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2* Taller. 



S. Lyallii, Wats. Very finely puberulent or quite smooth : stems 

 numerous from a much branched matted base, leafy : leaves thin, nar- 

 rowly oblanceolate, acute, only 1-1| inches long, 2 lines broad: inflo- 

 rescence considerably branched in the type : calyx varying with age 

 from subturbinate to inflated campanulate, 4 lines long: petals dark 

 purple, bifid with subentire lobes : anthers large, purple. — Proc. 

 Am. Acad. x. 342. — Cascade Mts., Lat. 49°, Lyall ; Sierra Co., Cal., 

 Lemmon ; Summit Camp, Cal., Kellogg. This doubtful species is to 

 be distinguished from some forms of aS", Douglasii only by its smaller 

 flowers, more leafy habit, and darker petals. All the specimens at 

 hand, including the type, are diseased and apparently sterile, the ova- 

 ries remaining undeveloped, and the anthers having been attacked by 

 a fungus ( Ustilago antherarum), to which their large size and dark 

 color are probably due. 



S. Douglasii, Hook. Finely pubescent, scarcely viscid : stems 

 very slender, usually decumbent and geniculate at the base : leaves 

 remote, long, linear to narrowly lance-linear, attenuate to each end, 

 spreading, 2-3 lines long, 1-2 lines wide : flowers borne mostly in 

 3-flowered, long-peduncled cymes : calyx oblong or obovate, rather nar- 

 row at the base ; the ends of the teeth surrounded by an ovate obtuse 

 inflexed membrane : petals white or pink, 2-lobed ; segments obtuse ; 

 claw moderately auricled ; appendages oblong, obtuse : capsule nar- 

 rowly cylindrical, 5 lines long; teeth recurved ; stipe 1\ lines long. — 

 Fl. Bor.-Am. i. 88 ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 190 ; Wats. Bot. King Exp. 

 36, 431, & Proc. Am. Acad. x. 341 ; Brew. & Wats. Bot. Calif i. 66. 

 Cucubalus Douglasii, Eat. Man., ed. 7, 266. — Wahsatch Mts., Utah 

 to Central California, northward to Montana and Brit. Columbia ; 

 June to September. A common and polymorphous species, of which 

 the following are the chief varieties ; all of them tending to intergrade 

 with the type, and separated from it and each other by no constant or 

 important floral character. 



"Var. multicaiilis. Grayish-tomentulose and less glandular : the 

 leaves more approximate, narrowly lanceolate or oblong, taper-pointed, 

 erect : stems more rigid. — S. multicaulis, Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, 

 Fl. i. 192. S. Drummondii, var. Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 675. — 

 "Oregon," Nuttall ; Washington, Yakima Co., Brandegee (655 in 

 part); Klickitat, Howell; Spokane Co., Suksdorf, Rarum ; N. Idaho, 

 Spalding, Sandherg (342) ; Montana, Scribner, Canhy. 



Var. Macounii. Minutely pubescent, somewhat glandular above : 

 leaves distant, long and narrow, short-pointed, tapering very gradually 



