicles half their lensth, the styles 1.5 mm. long; mature 
follicles 5 mm. long, rotate-spreading, the suture lightly winged near the 
base. 
Common throughout our region, 2500-6000 feet or more, in dry thin soil, 
on rock outcrops, in rock crevices, etc. 
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Oe De acre Le — >Lootstocks trailing, scaly, the stems decumbent or 
ascending, 6-10 cm. long; leaves 5 mm. long, ovate, obtuse, light green, 
imbricated, prolonged below the articulation 1 mm. or more, scarious when 
ary; flowers several in—locse—tesminal—cumiy; sepals ovate, 1 mm. long, 
obtuse; petals 35.5-4 mm. lone, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, veined; follicles 
tardily spreading, 5-5.5 mn. long, styles 1 mm. long. 
In sand near the Inn, Upper Priest Lake, Epling and Houck 10284; escaped 
from culvivatione 
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