FIGWORT FAMILY 739 



calyx 1 7-2 7 mm. high, the lobes obtuse to cuspidate-tipped; thyrsus of 1-2 dense clusters; corolla 7.5-11 

 mm. long, tubular, the palate lightly bearded to glabrate; staminode glabrous to lightly bearded. Alpine peaks 

 of the Wallowa Mountains, Oregon, of the Marble Mountains and Mount Eddy and of the central Sierra Ne- 

 vada, California, and of the Mount Rose region, Nevada. Type locality: summits. Blue Mountains, Oregon. 



Penstemon Tolmiei subsp. brachyinthus (Pennell) Keck, op. cit. 148. {Penstemon brachyanthus Pennell, 

 Notulae Naturae No. 71:3. 1941.) Stems 1.5-3 dm. high, prominently leafy; thyrsus of 3-5 interrupted 

 clusters, sometimes reduced to one; calyx 2-3 mm. high, the lobes usually cuspidate-tipped and with prominently 

 scarious erosulate margin; corolla 7-11 mm. long, tubular or nearly so, the palate lightly bearded; staminode 

 bearded. Mount Hood, Oregon, southward through the Cascades to the Salmon and Trinity Alps, California. 

 Type locality: Cloud Cap Inn, Mount Hood, Oregon. 



3. Penstemon cinicola Keck. Ash Penstemon. Fig. 4640. 



Penstemon cinicola Keck, Carnegie Inst. Wash. Pub. No. 520:294. 1940. 

 Penstemon truncatus Pennell, Notulae Naturae No. 71:5. 1941. 



Stems slender, numerous, forming clumps 1.5-3.5 dm. high, the herbage glabrous or 

 minutely puberulent, no basal rosette developed. Leaves green or grayish, not glaucous, narrowly 

 linear-lanceolate, folded and somewhat recurved, 2.5-5.5 cm. long; thyrsus strict, virgate, of 

 2-7 clusters, the lower well spaced and on very slender erect peduncles; calyx 1.4-2 mm. high, 

 the lobes obovate-oblong, truncate or mucronate, with broad scarious subentire margin; corolla 

 purple with deep blue spreading limb, 7-9 mm. long, the obscurely ridged palate moderately 

 bearded; anther-sacs 0.35-0.5 mm. long; staminode included, with few short hairs apically. 

 n = 8, 16. 



Largely confined to dry volcanic sands, principally in the Arid Transition Zone; Deschutes County, Ore- 

 gon, to Lassen County, California. Type locality: Lapine, Deschutes County, Oregon. June-Aug. 



4. Penstemon Peckii Pennell. Peck's Penstemon. Fig. 4641. 



Penstemon Peckii Pennell, Notulae Naturae No. 71: 12. 1941. 



Habit of P. cinicola, the very slender stems 2. 5-5 (-7) dm. high. Leaves deep green, the 

 basal narrowly lanceolate, tapering to apex and slender petiole, 2-5 cm. long, the cauline linear- 

 lanceolate; thyrsus finely glandular-pubescent, strict, virgate, of 2-5(-9) moderately congested 

 clusters; calyx 1.7-3.3 mm. high, the lobes broadly lanceolate to ovate, acute to acuminate, 

 with scarious subentire margin; corolla pale purplish blue to white, 8-10 mm. long, the limb 

 expanded, the low-ridged palate moderately pilose; anther-sacs 0.4-0.5 mm. long; staminode 

 like P. cinicola. 



Sandy soils, open pine woods. Arid Transition Zone; eastern slope of the Cascade Range, Oregon, from Mount 

 Hood to Three Sisters. Type locality: 9 miles northwest of Sisters, Deschutes County. June-July. 



5. Penstemon washingtonensis Keck. Washington Penstemon. Fig. 4642. 



Penstemon washingtonensis Keck, Amer. Midi. Nat. 33: ISO. 1945. 



Stems slender, 1.2-2.4 dm. high, puberulent in lines to glabrate, the basal rosette well de- 

 veloped. Leaves deep green, glabrous, the basal lanceolate to oblanceolate, 2.5-5.5 cm. long in- 

 cluding the slender petiole, the cauline lance-oblong; thyrsus glandular-pubescent, of 1-3 rather 

 crowded many-flowered clusters; calyx 4-6 mm. high, the lobes lance-oblong with caudate tip 

 and prominently scarious more or less erose margin; corolla deep blue-purple (rarely yellowish), 

 9-11 mm. long, nearly tubular, densely bearded at palate; anther-sacs ovate to orbicular, 

 0.5-0.6 mm. long; staminode included, bearded feebly to heavily with short hairs at apex or 

 for one-third its length. 



Moist flats and timbered slopes, Canadian Zone; western Okanogan and northern Chelan Counties, Wash- 

 ington. Type locality: "junction of Nelson Butte and Copper Mountain roads, north of Lake Chelan, Chelan 

 County." July. 



6. Penstemon oreocharis Greene. Meadow Penstemon. Fig. 4643. 



Penstemon oreocharis Greene, Leaflets Bot. Obs. 1: 163. 1906. 



Penstemon interruptus Greene, loc. cit. 



Penstemon washoensis Greene, loc. cit. 



Penstemon lassenianus Greene, op. cit. 164. 



Penstemon productHs Greene, op. cit. 166. 



Penstemon recurvatus Heller, Muhlenbergia 2:247. 1906. 



Penstemon tinctus Pennell, Notulae Naturae No. 71: 6. 1941. 



Stems 2-5 (-7) dm. high, the herbage bright green and essentially glabrous, the basal rosette 

 well developed. Leaves thin, the basal linear-oblanceolate to elliptic, 3-10 cm. long including the 

 slender petiole, the cauline oblong or lance-oblong, the upper amplexicaul ; thyrsus strict, of 1-6 

 rather distinct many-flowered clusters; calyx 3-5 (-7. 5) mm. high, the oblong lobes abruptly 

 narrowed to the acuminate tip, with narrow to broad usually entire scarious margin; corolla 

 10-13 (-15) mm. long, the lips equal, the palate prominently bearded; anther-sacs 0.55-0.85 mm. 

 long; staminode reaching orifice, usually densely bearded with long golden hairs for outer half 

 its length or only apically, rarely glabrous, n = 8. 



Wet or dry meadows, lower Arid Transition Zone to Hudsonian Zone; Washington (Kittitas County) 

 southward, mostly east of the Cascades, to Inyo and Fresno Counties, California; local in the Coast Range 

 in Glenn County, California; east to western Idaho and northern Nevada. Type locality: Pine Ridge, Fresno 

 County, California. May-Aug. 



