Bi 
“e stenomeres Cray ——enenmielp t herbs with sev = 
. : tufted herbs vith severel stens ascending from 
a branching cnudex, 25=40 em. ta} chinlvy viliay ; . — 
f ims 9 cowsU Chl, tall, thinly villous; leaves linear, 1,5=-3 om, long, 
reenewonrnscailt \ og tancnieeecare tie ee 
c=-5 mt, wide, entire, minutel>> scabrous: head oa ee ee ee : : : 
Ute 3 3 L VOB oYous > eadas soli Uf ry ana cerminal 7 SHOWY 3 ine 
volucral bracts linesr-lanceolete . 2 bala a, i ae , 4 
eG or suoutace, G-15 mm, long, often purplish, 
woolly, the inuer very acute: pravecarail: ee, ae vee - 
i 7 ER SCOLOL LAS TWioleteblue, 20-25 mm, long, 3-3,5 mm, 
wide; achenes 5 1m, long, nircvellous, 
Frecueie ial rassv subalmir elanaac waa Sees : - 2 
1 G On Tassv suvaloine Slopes or in severe subalnine burns, cor ionly 
above 5000 ft., treouently occurrin ‘\in drv situat3 ar 
3’ “CLL AGUAS a seat in ar ao oa 4 a } et 
ERT Richbhasadabesinec | tiuch lowey . 
A, meritus A, Nels. --—~—>Low perennials with creeping slender 
rootstocks, the stems ascending, thinly hirtellous, 15-25 cm. tall; 
lower leaves oblanceolate, tapering to indefinite petioles, 3-3,5 cm, 
long, 5-8 mn. wide, the up,er oblong-oblanceolate, narrowed toward the 
base but rounded, the uppermost oblong, rounded at the base and sessile, 
all obtuse, subentire, the upper surfaces glabrous, the lower pubescent 
with short hairs; heads few, solitary or in corymbs, their peduncles 
and involucres definitely pubescent, bracts lanceolate, the immer 5 mm, 
long, all acute; ray-corollas purple 8-10 mm. long; achenes not seen, 
sand=-bar, Upper Priest Re, S000 tte, spling 7405-6 
