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son in the amphitheatre above East Lake. It may be a new 

 species, as it does not agree in all particulars with typical forms 

 of the above species. 



Ranunculus orthorhynchus platyphylius Gray. Stems 

 rather stout, a foot or more high, clothed with numerous spread- 

 ing hairs. Radical leaves on long, broad petioles, compound, 

 with 3 leaflets, the upper one 3-lobed, lateral deeply toothed or 

 lobed ; stem leaves similar but with shorter petioles, the upper- 

 most sessile and simple ; all very hairy. Flowers yellow, half an 

 inch or more in diameter. Sepals reflexed ; petals oblanceolate 

 to spatulate. Akenes flat in a globular head, large and tipped 

 with a straight pointed style as long as the body of the akene. 

 Bearskin Meadow and in other wet places. 



Ranunculus occidentalis Eisenii Gray." Stems stout, a foot 

 or two high, smooth except at base. Radical leaves on long, 

 broad, hairy petioles, with 3-lobed blades, the lobes cleft into 

 uneven divisions, wedge-shaped ; stem leaves with the divisions 

 more deeply and more sharply cleft. Flowers small on slender 

 pedicels, % in. in diameter. Sepals reflexed ; petals orbicular ; 

 akenes flat in a globular head tipped with a short, curved style. 

 Bearskin Meadow, Millwood. 



Aquilegia truncata F. & M. Coi^umbine. Stems stout, a 

 foot or two high, slightly pubescent and glandular, especially 

 above. Leaves thrice-palmately-compound, with large, 3-lobed 

 divisions ; the lower on long petioles, the upper almost sessile. 

 Flowers in showy panicles terminating long peduncles. Sepals 

 red ; petals with spurs red, the short blades yellow. Stamens yel- 

 low, numerous, much exserted. Fruit consisting of 5 erect, 

 I -celled, slender pods tipped with long styles. Bearskin Meadow, 

 but common in other places. 



Aquilegia pubescens Coville. Stems somewhat tufted at base 

 and clothed with dead leaf stalks, a foot or more high, glabrous at 

 base, glandular, pubescent above. Radical leaves on slender, 

 smooth petioles, simply ternate with 3 leaflets, each 3-parted to 

 3-divided, the divisions crenately lobed ; stem leaves similar but 

 on short petioles. Flowers yellow with spreading spurs more 

 than an inch long, sepals broad, more than half an inch in 

 length. Collected on the trail to University Peak by Miss Cath- 

 erine E. Wilson. This species is found only at upper elevations. 



Delphinium polycladon Eastwood. Stems two feet or more 

 tall with many spreading branches, rather slender and weak. 

 Lower part of plant smooth, upper pubescent. Leaves orbicular 



