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#. Lyallii Gray. + A diminutive perennial 5-15 cme tall, 
tne ‘leaves ontire, oblanceolat., the basal ones tufted, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 
attenuate towards tne base, the cauline Similar but more oblong-lanceolate 
and usually larger, all usually mucronate or abruptly acuminate at the 
apex, clandular-pubescent on both surfaces; heads solitary, terminating 
erect or ascending leafy glandular stems or sometimes two; bracts of the 
involucre often reddish, in 5-4 series, membranous, at least the margins 
of the innermost scarious, all oblong-lanceolate, acute, glandular 6-10 om. 
‘lon:; ray-flowers yellow about twice as lons; as the bracts; mature achenes 
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not seen. (Tonestus Lyallii A. Nels.). 
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In rock crevices on the hign peaks of the north. 
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2. B. carthamoides (Hook.) Gray ste (iydb.) Hall. ——» Perennials 
sivi’ stout roots; basal leaves oblanceolate, 10-15 cm. ioug, mostly obtuse, 
attenuate to an indefinite petiole, thinly villous whes—yewrtp becoming 
glabrous ane. leathery, the stem leaves Sida bt esy sessile and less 
attenuate below the midale, all entire; heads terminal and solitary or few 
in a raceme, sessile, their involucral bracts in several densely overlapping 
series, the outermost subfoliar, puberulent ana ciliate, obovate to oblong, 
10-20 mu. lons, acuminate, the inner series oblong, thinner, rounded at the 
apex but mucronate, their margins somewhat uneven; ray-flowers scarcely 
exceeding the bracts; acnenes 6 mune lone, narrowed at the apex to a short 
peak, the pappus spreading and stiffish.  (Pyrrocoma rigida Rydbe). 
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In dry gravelly soil at low elevations in association with yellow or 
lodge-pole pine. Granite Sta,, Kootenai vo., is the type locality of this 
subsnocies (Sandberg ct ale 785)6 
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