1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierrcn Nevada of Calif omia 267 



H. M. Evans, July, 1901 ; Dana Fork meadows, Yosemite, 9,000 feet, 

 Smiley 846 ; meadows near Mt. Dana, McLean, July 4, 1875 ;, Pere- 

 goy's, above Yosemite, 7,000 feet, A. Gray in 1872; head of South 

 Fork of the San Joaquin, 10-10,800 feet. Hall and Chandler 710; 

 Shuteye Mountain, Billy Brown meadows, 6,500 feet, J. Murdoch Jr. 

 2506; Nellie Lake meadow, Fresno County, 8,700 feet. Smiley 603; 

 Farewell Gap, Tulare Count}^, 10,400 feet, Purpus 5666; Hockett's 

 meadows, Tulare County, Dudley 1890. 



2. Viola adunca Smith, in Rees' Cycl., vol. 37, no. 63. 1817. 



F. longipes Nutt., in T. and G., FL, vol. 1, p. 140. 1838. 



V. canina var. adunca A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad., voL 8, p. 377. 1872. 



F. canina var. oxyceras Wats., Bot. Calif., vol. 1, p. 56. 1876. 



Type locality. — ' ' From the west coast of North America. ' ' 



Range. — Pacific Coast from Alaska to southern California. 



Zone. — Transition to Hudsonian. 



Specimens examiined. — Pyramid Peak, W. S. Atkinson in 1900; 

 Plumas County, Mrs. Austin, May, 1877; White Wolf, Yosemite, 

 8,000 feet, H. M. Evans, July, 1901 ; Porcupine Flat, Mariposa County, 

 8,100 feet, R. A. Ware 2602c ; Tuolumne meadows, 8,600 feet, R. A. 

 Ware 2601c; stream bank below Elizabeth Lake, above Tuolumne 

 meadows, 8,700 feet, Smiley 813 ; Yosemite trail, Bolander 1632 ; near 

 Peregoy's above Yosemite, A. Gray in 1872; Bear Creek, Fresno 

 County, 7,300 feet. Hall and Chandler 399 ; High Sierra about Mt. 

 Brewer, Tulare County, Brewer 2807; valley of King's River, Coville 

 and Funston 1859. 



3. Viola purpurea Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad., vol. 1, p. 56. 1855. 



F. aurea KeUogg, Proc. Calif. Acad., vol. 2, p. 185. 1863. 



F. aurea venosa Wats., Bot. Calif., vol. 1, p. 56. 1876. 



F. NuttalUi var. venosa Wats., Bot. King's Exped., p. 35. 1871. 



Type locality. — Not given. 



Range. — Pacific Coast from British Columbia to southern Sierra 

 Nevada, east to Utah, perhaps to Colorado. 



Zone.- — Canadian and Hudsonian. 



Specimens examined. — Castle Peak near the highest point. Heller 

 7089; Sierra, moraines at 7-9,000 feet, J. Muir; above Cisco, AVatson 

 in 1867 ; peak above Mono Lake, 10,500 feet. Brewer 1797 ; Summit, in 

 dry sandy meadow, 7,000 feet, Smiley 435 ; near Lake Tenaya, Yosem- 

 ite, dry bank, at 8,200 feet, Smiley 867 ; slope of Alta Peak, Tulare 

 County, Dudley 1546. 



