Se acaulis Le var. exscapa (Alle) D.Ce. oss Campi : oP 
: ; , One ae ee so mee: 
Cae 5-8 cme tall, nearly glabrous; leaves 1 cm. phe Leak. Sick ree | 
, te “op Pay. Fe 
towards the base, linear, acute, the cauline pair 
1 mm., membranous and loosely clasping; aus aie for 
or less, calyx 6-7 mm long, purplish, cylindrical light2 py 1 cm. long 
teeth 1 mm long or less; corolla exserted 1-2 mm. , petals Ft 28 lated, the 
. deeply notched; capsule 7-8 mm. long, subsessile. ; pink, more or less 
Snowy Top lit., 7400 rt., Warren 284. A hae 
Te : _ eee ee 
I sii Hook. Menzies Pink. Stems decumbent, spreading, much 
pranched, glandular-pubescent throughout; leaves 1-6 cm. long, lanceolate, 
oblanceolate or elliptical, acute or obtuse, narrowed gradually at the base, 
sessile and somewhat clasping, bota-suréeegs pubescent; flowers in the axils 
of the upper somewhat reduced leaves, pedicels glandular-puberulent, »5-1.5 
Cme long; calyx 5 mm. long, glandular, obscurely 10-nerved, cylindrical, 
obovate in fruit, the lobes ovate, 1-2 me longs petals white, quickly 
narrowed to a claw which is exserted about 2.5 mm., the blades cleft 25-3 
mme,bearing a tooth on each side below the middle} ovary truncate and lightly 
S-lobed, seated with the subequal stamens on a fleshy disc; styles 4; capsule 
oval , serwes, 5.5-4 Mn. lon, loosely covered by the calyx; seeds rotunde> 
reniform, less than 1 mn. long, brown and minutely roughened. 
Comzion throughout our region in open places in rather dry woods or on 
sunny open slopes, usually below 5000 fect. ce 
NMH ~“ Archibald iienzies (vronounced Menyees), surgeon and naturalist xrith the 
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