mar sined 
SAY 
Ss, (Gviseb.) lCuntze. 
2. & albicaulis Devel. Stems several, erect, 20-30 cm, tall, from 
a stout perennial taproot, minutely puberulent; basal leaves numerous, 
linear-oblanceolate, 8-15 cm, long, 5-10 mm, wide, 3<veined, the margins 
whitish; cauline leaves about 3 pairs, opposite, ascending, Similar but 
smaller, all minutely puberulent “ith spreading hairs, Canescent; terminal 
spicate panicles 2-6 cm, long, elongating in fruit, the bracts Huan, 
5-15 mm, long; sepals very acute, thin, 5=6 mm, long, spreading; corolla 
blue (rarely white), its lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 8-10 m. long, 
each bearing an oblong, greenish gland down the middle, 3 mm, long, .5 mm, 
wide, fringed on the margins; stamens subequal to the corolla, ascending, 
alternating with lacerate scales 1/3 the lencth of the filaments; capsule 
6-12 mm, long, elliptic. (Leucocraspedum albicaule Rydb.). 
Dry open hillsides in the grassland, 
e NH fastigiata <Pursh} Hekter, American Columbo, Stems 05-2 m, tall 
. 
from a stout taproot 2-3 cm. in diameter, glabrous throughout; basal 
leaves oblanceolate to obovate or elliptical, the blades 10-35 cm, long, 
tapering into alurgimeg petiole 3-10 cm, long; cauline leaves similar but 
more oblong, in whorls of 3, reduced gradually upwards, all light and greens; 
dense spicate panicle 10-15 om, long, increasing to 30-40 cm. in fruit, 
bracts linear 1-2,5 cm. long; sepals 4, 5-6 mm, long in flower, increasing 
to 10 mm, in fruit, thin; corolla lavender=biwe, veined with blue, the 
petals 9-12 mm, long, ovate-elliptical, persistent, each bearing a circular 
greenish gland at the base which is surrounded by a fringed margin 1,5=2 MIN» 
tall; stamens erect, 5 mm, long; capsule broadly oval, 15 mm, long, finely 
mottled with darker green before drying; seeds flattened, subreniforn, 
5-6 mm, wide, rugose. (F. thyrsiflora Hook. ), 
Frecuent oi. open gravelly hillsides at low elevations, This species 
heed Collects el 
of -eur—region_and-sdjeceont—Washington wes taken by Meriwether Lewis on 
UVRAR th. 
phe Sevemesh-rtets.on.at Jieippe, Edaho, 
