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Range. — AVidely distributed in western North America and 

 appearing- in a number of different forms or races, which however 

 are impossible of delimitation. Washington to Montana, south to 

 California, Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas. 



Z&ne. — Arid Transition and Canadian. 



Specimens examined. — Between Taylorville and Little Grizzly 

 Creek, Plumas County, Heller and Kennedy 8831 ; Mt. Stanford 

 (Castle Peak), Hooker and Gray in 1877; Tallac, Tahoe, 8,500 feet. 

 Smiley 129 ; Shuteye Mountain, Madera County, 6,500 feet, J. Mur- 

 doch Jr. 2573 ; above Yosemite, Lemmon 53 ; Round meadow, Fresno 

 County, 7,400 feet, Smiley 589 ; Sky Valley, Tulare County, Culbert- 

 son (B4574); sandy places near Little Kern River, 8-9,000 feet, 

 Purpus 5189; Mt. Olancha, Tulare Comity, 9,500 feet, Hall and 

 Babcock 5265. 



3a. Gilia aggregate var. Bridgesii Gray, Syn. Fl., vol. 2, pt. 1, 

 p. 145. 1878. 

 G. Bridgesii Greene, Leaflets, vol. 1, p. 160. 1905. 



Type locality. — "California, through the Sierra Nevada." 



Bange.—^ievYSi Nevada to Oregon. 



Zone. — Canadian. 



Specimens examined. — Peregoy's, above Yosemite, A. Gray in 

 1872 ; Mt. Olancha, Rothrock 358. 



This variety differs from the type in deeper color of the corolla, 

 the lobes of which are ovate, and the leaf segments thicker and more 

 obtuse. Var. attenuata Gray (I.e.) is not certainly known from Cali- 

 fornia, but may be present on the eastern slope ; Davidson 2750 from 

 Bishop Creek, Inyo County, at 8,100 feet, is very similar to collections 

 referred to this variety from Utah. 



4. Gilia pungens (Torr.) Benth, in DC, Prodr., vol. 9, p. 316. 

 1845. 

 Cantua pwigen-s Torr., Ann. Lye. N. Y., vol. 2, p. 220. 1826. 



Type locality.- — Not ascertained. 



Range. — Rocky Mountains westward to the Pacific Coast. 



Zone. — Canadian to above timber line. 



Specimens examined. — Soda Springs, Sierra County, ]M. E. Jones 

 2474; near Summit Station, Heller 7031; near Marlette Peak, Nevada, 

 gravelly ridges, 7,800 feet. Hall and Chandler 4561 ; Mt. Tallac, 9,600 

 feet. Hall and Chandler 4620; Cathedral Peak, Yosemite, dry rocks 

 forming mats, 10,000 feet. Smiley 817; Mt. Goddard, 11,300 feet, Hall 



