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1. C. maculata liaf. Stems S to D! inclics high ; i-mci'iiu' '2 to 7 iiiclu's hiiifj;; 

 sepals ami jii'tals browiush-piuiilc, M-iicrvt'd, 3 to 4 liiU'S long'; lateral se[)als 

 xuiited at base with the foot of the eoluiiin forming a short (1 line long) spur 

 which is adiiate to the ovary; lip white, conspicuously spotted with purjile, 

 broailly ovate and somewhat convex, 3-lobed by a deep cleft on each side; miildle 

 lobe I'oimded, the edge turned up a little on the sides and denticulate at apex ; 

 capsule % inch long. 



Mcniiitain woods, mostly 3000 to (iOOO feet: cisnioiitaiu' Soiithei-n Califoi-nia, 

 north tlifongh the ('oasl Ranges and Sieri'a Nevada to Siskiyou ("o. North to 

 Jii-itish Columbia; east to the Atlantic. 



Loes. — Sontlicru California: I'alomar, San Diego Co., MK'latchir; T;in<iuit/, Valley, Hall 

 2S45 ; Little Green Valley, San Bernardino Mts., 6'. M. Hall 15. Coast R;inges: Bnrlinganie, 

 M. S. Baker; Mt. St. Helena, Jcpnon; Castle Peak, ne. Mendocino Co., Jepsooi; Buck Mt., 

 Huniboldt Co., Tracy 4191; Buckeye Mt., Trinity Co., Yalr.i 4G0; Green Pt. Ranch, Ilupa 

 Road, Jrpson 1947; Sisson, Jepson. Sierra Nevada: Round Mihv., (liant Forest, Jcpsim (i(i2; 

 Huntington Lake, A. L. Grant 141,')a; Wawona, JcjKson 430(); Cedar Creek, upper Stanislaus 

 River, Jcpsoii ()o27; Calavera.s Big Trees, A. L. Grant .57."); Bear Valley, Nevada Co.. Jrjition; 

 Sierraville, Alma Ames 13; Big Mt.s., Modoc Co., M. S. Baker. 



Rcfs.— CoRAM.OKRinZA MACCLATA Raf. Am. M. Mag. 2:119 (1817); Greene, Leall. 1:237 

 (1906). Cladorhi::a manihila Raf. I.e. 1:429 (1817), type loc. Pliiladeljihia. CoraUorrhiza 

 muUiftora Nutt. Jour. Acad. Phi!:i. 3:138, pi. 7 (1823)', tvpe from eastern U. S.; Jepson, 

 PI. W. Mid. Cal. 134 (1901); Gruenberg, Bull. Torr. Club 3'(i:l(;7 (1909). 



2. C. mertensiana r>ong. Stems to 20 inches high ; raceme more open than 

 in C. macniala, its axis lurid-pui'ple ; ilowers reddish t inged or veined with jMirple ; 

 sepals and jX'fals linear-lanceolate, 3 oi' 4 lines long; up|)ei- sepal erect, covering 

 closely the two petals; lower sepals deflexed-spreading; s|)ur 1 line long, the 

 lower half free from the ovary ; lip dark red, oblong, obtuse, entire or with a 

 tooth on one or both sides near the base, clawed below, thin and concave, the 

 ridges only slightly prominent ; capsule 5 to 8 lines long, attenuate into the short 

 slender iiedicel. 



Wootls, Humboldt and Siskiyou cos. North to Alaska. 



Locs.— Bald Mt., Humboldt Co., Vary <f- Blasdale 5()21 ; Redwood Creek, Humboldt Co., 

 Jepson 1984; Trinity Summit, Manninf) IGi/j; Mt. Eddy, Siskiyou Co., E. B. CoprUmi} 3926. 



Befa. — CoualIjORRIIIza mertensiana Bong. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. ser. 6, 2;l(i.5 (1832), 

 type loc. Sitka, Mertcns. 



3. C. striata liindi, (Fig. 60h.) Steins many in a cluster, 8 to 20 inches 

 high, with 3 or 4 sheathing leaves; raceme 2 to 8 inches long; sepals and petals 

 somewhat flesh-colored, striately 8-nerved with purple oi- reddish brown lines, 

 about G lines long, ajiproximated on up])er side of flower and curved over column 

 in such a way as to form a sort of hood; latei'al se|)als oblique: lip f|uite entire, 

 its edge a little u])turned ; spur none but the base of the perianth prominently 

 gibbons over the ovary; capsule 6 to !) lines long. 



Woods along the coast from Santa Cruz Co. to Humboldt Co.; Sierra Nevada 

 and northerly to Modoc and Siskiyou cos. North to Bi-itish Columbia and east 

 to Ontario. 



jjocs. — Burlingame. Ine:: Smith; Camp Taylor. Marin Co., Sonne; Mt. Tamalii.-iis, Dari/; 

 Cahto, Mendoeiiut Co., Davii fi(il2; Buck Mt.. liunil)oldt Co., Tracy 4131; Trinity Summit trail, 

 Davy .'i818; Humbug Mt., Siskiyou CJo., Bntlcr 1292; Modoc Co., M. S. Ba'k<r; Prattville, 

 Plumas Co., I!. M. Auf.-lin; Blue Canon, Placer Co., H. A. Walker 1221; Calaveras Big Trees, 

 A. L. Grant; Strawlx'rry, Tuolumne Co., Jepson 0499; Eight-mile, Wawona, Jepson 4289; 

 Pine Ridge, Fresno Co., Uall <>'■ Chandler 108. Not yet reported from Tulare Co. 



Refs. — CoRAl.LORRniZA STRIATA Liudl. Gen. & Sp. Orcli. .'534 (1840), type from northwest 

 America, Dinifllas; Torr. Pae. R. Rep. 4, pi. 25 (1857). C. bigclovii Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 

 12:275 (1877), based on material from the "Sierra Nevada and mountains of n. California."; 

 Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 134 (1901). 



Jei'son, I'^lora Of OAi.inuiNiA, vol. 1. i>t. (i. jip. 249-33G, Oct. 24, 1921. 



