lavender=tingeds; petals 3,5=6 cm, long, ascending or slightly spreading, 
obovate-rhomboidal, abruptly acuminate at the apex, lavender on the outer 
surface, midrib green, inner surface purple, the gland Shaped like a gloverts 
knife, 4-5 mm, in diameter, densely covered with Clubeshaped hairs which are 
shortly branched at the tip, surrounded by a few longer yellow hairs, surmounted 
by a transversgpurple streaks stamens 20-22 mm, long, the anthers and filaments 
subequal; capsule linear-oblong, ridged but not winged, about 5 cm, long, 
with persistent two-lobed stigmas; seeds very flat, oval, 3.5 mm, long, 
surrounded by a thin loose testa, 
Dry Midies commonly in loose soils Post Falls, Weissners Peak, The Vare 
maculosus (Nels, &: Macbr,.) Nels, & Macbre, with a prominent reddish=purple 
crescent above the gland, is a local wellemarked color phase of Nez Perce Co,, 
the type from near Lewiston (Henderson 2727 )e 
