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Herb. Gray; Clear Water, Spaulding; Portland, Howell; Cascade 

 Mts., Newberry; Sumass Prairie, Lyall, Oregon Bound Comniiss.; 

 Columbia Woods, Nuttall, '' Holochloa e/ata." WasJiington. — Up- 

 per Columbia. U. S. PIxpl. Exp., No. 461 ; Falcon Valley, Suks- 

 dorf. British Columbia. — Fletcher. Vancouver's Island, Ma- 

 coiin. 



Var. OVALIFOLIA (Nutt.) 



H. ovalifolia, Nutt., in T. & G. Fl. i. 581, (1840). 



Minutely glandular-pubescent; stems 8' to 18' high, naked, or 

 bearing a few subulate bracts; leaves minutely viscid-pubescent 

 on both sides, or occasionally almost glabrous, y^' to \yi' long, 

 oval or roundish oval, usually truncate or even somewhat cunei- 

 form at base, but occasionally slightly cordate, crenate or cre- 

 nately incised, occasionally slightly lobed; calyx at time of flower- 

 ing campanulate, pubescent, 3" to 4" long, lobes somewhat un- 

 equal ; petals often wanting. 



Nevada. — East Humboldt Mts., Jones. Wyoming. — Stinking 

 Water, Parry, No. 99 ; Yellowstone Park, Tweedy, Piatt, Hay- 

 den Survey (distrib. as H. cylindrica). Idaho. — Hayden's Exped. 

 Oregon. — Blue Mts., Nuttall (type); Union Co., Cusick (a very 

 large flowered form, calyx almost 6" long). Montana. — Ban- 

 nock, Watson, No. 137; Rocky Mts., S. of Va. City, Hayden. 

 Washington. — North Fork Columbia River and Interior, U. S. 

 Explor. Exped. British America. — Crow's Nest Pass, and near 

 Kamloops, Dawson; Spencer's Bridge and Morley, Macoun. 



Var. ALPINA, Watson, King's Rep., v. 96, (1871). 



Glandular-pubescent; stem 6' to 12' high; leaves ^' to i' 

 broad ; spikes short, hardly more than i' long. 



Nevada. — Clover Mts., Watson, No. ^6'] (type). Oregon. — 

 Howell, R. D. Nevius. Washington. — Mt. Adams, Suksdorf, 

 Nos. 14 and 26. British Columbia. — Kananaskis, Rocky Mts., 

 Macoun; Crow's Nest Pass, Rocky Mts., Dawson. 



Var. GLABELLA (Torr. & Gray); 



H. glabella, Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 581, (1840). 



Almost glabrous, or slightly pulverulent-pubescent, destitute 

 of .spreading hairs; stem naked, 18' to 2' high ; leaves round- 

 cordate to ovate-cordate, often thick and leathery, i' to 2' broad, 

 crenately lobed, veins prominent, lobes crenate, apiculate-den- 

 tate; calyx at time of flowering 3" to 4" long, campanulate, 

 glandular-pubescent; petals minute or wanting. 



