9. Leptarrhena R. Br. 
| @evernteit terhs-wich senior DTHOnine Toot rboeka, Leaves chiefly 
basal, alternate, leathery. Flowers in a cymose panicle. Calyx campan- 
ulate, the lobes erect. Petals 5, white, persistent. Stamens 10, fila- 
ments subulate. Ovary superior. or nearly so, deeply 2-lobed, the carpels 
nearly distinct. Fruit formed of two follicles joined at the base. Testa 
elongated into tail-like appendages longer than the seed proper. 
1. Le pyrolifolia (D. Dony) R. Bre —— Rhizome slender, scaly, often 
branching, leaves crowed” near the apex, the blades 3-6 cm. long, oval, 
er e-serrate, entire toward the base and narrowed into a short expanded 
clasping petiole, upper surface green and glossy, mgose, glabrous, lower 
surface pale, often reddish; flowering stem scapiform, glandular, rather 
stout, sumeenedl with 1-2 sessile bractlike héaves, inflorescence dense in 
flower,1-2 cm. long, elongated and open in fruit; calyx scarcely 2 mm. long, 
campanulate, the lobes ovate, obtuse, somewhat longer than the tube; petals 
lanceolate-oblong, 1 mm. long; stamens shortly exserted, the filaments 
stout; ovary included; fruit ovoid, 7 mn. long, 
spreading at the apex; seeds, with appendages, 4-5 mm. long. 
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Subalpine meadows and sphagnum bogs; infrequent but abundant locally. 
aw —— > Upper Priest R., 5000 Po. Mepblbig Sols; Lion Creek, 5000 ft.NEpling> a 
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