1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California 179 



Dr. Jepson (Fl,, vol. 1, pt. V, p. 484. 1914) reports the var. 

 laeta Wats. (Bibl. Index., p. 112. 1878 — S. laeta Eich., Franklin's 

 1st Journ., App. 7, ed. 1, p. 738. 1823, from the Barren Grounds 

 region) from Volcano Creek, Tulare County, Jepson 4961, a specimen 

 not seen by me. Culbertson's collection from the high mountains of 

 Tulare County (B 4345), has been assigned by Miss Eastwood to this 

 varietj", a reference I consider not justified since the specimen does 

 not show the glaucous color, which is the characteristic differentiating 

 it from the type form, 



3. Stellaria borealis Bigel. var. Bongardiana Fernald, Ehodora, 



vol. 16, p. 151. 1914. 



S. longifolia Bong. Veg. Sitch., p. 126. 1832, not Muhl., in Willd., Enum., 

 p. 479. 1809, 



Type locality. — Sitka. 



Range. — Aleutian Islands to California and appearing in Gaspe 

 Peninsula, Quebec. 



Zone. — Canadian. 



Specimen ex-amined. — Moist places, Little Tule River, 7-8,000 feet, 

 Purpus 5131. 



I have seen no specimens from the Sierra that appeared referable 

 to the type form, though Jepson 5003 has been so referred (Jepson, 

 I.e., p, 485), 



4. Stellaria crispa C; and S., Linnaea, vol. 1, p. 51. 1826. 



Type locality. — ' ' Unalaschka. ' ' 



Range. — Pacific Coast south of Alaska. 



Zone. — Transition and Canadian. 



Specimens examiined. — Mt. Rose, 9,700 feet. Heller 9932; Castle 

 Peak trail, 7,200 feet, deep shaded stream bank, Smiley 460 ; Funston's 

 meadows, Tulare County, Dudley 2145. 



Stellaria Jamesiana Torr. (Ann. Lye. N. Y., vol. 2, p. 169. 1828) 

 reported by Piper (Fl. Wash. — Contr. Nat. Herb., vol. 11, p. 259) as 

 "Hudsonian," occurs in the mountains of California, both in the 

 Sierra and Coast Ranges, in the Transition life-zone. The only knowl- 

 edge I have of it as a component of the high mountain flora is the 

 reference to this species by Miss Eastwood®^ of a plant collected at 

 East Lake, Tulare County, by Miss C. E. Wilson. In Idaho its zonal 

 position would seem to be below our limits if one may judge from 

 the collection. Nelson and Machride 1216, made at Ketchum, Blaine 

 County, in a "sunny grassy swale" at 5,887 feet. 



