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stamens with very short filaments, inserted upon the middle of the tube ; nut- 
lets very nearly smooth upon the back. — Beautifully figured in the unpub- 
Hshed plates of the Wilkes's Exploring Expedition. Collected by Tolmie 
and Burke in Southern Idaho and by Stansbury in Southwestern Wyoming. 
It is also 376 Fremont, from the Mohave Valley, Southern Califoriiiii, and 1C2 
Anderson and 332 and 336 Torrey, from Western Nevada. On the I'ah-Ute 
Mountains, Nevada, and on the shore of Antelope Island, Ulali ; June. (847.) 
Var. Stems 2-5, erect and simple, h-2' high. rrobal)ly only an early 
form of the species. Found near Carson City, Nevada; April. (S18.) 
Eritrichium^ villosum, DC. Prodr. 10. 126. Slcnis .'>-</ liigli, loosely 
branched at base and csespitosc, rooting below, the flowering shoots elonga- 
ted, leafy, erect, pubescent; leaves ellij)tic-oblong, aeule, si»aringly villous 
with long silky hairs, racemes in pairs, erect, seveial-llowered, Inaeleale at 
base; nutlets truncate upon the back, which is surrounded by a niaiiiin «»r 
inflexed ciliate -serrate teeth. Var. aretioides, Hook. Dwarf, 3"-2' lilirli, 
densely ceespitose and covered with sofl silky hairs; 1ow(m- leaves crowded, 
cauline few; tube of corolla scarcely exceeding ilie calyx, liml) l)riglil bliu', 
1-3" in diameter; nutlets nearly 1" in length, concave upon the Itacdx, the 
toothed margin conspicuous. — Probably biennial. Koeky Monnlains of Colo- 
rado. Uinta Mountains, Utah; 12,000 feet allilnde; August; Ihe flowers 
considerably smaller than is usual in the Colorado specimens. (849.) 
Eritrichium angustifolium, Torr. Pac, R. R Surv. 5. 3G3. {Wil- 
liamson's Pep.) Annual, very hispid with mostly sj. reading hairs ; stem 3-1° 
high, suberect, branched; leaves linear or narrowly oblong, obtuse; i-ae<"mes 
terminating the branches, usually bifurcated and at lenirtli eloiiLraled, ft<- 
quently short and subcapitate ; flowers sessile, braeth'ss; ealyx (2 loii<r in 
fruit) very hispid with yellowish hairs, the lobes narrowly linear; e<n-olla 
white, l-l" long, the stamens inserted near (lie ]n\<v on very short tllametits : 
nutlets (1-4) oblong, acute, nearly l" long, <-"iivex an. I very minutely -rami- 
lated upon the back, attached to the style to Ihe nii.ldle by a ventral -mose.— 
n-KITKICiniJM. SrHi;.u>. Cnlvx rH>artc.l. Corolla salvciform, tli.' thn.;.i - io., ,1 \.y s,,,;,!! 
obtuse sciilcs. StaiiJcns ami '-t\li' iii' i mit (i. .mmhi:^ t, .m . . , , , , 
1 . 1, 1 " 1 •»! , fi,.,. .M,,l ,-,,intniiiil\ ■ilfi riiatf Iravcs. tin- iis'ially very Hinali hliiti 
rarflv ci-fiiato.— Miistlv aiMiiial. wifli <'iifn«' anil ( <mniiiiiii\ ain III.. 1 , . • , 
or wiiit. llowiTs in lateral or axillary ^picat. ra.-.-ni s. I.itl. n,,^ IVurn tn th- .p.nH-nn.-.,! :^--u- 
vatio,, of th.. .orolla aud the a.o.v or less lateral iiiserii.-M of the jiutlets. .liu l, ar- also „snai 
or f,rran.i]ate upon the l.aek. .ml fn.n. f-riumsi.rmm,, in the atta. lnnent ot t ,.■ .mtl. t. , m mo., , 
exten.liii- al.ove tlio n.i.l.He of the style, the in.tlets not .lilate.l helow, pri. ke- .0.1 „.„ 1. 
the attiichment of tlie see.l ventral and not at the a].ex. 1 » ( ' vni" » ! I 'nxl s. 
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