G, . : 
—!: Pp. confertus Dougl. , Saainen 
(several fslonder and orect hx ins frai the same base, 30-60 cme tall, 
@ glabrous; blades of basal long, oblanceolate or narrowly 
elliptical, acute, attamucue slender petiole, the stem leaves 
distant, much reducedy in the upper parts, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 
tending to be obsuse, sessile and clasping, all entire and glabrous; flowers 
on pedicels about 1 mn. 1 : euse clusters at the tips of erect peduncles 
5=20 mie long, the uppermost clusters s2Ssile, crowded, the lowermost 3-5 cm. 
distant, all forming an interrupted narrow spike commonly 10-15 cm. long, 
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seat 4 
arely as wide as 205 Cm»; sepals o=-5 mie long, te ovate, obtuse or 
acuminate, y glabrous, their margins inembranous and white or tinged with 
rose, »d-l gue broad, more or less eroded; corollas whitish or pale yellow, 
somevimes Very Lightly roseesinted in the tube, drying sulphur yellow, 8-10 mm. 
long, gLabfou s without, the throat sparingly pubescent, 3 mm. wide, the lower 
lip 5.5 ma. long; anthers violescent; capsules 4 mme long. 
In /open gravelly places and dry slopes, usually at lower elevations; 
at higher elevations amongst Xerophyllum teneax. 
( apsits 
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— PP. procerus Dougl. n small clumps 3 
@ —with several, oroct, slondor, eters arising from a somewhat woody base, 30-60 
> cise tall, glabrous; blades of the basal leaves 4-6 cme long, oblanceolate or 
elliptical, acute, attenuate to a slender petiole, the stem leaves distant, 
Gov TOON TeduCced tients oblong or oblong-lanceolate, temting-te-be 
eotrs®, sessile and clasping, all entire, glabrous on both surfaces; flowers 
on pedicels scarcely 1 mn. long, in dense clusters ot—+he-—+ipe-ch-exectp upon: 
les 5-10 mm. long, the uppermost Plustesp sessile, crowded, the lower- 
most 2-8 cm. distant, all tending to be globose,forming a narrow interrupted 
spike commonly 8-12 cm. long, abous 2 cm. broad; sepals 4-5 mm. long, 
slabrous, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, mostly acuminate, their margins 
membranous, waite or tinged with blue or purple, mostly .5 mm. broad, entire 
or somewhat eroded; corolla deep blue, 7-8 ma. long, sometimes purplish or. 
ost ssinted with bluegor rarely pure white, glabrous without, pubescent in 
the ‘throat which is usually whitish or paler blue; lower lip scarcely 3 mn. 
long; anthers blue; capsules 5 mime long. 
Along streams but especially abundant in sloping meadows and old cutover 
land at lower elevations, forming there a beautiful mass of color when in full 
flower. 
