615 Rydberg : Studies on the Rocky Mountain Flora 



By removing Stenotics lineanfoliiis Torr. & Gray and S. interior 

 Greene, which constitute a good genus, the genus Stenotus be- 

 comes a very natural one,' with only one somewhat aberrant mem- 

 ber, S. lanuginosus which approaches Pyrroconm innloides and its 

 relatives in habit. 



The Rocky Mountain species are distinguished as follows : 



Plant glabrous or puberulent ; leaves firm and evergreen. 



Leaves linear to filiform. I. S. stenophyllus. 



Leaves mostly oblanceolate. 

 Bracts lanceolate, acute. 

 Plant puberulent. 



Bracts in 3 series, broad, with broad scarious margins. 



2. S. acaiilis. 

 Bracts in 2 series, narrow, with narrow scarious margins. 



3. S. Andersonii. 

 Plant glabrous. 



Stem-leaves oblanceolate, 1-2 cm. long. 4. S. caespitosus. 



Stem-leaves linear, 4-7 cm. long. 5. S. falcalits. 



Bracts oval or oblong, very obtuse. 6. S. annerioides. 



Plant floccose ; leaves softer, not evergreen. 7. S. lamigino.us. 



1. Stenotus stenophyllus (A. Gray) Greene, Erythea, 2 : 72. 



1894 



Aplopappns stenopJiyllns A. Gray, U. S. Expl. Hxp. 17 : 347. 

 1862-74. 



This species grows on stony hills and mountains and ranges 

 from western Idaho and Washington to California. 



2. Stenotus acaulis Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. II. 7 : 334. 



1840 



Oirysopsis acanlis Nutt. Journ. Phil. Acad. 7 : 33. 1834. 



Aplopappns acanlis A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 7 : 353. 1867. 



This is a rather common species, growing on dry rocky hills 

 and mountains at an altitude of 1000—2500 m., from Saskatche- 

 wan and Washington to Wyoming and California. 



3. Stenotus Andersonii sp. no v. 



A puberulent, cespitose, but less woody perennial than the pre- 

 ceding and the three next following species. Flowering stems 

 about I dm. high, leafy at the base, few-leaved above : leaves nar- 

 rowly oblanceolate, not very rigid, distinctly 3-ribbed, 3—5 cm. 

 long, 3-4 mm. wide : bracts ne^rrowly lanceolate, acute, glandular. 



