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on Symphoricarpos^l •"> considers several species not included here. He in- 

 dicates that S. rotundijolius is confined to the southern part of the range. 

 S. Parishi Rydb., a dwarf spreading form with the corollas shorter, scarcely 

 more than 1/4 inch long, and hairy on the inside, occurs at Grand Canyon 

 and in the southern Sierra Nevada parks. Two other species are similar to 

 vS". Parishi but with slightly larger flowers. S. tetonensis Nels., with smooth 

 leaves and twigs and the corolla-tube smooth on the inside, occurs at Grand 

 Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. S. vaccitiioides Rydb., with hairy 

 twigs, numerous small pointed leaves, and the inside of the corolla-tubes hairy 

 on the lower half, is listed from Yellowstone and Kings Canyon National 

 Parks. 



Occurrence. — YOSEMITE, occasional, 6,000 to 9,000 feet: Rainbow Falls; Tuolumne 

 Meadows; Mount Dana; near junction of Pleasant Valley and Pate Valley frails; 

 Matterhorn Canyon. KINGS CANYON: East Lake; Junction Meadow; between Charlotte 

 Creek and Junction Meadow. SEQUOIA, occasional, 5,000 to 10,000 feet: Mount Whit- 

 ney trail; between Little Kern River and Farewell Gap. YELLOWSTONE, common: near 

 c.'ist entrance; Sylvan Pass; north of Canyon Junction; Specimen Ridge; Yeilowttone 

 Falls. GRAND TETON, about 6,500 feet: 1 mile south of park headquarters; Jackson 

 Lake; east of Moran Bay snowshoe cabin; above Whitegrass Ranch. ROCKY MOUN- 

 TAIN. MESA VERDE, occasional, 6,000 to 7,700 feel: near lower end of Spruce Canyon; 

 Navajo Canyon. BRYCE canyon, 7,000 to 9,100 feet: near Bryce Lodge; Far View; 

 Rainbow Mountain. ZION, on the plateau: East Rim trail near mouth of Hidden Can- 

 yon. GRAND CANYON, 5,000 to 8,500 feet. North Rim, common: Thompson Canyon; 

 Bright Angel Point; Neal Spring; Walhalla Plateau; Swamp Point. South Rim, com- 

 mon: Grand Canyon Village; Grand View; 2 miles south of Yaki Point. Canyon, 

 common: Bright Angel trail; Hermit trail; Kaibab trail below both rims. 



4. LoNGFLOWER Snowberry (Sym- 

 phoricarpos longiflorus Gray), fig. 130. — ■ 

 Spreading shrubs 1 to 4 feet high with nu- 

 merous short branches and smooth or nearly 

 smooth herbage; leaves reverse-lance-shaped, 



to 



mcr 



h long, covered with a whitish 



bloom; flowers tubular-funnel-shaped, % to % 

 inch long, scarcely if at all hairy on the in- 

 side; with a single glandular area at the base; 

 style hairy. 



Mountain snowberry (S. oreophilus 

 Gray) is similar, but with 5 glandular areas 

 at the base of the corolla on the inside and 

 the styles not hairy. Utah snowberry (S. 

 iitahensis Rydb.) is similar to S. oreophilus 

 but the young twigs are hairy and the corolla 

 tubes slightly shorter and hairy on the 

 inside. 



OccuTTencc. — ZiON, 4,000 feet: near south en- 

 trance. GRAND CANYON: Kaibab Plateau; Kaibab 

 trail below both rims; Bright Angel trail a little be- 

 low South Rim. 



Fig. 130. Longflower snowberry 

 {Symphoricarpos longiflorus). 



4 5 Jones, G. N. A monograph of the genus Symphoricarpos. Arnold Arboretum 



Jour. 21: 201-252. 1940. 



