ore. 
‘Ve orbiculata ant iene a rootstock about 1 om. long; om? 
_ stolons 5-6 om. long, ascending, bearing 2-3 small bracts; leaves 2.5-3 om. 
Ce} Ve. adunca Sne ——->irect, tufted, frequently much branched at the base, 
~ §=20 cme tall; leaf blades ovate, 3-5 cm. long, obtuse but the sides straight 
_ glabrous, petioles 5-6 cm. long, slender; peduncles shorter than the leaves, — 48 
in diameter, rotund, deeply cordate at the base, the margin shallowly and 
remotely crenulate, upper surface sparingly hispiduious, lower popes 7 MG 
bracteate below the middle; sepals 35.5=-4 mm. long, lanceolate, acute, the — 
margins green, the middle reddish, but little prolonged at the base, the tips 
spreading; corolla yellow, the throat lined with brown, petals 6=-8 mm. long, 
the upper and laterals oblong-oblanceolate, the latter somewhat larger, the 
lip slightly longer, obovate, notched, narrowed at the base; style clavate, 
scarcely beakeg; the spur very short and blunt; capsule 5=6 mm. long. 
Gommon throughout our range in fairly open woods, 2500-5000 feet; at 
least some of the foliage is biennial. e@ locality is the Coeur'd'Alene Mts, 
where it was collected C. A. Geyer in 1844, §— : 
above the middle, lightly cordate at the base, both surfaces sparingly pubes- 
cent, the margin shallowly crenate, the crenae 5-4 mm. wide, petioles puberu- 
lent, 5-10 cm. long; peduncles about equal to the leaves, glabrous; calyx- 
lobes 4-6 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate, very acute, the margins thin; corolla 
blue, the upper petals obovate, 6 mm. long, the laterals similar, larger, 
bearded with filiform hairs near the base, the lip 8-9 mme long, obovate- 
rotund, produced backward into a blunt straight spur 5 mm. long; capsul 
5-8 mm. long; cleistogamous flowers on pedicels 2-3.5 cme. long. 
Mostly in open young woods, in gravelly soil or on rocky outcrops and 
along trails, usua}jly at lower elevations. 
