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1. Edwinia americana (Torr. & Gray) Heller, Bull. Torrey Club 24: 477. 1897. 



Jamesia americana Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 593. 1840. 



Type locality: "Along the Platte or the Canadian River, near the Rocky Moun- 

 tains." 



Range: Wyoming to Utah and New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Jemez Mountains; Santa Fe and Las Vegas mountains; Manzano and 

 Sandia mountains; Magdalena Mountains; San Mateo Mountains; Mogollon Moun- 

 tains; White and Sacramento mountains. Mountains, in the Transition and Canadian 

 zones. 



This shrub is common along the mountain streams, often with its roots in running 

 water. It also occurs high up on the mountain peaks. While well worth cultivation, 

 it is doubtful whether it would endure the conditions of the ordinary garden. 



2. FENDLERELLA Heller. 



A low, much branched shrub 50 to 60 cm. high, with grayish young branches and 

 small lanceolate leaves 1 cm. long or less; flowers small, about 5 mm. long, white, in 

 cymose several-flowered clusters; hypanthium decidedly turbinate; capsule consid- 

 erably exceeding the calyx. 



1. Fendlerella cymosa Greene, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 16: 129. 1913. 



Type locality: Huachuca Mountains, southern Arizona. 



Range: Arizona and New Mexico to northern Mexico. 



New Mexico: San Luis Mountains; Organ Mountains; San Andreas Mountains. 

 Dry slopes, in the Upper Sonoran Zone. 



3. FENDLERA Engelm. & Gray. 



Shrubs 2 meters high or less, much branched, with grayish bark, rather small leaves, 

 and white or pink-tinged flowers borne in great profusion; leaves entire, mostly sessile; 

 flowers 4-parted; filaments of the 8 stamens flattened and with 2 narrow appendages 

 at the top extending beyond the anthers. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES. 



Leaves narrow, linear-elliptic or narrowly linear-lanceolate, usually 



falcate, glabrous or nearly so 1 . F. falcata. 



Leaves broader, elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, not falcate, copiously 

 pubescent. 



Leaves more or less white-tomentose beneath 2. F. tomentella. 



Leaves green beneath, not tomentoso :;. F.rupicola. 



1. Fendlera falcata Thornber, Contr. U. S. Nal Serb. 16: lL'lt. L913. 



Tvi'K locality : Tunitcha Mountains, New Mexico. Type collected by Standley 

 (no. 7806). 



RANGE I lolorado to Arizona and New Mexico. 



New MEXICO: Tunitcha Mountains; Cedar Hill; Carrizo Mountains; Embudo; 

 Cloudcroft. Dry hills, in the Upper Sonoran Zone. 



2. Fendlera tomentella Thorn her, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 16: 129. L918. 



Tyte locality: Canyon of the Blue River near Coopers Ranch, Graham County, 

 Arizona. 

 Ranoi Colorado to New Mexico and Arizona 

 New Mbxico: Hurrah Creek; Mangas Springs. Dry hills, in the Upper Sonoran 



Zone 



