1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevad<i of California 177 



Mrs. R. N. Aiistin in 1876 ; Farewell Gap, Tulare County, above tim- 

 ber line, 10,000 feet, Hall and Babcock 5348 ; rocky mountain slopes 

 near Little Kern River, Tulare County, 9-10,000 feet, Purpus 5263 ; 

 Mt. Guyot, 10,000 feet. Upper Kern River, Hall and Babcock 5527. 



3a. Arenaria congesta Nutt. var. subcong-esta Wats., Bot. Calif., 

 vol. 1, p. 69. 1876. 

 A. Fendleri var. suhcongesta Wats., Bot. King's Exped., p. 40. 1871. 



Tijpe locality. — "East Humboldt Mountains, Nevada, 7-9,000 feet 

 altitude. ' ' 



Range. — Same as the species. 



Specimens examined. — Castle Peak, Heller 7063 ; Mono Pass, 

 10,600 feet, R. A. Ware 2627c; Castle Peak, in rock crevices, 8,600 

 feet, Smiley 486 ; Crescent Lake, Mariposa County, Congdon, August 

 11, 1890 ; Lake Tenaya, Congdon, August 14, 1894 ; Sliutej^e Mountain, 

 Madera County, 7,900 feet, Smiley 564. 



This variety lacks the characteristic densely clustered head of 

 flowers found in the type form, the flowers being on more or less long 

 pedicels; in this it approaches A. capillaris, but may be distinguished 

 from that species by the thicker, shorter leaves, which are straight, 

 not curving as in A. capillaris. 



3b. Arenaria congesta var. aculeata (Wats.) Jones, Proc. Calif. 

 Acad. II, vol. 5, p. 626. 1895. 



A. aculeata Wats., Bot. King's Exped., p. 40. 1871. 



A. utahensis A. Nels., Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, vol. 28, p. 7. 1899. 



Type locality. — "Fremont's Pass, East Humboldt Mountains, 

 Nevada; 6,500 feet altitude." 



Range. — Mountains of the Great Basin and west slope of the 

 Rockies in Colorado and Wyoming. 



Specimens exawiined. — Mt. Rose, 9,000 feet, Kennedy 1145; Snow 

 Valley, Ormsby County, 2,460-2,615 m.. Baker 1276. 



4. Arenaria capillaris Poir, in Lam. Encycl., vol. 6, p. 380. 1804. 



Type locality. — "Dans la Siberie. " 



Range. — Southeastern Alaska to California and east to Utah. 



Zone. — Hudsonian and Arctic-alpine. 



Specimens examined. — Pyramid Peak, 9,600 feet. Hall and Chand- 

 ler 4723; Kaiser Crest, Fresno County, 9,500 feet. Smiley 634; 

 meadows near Black Momitain, Fresno County, 10,000 feet. Hall and 

 Chandler 591; Cloud's Rest, Yosemite, Chesnut and Drew in 1889; 



