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Lops. — S. Cal.: Round Valley, San Jacinto Mts. ; Lost Canon, upper Santa Ana River, San 

 Bernardino Mts., Peirson. Sierra Nevada : Huckleberry Mdw., Giant Forest, Ncwlon 19 ; Heart 

 Lake, Rock Creek lake basin, w. Inyo Co., Peirson 11,294; betw. Silver Pass and Fish Valley, 

 Fresno Co., A. L. Grant 1554; Shadow Lake, Madera Co., A. L. Grant 1571; Kennedy Mdw., 

 South Fork Relief Creek, Stanislaus River, A. L. Grant; Glen Alpine, Lake Tahoe, Chesnut 4- 

 Drew; Donner Lake, Sonne 209 ; Lassen Creek, Warner Mts., L. S. Smith 161 ; Forestdale, Modoc 

 Co., Nutting; Medicine Lake, Siskiyou Co., If. S. BaJcer 131. North Coast Ranges: South Fork 

 Mt., Humboldt Co., Chesnut # Drew; Trinity Summit, Tracy 10,737; Shackelford Creek (head 

 of), w. Siskiyou Co., Butler 57 ; Poker Flat, ne. Del Norte Co., E. Van Deventer 210. 



Refs. — Pyeoi^ secunda L., Sp. PI. 396 (1753), type European; Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 

 368 (1901), ed. 2, 310 (1911), Man. 737 (1925). 



3. P. asarifolia ilichx. var. incarnata Fer. Northern Shin-leaf. (Fig 

 310.) Scapes 9 to IS inche.s high, a single scaly bract borne at the middle; leaf 

 blades thin, orbicular, cordate to rounded at base, rounded at apex or rarely sub 

 acute, entire to finely crenate or serrulate, 1 

 to 3I/4 inches long, the petioles as long; ra- 

 ceme loose, scaly-bracted, 2 to 6 inches long; 

 corolla pink or red, drying rose-purple. 



Pine woods : San Bernardino Mts., 8000 

 feet; Sierra Nevada, 4000 to 8200 feet, from 

 Tulare Co. to Modoc Co.; Siskiyou Co., 4000 

 to 6000 feet. North to Alaska, east to New 

 England. July-Aug. 



Locs. — S. Cal. : Vivian Creek, San Bernardino 

 Mts., Munz 7593. Sierra Nevada: Whitney Mdws., 

 Tulare Co., Furpus 1895 ; Simpson Mdw., Middle Fork 

 Kings River, H. M. Eliot; Mirror Lake, Yosemite, 

 Jepson 3126; Colby, Butte Co., li. M. Austin; Forest- 

 dale, sw. Modoc Co., M. S. BaJcer. Siskiyou Co.: Mt. 

 Shasta, Jepson 14,665 ; Castle Lake, Alexander 4' Kel- 

 logg 342. 



Var. bracteata (Hook.) Jepson comb. n. Leaves 

 elliptic-ovate, shortly acute, coriaceous, shiny, 2 to 3 

 inches long ; flowers bright rose-pink. — Moist woods, 

 outer North Coast Range from Mendocino Co. to Sis- 

 kiyou Co. North to British Columbia. 



Locs. — Noyo, Mendocino Co., Bolandcr 6542 ; di- 

 vide betw. Cow Creek and Bear Creek, South Fork Eel 

 River, Constance 835 ; Redwood House road, Hum- 

 boldt Co., M. S. Baker 63 ; Eureka, Tracy 1191 ; Knee- 

 land Prairie, Tracy 248 ; Bald Mt. betw. High Prairie 

 and Snow Camp, Humboldt Co., Tracy 4552. 



Refs. — Pyrola asarifolia Michx., Fl. 1:251 

 (1803). Var. incarnata Fer., Rhod. 6:178 (1904) ; 

 Jepson, Man. 737 (1925). P. rotundifoUa var. incar- 

 nata DC, Prod. 7:773 (1839). tvpe loc. Dahuria. P. incarnata Fisch. ; DC, I.e. P. uliginosa 

 T. & 6. ; Torr., Fl. New York 1 :45"3, t. 69 (1843), type loc. Oriskany, Oneida Co., N. Y., Knieshern. 

 P. rotundifoUa var. uliginosa Gray, Man. ed. 2, 259 (1856). Var. bracte.ata Jepson. P. iracteata 

 Hook., Fl. Bor. Am. 2:47 (1834), type loc. Northwest Coast, Scouler. P. rotundifoUa var. brac- 

 teata Gray; B.&W.,Bot. Cal. 1:460 (1876). 



Fig. 310. Pyrola asarifolia Michx. 

 var. INCARN.\TA Fer. a. base of plant, 

 X % ; 6, infl., X % ; c, stamen, X IV2 ; 

 d, pistil, X 3; e, capsule, X 1%. 



4. P. picta Sm. White-vein Shin-leaf. (Fig. 311.) Scapes 8 to 15 inches 

 high; leaf-blades ovate to elliptic, very coriaceous, mottled or veined with white, 

 entire or serrulate, 1 to 3 inches long, the narrowly winged petiole mostly shorter 

 than the blade; raceme 3 to 5 inches long; calyx-lobes broadly ovate, usually acute; 

 corolla greenish-white. 



Humus or sandy soil of pine and fir forests, 4000 to 9200 feet : San Jacinto and 

 San Bernardino mountains; Sierra Nevada from Tulare Co. to Mt. Shasta and 

 Modoc Co.; North Coast Ranges from Lake Co. to Siskiyou Co. North to British 

 Columbia, east to Wj'oming. July-Aug. 



