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cm. long, oblong-oblanceolate, gradually tapering into a winged 

 petiole, mostly obtuse, fleshy, with a strong midrib, glabrous and 

 shining ; umbel 4-7-flo\vered ; bracts lanceolate, 5-8 mm. long ; 

 calyx-lobes lanceolate, about 5 mm. long ; united part of the 

 corolla yellow, the free lobes bluish purple, oblong or lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse or acute, 12-15 mm. long; united filaments very short, scarcely 

 more than i mm. long; anthers linear-oblong, 6-7 mm. long, acute; 

 connective lanceolate-acuminate, its dark purple coloration reaching 

 the tip of the anthers; capsules on erect pedicels, cylindric, 15-20 

 mm. or more long and 5 mm. in diameter, in opening its top break- 

 ing off as a lid, the body later splitting into 5 valves. 



It somewhat resembles D. paiiciyiorjiDi, but the leaves are broader 

 and thicker, the filaments are much shorter and the coloration of the 

 flower is somewhat different. In D. faticiforiini the united filaments 

 are at least 3 mm. long, while the anthers are seldom more than 4 

 mm. The yellow throat of the corolla of that species is nearly al- 

 ways marked by a dark purple wavy line. It may be close to D. con- 

 jugcns Greene, of which I have not seen authentic specimens, but 

 the stamens are not perfectly free, as described in that species, the 

 connective is as a rule not crenulate, and the anthers are not obtuse. 



It grows in rich soil in the valleys of the mountain regions, at an 

 altitude of 1500-2500 m. 



Montana: Missouri River, above mouth of Sand Coulee, 1885, 

 F. W. Anderson (in flower^ ; Bridger Mountains, June 17, 1897, 

 Rydbcrg & Bessey, 46'/^. and ^Syj (in fruit) ; Great Falls, 1888, 

 7?. S. Williams, jSi (in flower). 



Yellowstone Park: Indian Creek, 1885, Tzveedy, 4J2, in part. 



Washington: Snognalme Pass, Cascade Mts., 1882, Tzuecdy. 



* Dodecatheon pubescens. 



Scape slender, about i dm. high, from a cluster of fibrous roots; 

 leaves 2-3 cm. long, elliptic or broadly spatulate, obtuse, abruptly 

 contracted into a distinct slightl}- winged petiole, densely and finely 

 pubescent ; umbel 2-5-flowered ; bracts lanceolate, less than 5 mm. 

 long ; sepals lanceolate, acute ; corolla bluish purple, its lobes linear- 

 oblong, acutish, about 7 mm. long; united portion of the stamens 

 scarcely any, less than 0.5 mm. long ; anthers about 5 mm. long, 

 acute; fruit unknown. 



It somewhat resembles D. piihcrulcntiim in the size of the flower 

 and plant, but the leaves are broader and densely pubescent, and the 

 stamens are quite different. In that species the united filaments are 

 of about the same length as the anthers. 



Montana: Missoula, 1883, Tweedy. 



