lle E. alpinum Le Densely Caespitose stoloniferous plants, the stems 
10-15 cm, tall, crisp-puberulent in lines, somewhat glandular above ; 
leaves thin and smooth, oval and mostly widest at the middle, sessile, 
or the lower leaves shortly petioled, entire, very blunt or rounded at 
the apex, 1-1.5 em. long, 6-12 Mie wide; calyx limb 3 me long, the 
lobes obtuse; corolla purnle or rose-colored, 4-6 mn, long; seeds smooth, 
Vanderbilt Gulch, 5000 fte; Dearskull Lite, 6000 ftes; Fish Lake, 
6000 ft.; South Baldy Mt., 6000 ite 
stoloniferous 
12. &. Hornemanni Reichenb, areet or procumbent : perennial 
herbs, frequently with several tufted stems 10-30 Cme tall, glabrous 
below, crisp=puberulent in longitudinal lines above; leaves glabrous, 
1-4.5 cm, long, .5-2,5 CMe wide, ovate, hardly acute, rounded at she 
base and narrowed to a petiole 2=3 ma, long, the margin subentire; 
flowers few, in the uppermost axils, erect; Sepals glabrous, 2,5-3 Mine long, 
the tube 1 mm, long; petals rose-purple or even bluish, notched, 5-7 mm, 
long; capsules Slender, erect, glabrous or Sparingly glandular with short 
spreading hairs, 3-4 cm, long, borne on pedicels 1-2.5 em, long; seeds 
very minutely roughened, 
In muddy places along margins especially of subalpine rivulets, 
13, Ee lactiflorun Nausskn, Low caespitose herbs with slender erect stems 
crisp-puberulent in lines, someyhat glandular above, 15-30 Cm. tallg leaves 
thin, oval or oblong-elliptical, mostly obtuse, entire, 1,.5-2.5 om, long, 
6-12 mn. wide, borne on short vetioles l-2 mm, long ; Calyx-limb 3-4 TN.» 
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long, the lobes obtuse; corolla white, 3-4 mm, long; »seds 3-5 cm, long, 
sparingly glandular; seeds smooth, 
Crevices of rocks, Packsaddle Peaks Fish Lake, 6000 fte; Spokane 
Mdws,; Fish Lake Ure, 5000 Pte; Upper Priest Re 
