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2. Petals bifid ; each segment with or without ;i smaller lateral tooth. 

 1* Low, 3-8 inches in height. 



S. Grayii, Wats. — Cespitose, minutely pubescent and glandular: 

 rootstock elongated, much branched: stem simple, erect, 4-6 inches high, 

 1-5-flovvered ; leaves short, oblanceolate or Bpatulate, Blightly fleshy, 

 4-8 lines in length, the radical numerous, crowded; the cauline aboul 

 3 pairs: calyx broadly cylindrical- the teeth rounded; petals pink. 

 with blade deeply bifid, and segments each bearing a lateral tooth ; 

 claw narrowly auricled : capsule short ovoid, scarcely stiped. — Proc. 

 Am. Acad. xiv. 291 ; Robinson, Bot. Gaz. xvi. 4 I. t. 6. — Mt. Shasta 

 above the timber line and near snow, Brewer, Hooker • ■/. Pack- 

 ard, Pringle. Specimens collected on Mt. Rainier by /,'. C. Smith, 

 and having somewhat longer leaves, may be doubtfully referred to this 

 species. 



S. Watsoili. Finely glandular above, minutely pubescent, nearly 

 smooth below: stems many, cespitose from a multicipital caudex, 

 erect, very slender, simple, 4-8 inches in height, bearing 1-.'! | rarely 5 I 

 flowers: leaves linear or very narrowly oblanceolate, acute, dark 

 green; the radical numerous, an inch in length, seldom exceeding a 

 line in breadth : the slender petioles expanding at the base, closely 

 imbricated and connate by scarious membranes : calyx ovate or some- 

 what obovate, 5-6 lines in length, with purple more or less anastomos- 

 ing nerves ; the teeth with membranous margins : petals white or 

 rose-colored: the blade short, a line in length, bifid; each segment 

 usually bearing a short lateral tooth; appendages obtuse: styles ordi- 

 narily 3, rarely 4. — Lycluns Californica, Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 

 xii. 248. — California, near Ebbett's Pass, Brewer; .Mt. Dana. 

 Bolander ; Sierra and Plumas Cos., Lemmon. As in S. Lyallii, tie- 

 anthers are often infested by Ustilago antherarum, and in consequence 

 enlarge and turn purple. 



S S. Suksdorfli, Robinson. Low, densely matted, alpine: Btems 

 2-3 (rarely 4-5) inches high, simple 1-3-flowered, minutely pu 

 cent below, glandular above: stem leaves about 2 pairs, linear, 

 lines long, a line wide; radical leaves numerous, crowded, simi 

 somewhat spatulate : calyx broadly cylindric or campanulate, seldom 

 exceeding 5 lines in length; nerves conspicuous, simple below, a 

 tomosing above: petals white, little exceeding the calyx, ahallowly 

 bifid; lobes entire; appendages oblong, ret use : stipe of capsule 

 lines long. — Bot. Gaz. xvi. 44, t. 6. — California to Washington, 

 Mt. Stanford, Hooker $ Gray; Mt. Paddo, Suksdorf; Mt. Hood 

 Howell; Mt. Stewart, Brandegee ; Mt. Rainier, Piper. 



