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4b. Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. occidentalis Hall, Univ. Calif. 

 Publ. Bot., vol. 3, p. 60. 1907. 

 C. calif omicus var. occidentalis Greene, Erythea, vol. 3, p. 112. 1895. 



Type locality. — "In the Coast Range from Humboldt County 

 southward. ' ' 



Range. — Southern Coast Range and southern Sierra Nevada to 

 the mountains of southern California. 



Zone. — Transition and Canadian. 



Specimens examined. — Rocks near Little Kern River, 9-9,400 feet, 

 Purpus 5059; Big Arvojo, Tulare County, Culbertson (B 4520). 



This variety is very close to the preceding but with leaves narrower 

 and greener. 



The Rabbit-brush (C. nauseosus (Pall.) Britton), of which the 

 two foregoing varieties are in places conspicuous elements in the boreal 

 flora of the Sierra, is a typically Sonoran species, covering wide areas 

 east of the mountains. 



4. SOIilDAGO 



1. Solidago corymbosa Nutt., Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, vol. 7, p. 328. 

 1840. 



S. muUiradiata var. scopulorum Gray, Proe. Am. Acad., vol. 17, p. 191. 



1882. 

 S. ciliosa Greene, Pitt., vol. 3, p. 22. 1896. 

 S. hespcria Howell, Fl. N.W. Am., vol. 1, p. 303. 1900. 

 S. humilis f. Crandalli Gandoger, Bull. Bot. Soc. France, vol. 50, p. 215. 



1903. 



Type locality. — ' ' Central chain of the Rocky Mountains. ' ' Nuttall. 



Range. — British Columbia to Montana and south to California and 

 New Mexico. 



Zone. — Canadian to Arctic-alpine. 



Specimens examined. — Mt. Rose, 10,000 feet, Kennedy 1146 ; Half- 

 Moon Lake, Tahoe, 8,200 feet. Smiley 424 ; Mt. Dana, 10,500 feet. Hall 

 and Babcock 3642 ; same locality, 11,000 feet. Smiley 719 ; Tuolumne 

 River, 9,700 feet, Bolander 5051 ; Bloody Caiion, Mono County, 8,500 

 feet, R. A. Ware 2647c; Lambert's Dome, Yosemite, 9,300 feet, Smiley 

 761 ; summit near soda springs, Tuolumne River, 11,500 feet, Brewer 

 1792; Andrew's Camp, Inyo County, east slope of the Sierra, A. 

 Davidson 2606 ; Kaiser Crest, Fresno County, 9,100 feet. Smiley 626 ; 

 Farewell Gap, Tulare County, 10-11,000 feet, Purpus 1602 ; Mineral 

 King, T. S. Brandegee, July 27, 1892 ; Rae Lake, Kings River region, 



