7. 2. occidentalis jiats. Rootstock stout and Short, 1.5-2,5 cm, in diameter; 
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stems erect, comionly 1 m, tall, unbranched; principal leaves 20-40 CMe 
long, 8-12 cm, wide, oblong, apex obtuse, truncate or cordate at che base, 
plane or somevhat undul:te; panicle 20-60 cm, long, secondary branches ascend- 
ing, rose-colored in fruits; inner segnents of mature perianth rounded-cordate, 
7-0 ima, long, reticulately veiuea, tubercle none, pedicels subequal; achene 
ovoid, brown, 5 ma, long, che angles very acute. 
In meadows and along roadways chiefly below S000 fte; throughout our 
rangee 
