MEMOIRS OP' THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN. 417 



Ratibida columnaris (Sims) Don ; Sweet, Bnt. Fl. Gard. 2 : 361 [111. 



Fl. 3: 419] ; Riidhcckia colinnnaris Sims, Bot, Mag. ^l. 1601 ; 



Le^achys cohunnarisToxx. & Gray, Fl, N. Am. 2: 313 [Syn. Fl. 



I-: 264; Man. R. M. 183]. 



On dry prairies and plains, up to an altitude of 2000 m. 



Montana: Helena, 1892, E. N. Brandcgee; Lewis and Clarke 

 Co., Mrs. Muth: Custer Co., 1892, Mrs. Light; Belt Mts., 1883, 

 Scribner, 10^. 



Ratibida columnaris pulcherrima (DC.) Don; Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 



2 : 361 ; Obcliscaria fulchcrrima DC. Prod. 5 : 559 ; Lefachys 



columnaris pulcherrima Torr. & Gray, Fl, N. Am. 2 : 313 [Syn. 



Fl. i^: 264; Man. R. M. 184]. 



Montana: Helena, 1891, F. D. Kelscy ; Lewis and Clarke Co., 

 Mrs. Muth. 



Brauneria pallida (Nutt.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Bot. Club, 5: 333 [111. 



Fl. 3: 420] ; Rudbcckia pallida Nutt. Journ. Acad. Sci. Phila. 7: 



77 ; Echinacea angustifolia DC. Prod. 5: 554 [Syn. Fl. i^ : 258 ; 



Man. R. M. 182]. 



On dry prairies, up to an altitude of 2500 m. 



Montana: John Pcarsall (MuUan Expedition), giy; Bozeman, 

 1884, Tweedy, iji. 



Yellowstone Park : i^St,, Miss Mar v Compton. 



Balsamorrhiza sagittata Nutt, Trans, Am. Phil. Soc. (II.) 7: 350 

 [Syn. Fl. I-: 266; Bot. Cal. i: 348; Man. R. M. 184]; Es- 

 peletia sagittata Nutt. Journ. Acad. Sci. Phila. 7 : 38. 

 The seeds, thick root and young stalks are used as food by the 

 Indians. On hillsides, at an altitude of 1500-2500 m. 



Montana: Deer Lodge, 1888, E. W. Traphagcn ; Gallatin Co., 

 1888, Tzveedy, 226; Sand Coulee, 1892, R. S. Williams, 86; 

 Bozeman, 1882, Tzveedy; Columbia Falls, Mrs. Kennedy, J2; 

 Gallatin Co., 3fiss Shipman and Mrs. Hodgman ; Bridger Mts., 

 June II, 1897, Rydberg cG- Bessey, 3174; Bozeman Pass, 1883, 

 Tweedy; Bozeman, 1883, Scribner, loja; Missoula, 1898, Wil- 

 liams & Griffith. 



Yellowstone Park : 1888, Dr. Chas. H. Hall: 1885, Tzveedy, 



755- 



Balsamorrhiza Balsamorrhiza (Hook.) Heller, Cat. N. Am. PL 7; 

 Heliopsis f Balsamorrhiza Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 310; Balsa- 



