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Range. — British Columbia east to Montana and south to Califor- 

 nia and Colorado. 



Zone. — Transition and Canadian. 



Specimens examined.— T>or\nev Pass, Heller 6977 ; Cisco, Kellogg, 

 June 30, 1870 ; Grass Lake, Tahoe, McGregor 5 ; near Lily Lake, 

 Tahoe, 6,600 feet. Smiley 390 ; Lake Valley, Tahoe, 6,400 feet, Abrams 

 4787 ; Glen Alpine, Tahoe, Setchell and Dobie, July 6-21, 1901 ; Por- 

 cupine Flat, Yosemite, 8,100 feet, Hall and Babcock 3633 ; high peak 

 on the Tuolumne River, 10,000 feet. Brewer 1801 ; Tioga Road, 

 Yosemite, 9,000 feet, R. A. Ware 2613c ; vicinity of Tuolumne 

 meadows, 8,500-9,500 feet, Hall and Babcock 3542. 



30. AGOSERIS 



Beak of the achene short and stout, gradually narrowing from the body of the 

 achene 1. A. glauca 



Beak of the achene filiform, rather abruptly contracted from the achene 



2. A. aurantiaca 



1. Agoseris glauca var. laciniata (Eaton), comb. nov. 



Macrorhynchus glaucus var. laciniatus DC. Eaton, in Wats., Bot. King's 



Exped., p. 204. 1871. 

 Troximon glaucum var. laoiniatum Gr&j, Bot. Calif., vol. 1, p. 437. 1876. 

 Agoseris monticola Greene, Pitt., vol. 4, p. 37. 1899. 



Type locality. — Not given, the plant described from Colorado. 



Range. — Rocky Mountains of Wyoming and Colorado, west to the 

 Sierra and mountains of northern California. 



Zone. — Canadian and Hudsonian, rarely above timber line. 



Specimens examined. — Highest part of the Sierra near Summit 

 Station, E. L. Greene 451 ; Summit, Bolander 1872 ; Sierra above Sum- 

 mit Valley, Pringle, September 27, 1882 ; shores of Heather Lake, 

 Tahoe, 8,800 feet. Smiley 284 ; Carson Pass, 8,000 feet, Brewer 2113 ; 

 headwaters of Stanislaus River, Alpine County, 7,500-8,000 feet. Hall 

 and Chandler 4777; Lake Valley, Tahoe, 6,400 feet, Abrams 4784; 

 lower end of Donner Lake, Heller 6991; Mt. Daaia, 11,000 feet, 

 Bolander 5042; Lyell Fork of the Tuolumne River, 8,600 feet, Hall 

 and Babcock 3601; upper San Joaquin, Congdon, August 19, 1895; 

 Summit Lake, Tulare County, Culbertson (B4545); Farewell Gap, 

 Tulare County, 10,000 feet, Purpus 5217 ; trail to Mt. Whitney, 8,000 

 feet, Culbertson (B 4421, 4422). 



A. monticola is merely the fonn of the highest mountains, with 

 scapes barely exceeding the leaves; the leaf outline varies from entire 

 to deeply lobed with all possible intergrades. 



