Greenee 
moe annad, Resonmtet orbs with solitary Gp 
ascending stems arising from a trailing often pmashed rocketcok, 50-45 com. 
tall, veretymovey glabrous; basal leaves tufted, their blades 4-15 cm. long, 
oblanceolate or narrowly elliptical, acute, narrowed to a slender petiole, 
the stem leaves distant, Tabs ; 
o=lz2 cm. long, tending to oblong and obtuse, sessile and clasping, glabrous, 
entire, those of the inflorescence much smaller, acuminate; flowers on pedicels 
5-5 mme long, in dense clusters at the tips of erect peduncles 1-10 om, long, 
the glomerules few, the upper crowded, the lower remote, forming a showy 
interrupted spike 5-6 cm. across; sepals 4-7 mm. long, glabrous, mostly ovate, 
sometimes broadly so, less often narrowly ovate or lanceolate, with membranous 
usually colorless, mostly entire margins scarcely «5 mme broad, abruptly 
acuninate to a short herbaceous tip; corollas a beautiful violet color, some- 
what more rose tinted in the throat, drying blue, 15-18 mn. long, glabrous 
without, che throat hairy on the lower surface; capsules 6 mm. long, broadly 
ovoid. 
In meadows at low elevations in the southwestern part of our region, 
usually associated with Polygonum bistortoides and Camassia guamash. 
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—~ P. attenuatus Doug), -beorenméet orbs with solitary or few 
ascending stems 40-60 cm. tall, arising fran crailing rootstocks, glabrous 
below, glandular in the inflorescence; basal leaves tufted, their blades 
elliptical or oblanceolate, 4-6 cm. long, acute, narrowed to slender petioles, 
the stem leaves 5-8 cm. long, Jers much smaller 
in the inflorescence, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, clasping, tending to be 
obtuse, those of the inflorescence acuminate, all glabrous and glaucous, the 
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margins entire or sometimes shallowly denticulate; flowers on glandular pedicels 
4-5 mnie long, in clusters on glandular, erect peduncles .5-3 om. long, rarely 
more, the upper clusters sessile, thus forming interrupted Spikes 10-25 om. 
long, the glomerules of which are all distinct, 1-5 om. distant; sepals 4-6 
mme long, mostly lanceolate or elliptical with narrow membranous entire 
margins, sometines ovate, with broader eroded wargins .5 mie wide, always 
glandular; corolla whitish or pale yellow, sometimes tinged with rose blue, 
15-20 mm. long, glandular on the outer surface, the lower lip 5-6 mm. long; 
capsules 5-6 mne long, broadly ovoid, P. veronicasfolius Greene ee 
= lo?) : aes 
On dry gravelly slopes usually in the open, more common in the grassland. 
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