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- eee calycosa Griseb. Stems several, ascending from horizontal 
rootstocks 3-6 mm, in diameter, 20-40 cm. tall; leaves ovate or, rotund-ovate, 
rounded at the base and sessile, connate and Clasping the stem, very obtuse, | 
3-5 veined, dull green, ascending, the floral sheathing the Ccalyces; | 
flowers 1-3, axillary on pedicels 1-3 mm, long, each subtended by a pair F 
of ovate bracts subequal to the calyx or longer; calyx 10-25 mm, long, 
the tube membranous, 8-15 mm, long, the lobes 2=15 mm, long, unequal, 
spatulate to ovate, one sinus usually mich deeper than the others; corolla 
deep blue, the tube often greenish, 3-4,5 cm. long, tubular-campanulate, 
1-1,5 cm. broad in the throat, .the lobes broadly ovate or rotund, spreading, 
obtuse 7-10 mn. long, dotted with green, separated by membranous folds 
which are prolonged into a bifid more or less lacerate appendage; stamens 
2-3 om. long, adnate below the middle, the anthers 2 mn, longy yellow; 4 
capsule 4 cm, long; seeds not seen, (Dasystephana calycosa Rydb.), 
Occasional in meadows at higher elevations; abundant locally. Stevens 
Peak, 6425 ft.3; Hoodoo Lakes; Windy ridge trail, 6000 fte3; Wiessners Peak, 
6400 fte3 Vanderbilt Gulch, 3000 ft. 
