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Dr. Kuntze's description of the subvariety repens is just as 

 meaningless as the rest of his descriptions. He cites specimens, 

 however, v\z., Jones no. 1SS2 and iSSy. We have two sheets of 

 each and they evidently do not belong together. No. 1882 in 

 both the Columbia University and New York Botanical Garden 

 herbaria are in fruit, have simply ternate leaves with subentire 

 leaflets and must be referred to A. occidcntalis. No. 1887 in 

 flowers, on the contrary, has biternate leaves, and the leaflets are 

 coarsely toothed. Dr. Kuntze's subvariety is, therefore, " eine 

 zusammengesetzte " and according to some Germans, should be 

 ruled out. After the part that belongs to A. occidcntalis has been 

 removed, I have adopted the name for the residue. 



Utah: American Fork, 1880, M. E. Jones, iSSj (type in 

 herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 



Wyoming: Wolf Creek Caiion, 1896, Aven AWson, 22()^, in 

 part, the larger part belonging to A. tomiloba. 



Atragene pseudoalpina (Kuntze) 



Atragene Ochotensis Gray, PI. Fendl. 4. 1849. ^^t Pall. 

 1874; A. alpina var. Ochotensis A. Gray, Am. Jour. Sci. II. 33 : 

 241 ; Clematis alpina var. Ochotensis S. Wats. Bot. King Exp. 5 : 

 4 ; C. alpina var. occidcntalis A. Gray; Powell, Geol. Surv. Dakota, 

 531. 1880. ^o\. Atragene occidcntalis Wova^Ta. 181 3; Clematis 

 pseiidoatragene y psendoalpina Kuntze, Verb. Bot. Ver. Branden- 

 burg, 26 : 160. 1884. 



As stated above, the name occidcntalis should be used for A. 

 Colnmbiana Nutt. We are therefore obliged to adopt Kuntze's 

 varietal name. In the Synoptical Flora Clematis pseiidoatragene 

 Kuntze is given as a synonym, but from the short description 

 neither of the varieties «, ;9 or can belong here. The var. a 

 nonnalis is evidently partly A. Americana and partly A. occidcn- 

 talis as here understood. The var. o subtriternata is A. tenniloba 

 (A. Gray) Britton. What Clematis pseiidoatragene var. /9 Wender- 

 othioides* is I do not know. In the Synoptical Flora the range 

 is given as extending from New Mexico to Dakota and Wash- 

 ington. I have not seen any specimens from any station north of 



* What a name ! Translated it would mean : A variety of the false Atragene 

 Virgin's Bower, resembling Mr. Wenderoth. 



