V. occidentalis Heller. Erect plants 40-70 om. tall, with 
' creeping horizontal rootstocks and fibrous len ete stems mimitely hirtellous 
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on the angles; basal leaves simple, the blades e iptical, 5-9 om. long, 
or obscurely crenulate, not lobed, on slender petioles 5-20 om. long, ciliolate 
towards the base; cauline leaves 2-3 pairs, 5-15 om. long, cut to the midrib 
into 5-9 leaflets, elliptic-lanceolate, 1.5=5 om. long, the terminal one 
largest, all acute; inflorescence flat-topped, elongating in fruit; bracts 
lanceolate 3-5 mm. long; ovary glabrous 1.5-2 mm. long; corolla 3 mm. long, 
the lobes rounded, subequal to the tube; achene 4.5-5 mne long, glabrous, 
tapering upwards, 1-5 mm. wide at the base, pappus bristles about 12, slightly 
longer than the achene. 
Cold wet prairies within the Coeur d'Alene Mth, sever 308; De Smet 
ling. 
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V. sitchensis Bong. An erect glabrous or sparingly puberulent 
perennial with horizontal rootstocks and fibrous roots; stems 60-90 om. 
tall, branching in the inflorescence; basal leaves 10-15 cm. long, 5 = 
foliolate, the terminal leaflet oval or rotund, the petioles subequal to the 
blades, ciliate towards the base; stem leaves 3-4 pairs, 5-5-foliolate, the 
lateral leaflets oval or ovate, subacute, mostly 3-5 cm. long, glabrous or 
minutely and sparingly puberulent, sinuate-dentate or subentire, the ter- 
minal leaflet Similar, usually more dentate, about twice as large; inflor- 
g?__escence subcorymbose, consapat first becoming an open panicle, with usually 
a pair of more remote |brancheg (lower cuvtianebem, the bracts lanceolate, 
sparingly hispidulous, 48 mm. long; ovary glabrous, 3-4 mm. long; corolla 
white or tinged with rose, sparingly hispidulous, 5=8 mn. long, the lobes 
rounded, subequal, scarcely 2 mm. long; stamens exserted 3-4 mme, the anthers 
1.4 mme long; style subequal to the stamens, subcapitate, filiform; achene 
glabrous, 5 mm. long, tapering upwards, 1.5-2 mm. wide at the base, the pappus 
bristles about 12, Slightly longer than the achenes. 
Common at higher altitudes in subalpine meadows and along small streams. 
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