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1. C. Mengiesii (Re br.) Spreng. A pretty herb, the stems more or less 
prostrate; leaf midvein whitish towards the base, 3-6 com, long, lanceolate, 
rounded near the base, acuce, serrulate, the petioles 5-7 mm, long; flowers 
nodding, commonly 2 or 3 terminating the branch, the peduncle 3-4 ecm, long, 
the bracts membranous, vedicels 5-8 ma. long; calyx-lobes ovate, 4 mm, long, 
increasing and strongly undulate in iruit; petals waxy, subrotund; the : 
stamens and style subequal, tic anthers longer tlian the filaments, which are 
dilated and hairy at the middle; capysule flattened-globose, 5-6 mm, in 
diameter, 
Infreguent and inconspicuous, occurring throughout our region in 
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shaded wosds wieeh packed duif; usually solitary. Orogrande Cre; Fox Cre, 
3000 ft.3 Upper Priest iis, 3000 ft, 
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2¢ Ce umbellata (L.) Bart. var. occidentale (Kydbe) Blake. Princes Pine, 
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Herb 10-50 cm, tall, the stems simple, ascending, glabrous; leaves in 
several whorls, 4-5 cm. long, 1-2.5 cm. wide, oblanceolate, glossy, obtuse, 
narrowed to a petiole 2-5 mn, long, sharply serrulate; flowers nodding, 
several, the peduncle 8-10 cm, long, glandular-puberulent, on sediccls 1,5=2 
em, long; calyx-lobes orbicular, rosy, 2 mm, longs petals orbicular, concave, 
tinged with rose, spre.ding at first then pressed backward, waxy, 6 mm. long; 
stamens spreading, rose-purple, 4 ma, ‘long, the filaments abruptly dilated in 
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sticky; fruiting capsules erect, with withering persistent bracts, subglobose, 
flattened ecually at both ends, reddish-green, glandular-pubescent, the 
stigma prominent. (C. occidentalis Rydb.). 
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Comnon throughout our region in more or less shaded woods, The dried 
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capsules often persistgag to the following year, ‘Type of var. is Sandberg 
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et al. 519 from Pine treek, near Farmington, Letah Co, 
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