8. Ae congesta Nutt. Densely tufted perennials, tne stems erect, 20-40 cm. 
tall, much branched at the base, wiry,  labrous throughout, pale and glaucous; 
leaves on the short sterile branches densely fascicled, 5-3 cm. long, linear, 
stiffish, tapering evenly upward, tipped with a short spine, the margins 
ciliolate and rough to the touch, those or the flowering stems similar, shorter 
than the internodes, reduced upwards; flowers in dense terminal glomerules 
1-1.5 cme in diameter, bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, scarious 
except for the vein, minutely ciliolate; sepals 5 mae long, broadly lanceolate, 
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: Seveined, green in tae middle, white-scarious on tue margins and minutely ‘ 
; ciliolate? petals linear-oblanceolate, 8 mm. long, the exserted ae 3 
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{ spreading-recurved; stamens subequal to the petals, the anthers flesh color; ; 
styles 3; valves 6; capsule ovoid; seeds 5 ma. long, black, minutely papillose, 
rucose, strongly flattened. (A. cephaloidea Rydb. }. 
Occasional throughout our region on rather ary sunny slopes, 2000-6000 feet. : 
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9. A. capillaris Poir. var. formosa (Fischer) Regel. Tufted erect, Se 
q) of __ Perens =O 10-20 cm. tall, branching at the base, glabrous below, glandular- 
puberulent in tne uppe.’ parts; leaves on the sterile branches crowded, <-4 4 
cme long, linear, tapering evenly, tipped with a short spine, the margins 
minutely ciliolate or entire, those of the flowering stems similar, 1.5-< 
cm. long or less, reduced upwards; flowers 5-15 in a terminal open cyme, bracts 
3S mm. long, scarious, lanceolate, pedicels 1-2 cm. long; sepals 5-5.5 mn. long, 
ovate or oval, obtuse, broadly scarious-margined, leveined; petals about twice 
as lone, oblanceolate, spreading, the stamens shorter, violet; capsule ovoid, 
6 ma. long, the valves 6, lanceolate, acute; seeds 1.5 rm. in diameter, strongly 
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flattened, minutely papillose, rugose. (A. formosa Fisch. ). 
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Reck outcrops and exposed but moist crevices on the high peaks, 5000-7000 
feet, throughout our region. 
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