of 4, 
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Je Yertensianus Bong. Stems loosely tufted, 15-30 cm, tall, pliant, 
from slender rootstocks; leaves soft, columnar, often subequal to the stems, 
1-2 mm, in diameter, the cauline 2-3, with auricles .5-1 mm, long, blunt, 
decurrent in @ scarious margin; inforescence a single dense globose terminal 
glomerule, rarely two, subtended by a membranous bract 1-4 cm, long, bract- 
lets single, scarious, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, subequal to the 
perianth; perianth segments green with brown margins, soon deep chestnut 
brown, shining and rather coppery, 4 mm, long, subequal, lanceolate, acute 
or acuminate; stamens somewhat shorter than the segments, the filaments twice 
the length of the anthers; capsule oval-oblong, angled, flattened at the 
apex, subequal to the perianths; style lavender, the branches 2 mm, long; seeds 
ovate-lanceolate, .6 mm, long, frequently with short appendages, 
On mossy rocks along alpine streams or in alpine seepage places, 
usually above 4000 ft. Divide betw. St. Joe and Clearwater R!se, 5000 ft.; 
Lion Creek, 4000 ft.s.5000 ft.; Fish Lake, 6500 fte; Upper Priest Re, 3000 
ft. 
