© Panicle unbranched in upper third or half, 
» spicate; perianth-segnents 12-14 mm, long 2, Ve caudatum 
+ Panicle branched to the very tip; perianth segments 
6 6-9 AWM, ane 3, Ve Jonesii 
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1. Ve Eschscholtzii Gray. Stems commonly 2 m, tall, very leafy, the leaves 
spreading, 15-50 cm, long, oval or orbicular below, elliptical above, sessile, 
the base sheathing the stem for 10-20 cm., appearing plaited parallel to the 
veins, upver surface glabrous, lower downy; panicle 30-60 cm, iene, the branches 
drooping, softly woolly; pedicels 1-4 mm, long, each subtended by a membranous, 
ovate bract 4-5 mm, long, perianth-segments 6=8 ma, long increasing to 12 m, 
in fruit, greenish, narrowly elliptical, acute at both ends and narrowed at the 
base; stamens half the length of the segments; capsule erect, 2 cm. long, 
lanceolate; secds 3,5 mm, long, surrounded by the inflated wing-like testa 
4 x 8 mm,, elliptical or oval in outlineg+4-—ton-+,—+ =, witme (Ve Eschscholt- 
zianun (Re & Se) Rydbe). 
Common in subalpine seepage spots, along streams, in meadows or alder 
thickets, rare’y below 4000 ft. je are kere following Heller's treatment as 
Mowe 
to the epabhed (Muhl. 1:120)0 
2e Ve caudatum lieller. Stems glabrous in the lower parts, pubescent in the upper 
with fine hairs, 15-2 m. tall, the internodes 10-20 cm. long; leaves sheathing 
the stems for 2-10 cme, the blades oval, or the lower orbicular, the upper acute, 
15-30 cm. long, both surfaces glabrous; panicle simple, 40-50 cm, tall, its 
branches 6-15 cm, long, woolly, commonly extended at right angles to the sten, 
sometimes ascending or the lower somewhat drooping, the upper half or third of 
the inflorescence unbranched, spicate, the flowers crowded along the branches 
and principal axis, white, on pedicels 1-3 mn, long; perianth segments 12-14 
mm, long, cllipticol or oval, 4-5 mm, wide, the altcrnate ones somewhat broader 
with a Veshaped green gland at the bases; stamens 6 mm, long, cavsule erect, 
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