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acute, tapering to the base, the midrib prominent below: flowers verti- 

 cillately spicate, nodding : calyx even in anthesis broad, oblong or 

 campanulate becoming obovate, strongly marked with purple or green 

 nerves ; those at the commissures irregularly anastomosing with the 

 others and frequently double ; the teeth triangular, acute, with mem- 

 branous incurved margins : petals purple, not greatly exceeding the 

 calyx ; the claw very broad, laterally ciliate ; the blade short, bifid ; 

 segments somewhat oblique, often toothed : capsule ovate on a short 

 stipe. — Proc. Am. Acad. xxi. 44G. S. Scouleri of various authors, not 

 of Hooker; thus Gray, Am. Journ. of Sci. ser. 2, xxxiii. 405, & Proc. 

 Philad. Acad. 1863, 58; Porter & Coulter, Fl. of Col. 12; Wats. 

 1. c. x. 342 in part; Coulter, Man. of Rocky Mountain Pot. 32 in 

 part. — Alpine regions of Colorado, Hall ^ Harbour, Greene, French, 

 Jh-andegee, Patterson ; a doubtful specimen from Arizona, Knowlton. 

 August and September. 



S. Scouleri, Hook. Pubescent, glandular-viscid above : root 

 stout: stems simple, lj-2^ feet high : leaves narrowly oblanceolate or 

 lance-linear, acuminate, not at all warty : inflorescence 6-8 inches long, 

 verticillately spicate, or the lower flowers borne upon short appressed 

 cvmes: calyx clavate ; nerves definite, but anastomosing above ; teeth 

 short with a broad membranous margin, ciliate: petals white or pur- 

 plish ; the claw with rather narrow, slightly laciniate auricles ; the blade 

 bifid; segments emarginate or toothed; appendages blunt: stipe of 

 capsule 2 lines long. — Fl. Bor.-Am. i. 88 ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 191 ; 

 Rohrb. Monog. Sil. 213. S. Drummondii, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 

 viii. 377. Elisanthe Scouleri, Ruprecht, Fl. Cauc. i. 200. — Frequent 

 in mountainous districts of Oregon and Idaho to Vancouver Isl. and 

 " Northwest Coast," Menzies ; Colorado, Brandegee. July and August. 



S. Pringlei, Wats. Habit, inflorescence, and calyx of the last: 

 leaves very long, usually narrow and attenuate, both surfaces rough- 

 ened, especially in the older leaves, with fine warts : petals purplish, 

 bifid ; segments each bearing a lateral tooth ; auricles rather broad ; 

 appendages saccate : capsule ovate-oblong, well stiped. — Proc. Am. 

 Acad, xxiii. 269. — Mt. Graham, Arizona, Rothrock; New Mexico, 

 Greene. (Chihuahua, Pringle.) 



S. Spaldingii, Wats. Viscid-tomentose : stems several, knotty, 

 a foot high, very leafy : branches appressed or ascending : leaves 

 lanceolate, sessile, 1^-2 inches long: flowers subspicate or appressed 

 cymose-paniculate : calyx in fruit obconical, more herbaceous than 

 usual in the genus, net-veined nearly to the base ; teeth rather large, 

 triangular-lanceolate, acutish : the petals greenish white, not exceeding 



