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ne 1 Oides lieissner. Annual, 5-20 . 
branched, glabrous or minutely puberulent; leaves decks inet ee 
linear, 1.5-2 mm. wide, sessile; ocreae funnelform, 4-5 mm lon 2 pe apd 
lobes very acute, becoming lacerate; flowers in small axillary fae ib Fenny 
in ovoid glomerules at the tips of the branches, the subtending preste femanarct 
oval, 5-10 mn. Long, 2-3 mm. wide, green in the middle, with br fos ep 
margins; perianth © mme long, white with a pink vein, 5-c . 
longer than the inner; stamens 5-8 with purple ai thiveiplaciuied; styles atiaeet 
minute; achene hardly more than the 1 mn long, 5-angled, lanceolate in outline. 
Occasional in broad valleys below 3000 feet. 
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~~ _P. unifolium Small. Annual, stems 1-10 cm. tall 
branches ascending, glabrous, leaves ee Cme long, 1-2 = re cg 
lanceolate, acute, sessile; ocreae 3-4 mm. long, scarious silvery 2£-cleft ] 
acute; flowers in small axillary clusters, crowded into leafy oblons or ovate 
spikes at_the tips of the branches, the bracts lanceolate, imbricated green 
and leaflike; perianth 2 mm. long, pinkish or white with green midveins 5 
Cleft, the lobes narrowly ovate, obtuse, equal; stamens 5, included, style minute =I 
S-cleft, the achenes hardly 2 mm. long. 3-aneled 7 
on the angbas. g, gled, shining, smooth, rather blunt 
In dry soil in subalpine meadow, Fish Lake, 6000 ft., ing and 9603; 
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Vanderbilt Gulch, Epling and Kempf. 
4. Pe Watsoni Small. Annual, the stems 5-10 cm. tall, simple, or 
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sparingly branched, glabrous; leaves 1-2 cme long, linear, sessile, acute; 
ocreae 4-5 mm long, funnelform, silvery, 2-cleft, becoming lacerate; flowers 
in small axillary clusters, crowded into leafy, oblong spikes at the ends of 
the branches, the bracts narrowly lanceolate, tapering, imbricated, green and 
leaflike; sometimes with very narrow scarious margins; perianth 2 mm. long, — 
white, veined with pink, 5-cleft, the lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, equal; 
stamens 5, included, the anthers red, style minute, 5-cleft; achene hardly more 
than 2 mm. long, ovoid or lanceolate in outline, d-angled, minutely longitudinally 
rugose, dull. 
Dry soil, valley of Little Potlatch Re, Sandberg 403; imerald Creek, 
pling and Offord. 
