Re laxiflorwn Pursh. sprawling, with prostrate stems, the branches as- 
cending, 50-50 cm. tall, mature park olivaceous, smooth, branchlets green or 
reddish, minutely crisp-hairy; buds ovate, obtuse, bisecting the angles, 5-5 
To 
Associated with R. lacustre and lienziesia glabella. 
gu. 
40 Revett Cr., 1 
mme long, the terminal twice as large, a11 conspicuous, the scales red or greeh, — 
obtuse, glabrous, the margins ciliolate; petioles 4-8 cm. long, often reddish, | 
glabrous or sparingly glandular, expanded at the base, the margins often mem- 
pranous , frequently forming stipules 2-5 mme long, obtuse, the margins pearing : 
elandular hairs 2-5 mne lons; blades reniforn, 4-8 cm. in diameter, deeply corda 
at the base, 5-lobed, the lower lobes rounded, all lobes obtuse, the middle 
divergent ,margin crenately serrate, the teeth obtuse, apiculate, 1-5 m. tall, 
ciliolate, upper surface ereen and glabrous, dull, lower surface paler, minutely | 
and sparingly crisp-puberulent, obscurely glandular with sessile glands under a 
lens, the veins prominent pearin, small stalked glands; racemes erect, 5-9-flow-— 
ered, crispulous and glandular with red, stalked glands, bracts lanceolate, 2-5 
mnie lone, glandular; the calyx tube thickenec, shallowly cup shaped, 25-0 mm. 
in diameter, bearing stalked j,lands, the lobes thin, 2.5 mme long, 4-5-5 mme 
proad, greenish, more or less fan+shapec, trax~gversed by 9-10 veins; petals 2 me 
proad, 1 ma. lon;, shaped like a lover's knife, purple; stamens seated on the | 
edge of the tube, 1.2 mn. long, the yellow anthers about equal to the purple 
filaments * styles ©, distinct, thickened below; fruit deep wine color, without & % 
: * . 
bloom, globose, 6-8 mm. in diameter, bearing reddish stalked glands and minutely | 
puberulent. 
Woodss ‘Spirit Lake, Putnam 
var. coloradense (Cov.) Jancz. Differs chiefly in the thicker 
leaves\with more obtuse lobes, more bushy habit and the absence of stalked 
glancs uyon the veins of the leaves; apparently a subalpine form which 
passes in’the species at lower elevations. (R. coloradense Cove) 
Occurs infrequently in dense masses al palpi 
; ong subalpine streams 
sprawling over boulders. : » of ten 
mm. below lake, 4000 ft., Putnam; Revett Lake at r 
ee ee -, Putnam; 2 La outlet 
et ft., Bpling, Houck and Putnam 10114; Rattle Cr., 4200 ft., Riley ani cut- 
