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Se Lya@llii Se. Jats. Stems <0-40 cm. tall, erect and stiffish, branched 
at the very base, but the stems relatively few, the lower internodes pubescent 
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with recurved hairs, the upper 5-10 cm. long, viscid with capitate glands; 
leaves narrowly linear-elliptical or oblanceolate, commonly 4-5 Cme long, 3-5 
mme wide, the stem leaves frequently 7-8 mn. long, 10-12 mm wide, acute, taper- 
ing below the middle, sessile, scale-like in the inflorescence, pubescent; 
flowers few, Chiefly disposed in the upper two axils, pedicels .5-2 com. long; 
calyx 15-15 mn. long, loosely cylindrical, inflated and narrowly campanulate 
at maturity, glandular, tne veins purplish, rarely green, at least in flower, 
the intervenous tissue quite scarious, teeth ovate, 1-1.5 mm. long, the mr- 
gins scarious; petals 15-16 mm. long, 5 mm. wide, dull, white, purplish on 
the back or purplish throughout, narrowed to a long claw, the spreading limb 
35 cme long, the notch 5 mn. deep, commonly with a small lateral tooth on each 
side 6 ma. below apex above the shoulder which is usuelly rounded, appendages 
two, < mae long; ovary cylindrical, on a fleshy stipe 5-4 mm. longs capsule 
10-12 mm. lone, narrowed above, the stipe 4-6 mm. long, erect in fruit; seeds 
not seen. (Se Macounii Rob. |}. 
Infrequent in dry ground or sunny ledges 2500-5000 7t.,— 7 
——*” Lake Coeur d'Alene, Epling and Houck 10357; Snowy Top lit., Anderson; 
Epling 5794; Priest River Exp. Sta., Bpling 7847; Moyie River, Lyall. 
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Se multicaulis Nuttall. Stems commonly 20-50 cme tall, erect and stiffish, 
much branched at the very base, the upper nodes 5-10 cme long, minutely 
pubescent with recurved hairs, not glandular; leaves narrowly linear-elliptical 
or oblanceolate, comnonly 4-5 cm. long, 5-5 mm wiue, the stem leaves fre- 
quently 7-S cme long, 10-le mm. wide, ascending, acute, tapering below the 
middle, sessile, scale-like in the inflorescence, pubescent; flowers few, 
Chiefly disposed in the upper two axils, pedicels .5-< cm. long, commonly with 
& small bracts near the middle; calyx 15-15 mm. long, loosely cylindrical, 
rounded at the base, 10-veined, somewhat inflated, the teeth ovate, 1-2 mm 
long, the margins scarious, the tips lightly hooded; petals 15-20 mm. long, 
2eD-5 mmMe Wide, pubescent at the base, whitish,tinged with purple or green, 
narrowed to a long claw, the notch 1-1.5 mn. deep, appendages two, 2 mme long; 
ovary cylindrical on a fleshy stipe 5-4 mm. long, truncate at the apex and 
lightly lobed, styles variable, 5-4; capsule 10-12 mm. lone, narrowed above, 
the stipe 4-6 mae long; seeds 1-1.e< mm. long, renizorm, brown, roughened. 
Infrequent on roc: ledges and exposed ridges <500-6000 feet. 
——7 Fish Lake 6500 ft., Hpling and Houck 9835; Scurvy lite, Kirkwood 1949; 
Graves Peak, Shattuck and Fenn; Fox Creek, 5000 ft., Spling 5797; Juligetta, 
Sandberg 542; Bearskull lite, Spling 10se7¢¢>———__—______ 
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