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somewhat divergent, with prominent midrib; flowers sessile or nearly so; calyx 

 about 5 mm. long; teeth lanceolate, bristle-pointed; corolla white; tube exceed- 

 ing the calyx; lobes oblong. Dry hills: Black Hills, S.D. Submonl. Je. 



10. P. diffusa Benth. Loosely cespitose-spreading perennial; branches 2-3 

 cm. long, glabrous; leaves 6-12 mm. long, oblong-linear, 1-2 mm. wide, spread- 

 ing, apiculate, with strong midrib; flowers sessile or subsessile; calyx sparsely 

 lanate-ciliate, 5-7 mm. long; teeth lance-subulate, somewhat spreading; corolla 

 white, about 15 mm. long; lobes entire, obovate. Hills and mountains: B.C. — 

 Wyo. — Calif. Submont. Je-Au. 



11. P. glabrata (E. Nels.) A. Brand. Branches numerous, 5 cm. long or less; 

 leaves glabrous or slightly arachnoid at the nodes, densely imbricate, appressed, 

 linear, flat, 5-10 mm. long; flowers sessile, sohtary; calyx 4—5 mm. long, glabrous 

 or shghtly arachnoid between the ribs; teeth subulate; corolla 8-10 mm. long; 

 lobes broadly ovate. Open plains and hills: Wyo. Submont. My. 



12. P. Douglasii Hook. Stem much branched from a woody root; leaves 

 acerose, pungent, 5-15 mm. long, ciliate and usually conspicuously glandular, 

 rarely glabrate; flowers sessile; calyx ciliate and glandular; teeth subulate; corolla 

 18-20 mm. long, white; tube exserted; lobes obovate or rounded, 6-7 mm. long. 

 Hills and mountains : Wash. — Mont. — Nev. — n Calif. Submont. — Mont. My-Jl. 



13. P. condensata (A. Gray) E. Nels. Leaves imbricate, rigid, linear, 

 apiculate, 5-6 mm. long, strongly ascending, straight, with a strong midrib, 

 hispid-cihate on the margins; calyx glandular and ciliate; lobes similar to the 

 leaves; corolla white, 8-10 mm. long; tube much exceeding the calyx; lobes 

 rounded, about 4 mm. long. P. caespitosa condensata A. Gray. High mountain 

 ridges: Colo. Suhalp. — Alp. Je-Jl. 



14. P. caespitosa Nutt. Leaves linear or oblong-linear, apiculate, 8-14 

 mm. long, 1-2 mm. wide, usually flat, hi.spid-ciliate on the margins; flowers 

 sessile or subsessile, solitary at the ends of the branches; calyx hispid-ciliate and 

 glandular; lobes as long as the tube, lanceolate, pungent; corolla white or light 

 blue, fully twice as long as the calyx; lobes obovate, .5-7 mm. long. Mountains: 

 Mont.— N.M.— Utah — Ore.— B.C. Submont.— Suhalp. Je-Au. 



15. P. rigida Benth. Leaves subulate-acerose, at last recurved-spreading, 

 5-10 mm. long, hispid-cihate and somewhat glandular; flowers sohtary, sub- 

 sessile; calyx hispid-ciliate, more or less glandular; lobes acerose; corolla 10-12 

 mm. long; tube much longer than the calyx; lobes obovate, about 5 mm. long. 

 Dry hills and mountains: Mont. — Utah — Ore. — -Wash. Submont. My-Jl. 



16. P. Kelseyi Britton. Branches 1-2 dm. long; leaves flat, lanceolate or 

 hnear, 1-1.5 cm. long, narrowly white-margined, usually ciliate, sometimes 

 glandular, sometimes glabrate; flowers solitary, short-pedicelled ; calyx nearly 1 

 cm. long, cihate and often glandular; teeth subulate; corolla blue, lilac, or pink, 

 rarely white, fully 2 cm. long; lobes broadly obovate, 7-8 mm. long. Valleys: 

 N . D . — Colo . — M ont . Plain — Subalp. 



17. P. alyssifolia Greene. Branches short, with white shreddy bark; 

 leaves oblong or linear, or the earlier ones ovate, .5-15 mm. long, 2-4 mm. wide, 

 usually ciliate on the margins and sometimes a little glandular, cuspidate ; flowers 

 sessile or nearly so; calyx cihate, strongly ribbed, often considerably glandular; 

 calyx 7-8 mm. long; teeth oblong, acerose-cuspidate, rather shorter than the 

 tube; corolla bluish, rarely white, 1.5-18 mm. long; lobes obovate, 7-8 mm. long. 

 P. collina Rydb. P. variabilis A. Brand. Mountains and dry benches: Sask. 

 — S.D. — Colo. — Utah — Mont. Siihmont. — Mont. My-Au. 



18. P. albomarginata M. E. Jones. Floral stems 2-7 cm. high, 1-3- 

 flowered; leaves 4-6 mm. long, 2-3 mm. wide, spreadirig, ovate or lanceolate, 

 hispid-cihate at the base, and pubescent beneath; pedicels 2-8 mm. long; calyx 

 7-8 mm. long; teeth 2-3 mm. long, subulate, acerose, scarcely spreading; corolla 

 purplish or lilac, 12-15 mm. long; lobes about 4 mm. long, obovate. Mountain 

 sides and hills: Mont. Submont. My-Je. 



19. P. diapensioides Rydb. Branches about 2 cm. high; leaves crowded, 

 numerous, 4-5 mm. long, ovate, sharply acerose-cuspidate, thick, with a strong 



