692 CONTRIBUTIONS FEOM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Bracts acuminate; rays purplish. 



Stems low, with spreading basal branches 5. T. grandiflora. 



Stems erect, mostly simple. 



Bracts glabrous on the back; heads usually more 



than one; leaves little reduced above 6. T. eximia. 



Bracts pubescent on the back; heads solitary; leaves 



much reduced upward 7. T.formosa. 



1. Townsendia exscapa (Richards.) Porter, Mem. Torrey Club 5: 321. 1894. 

 Aster f exscapus Richards. Bot. App. Frankl. Journ. 32. 1832. 



Type locality: "Hab. at Carlton House." 



Range: Montana and Saskatchewan to New Mexico and Texas. 



New Mexico: Tierra Amarilla; west of Patterson; Carrizo Mountains; Las Vegas; 



Agua Fria; Sandia Mountains; Magdalena Mountains; Gihnores Ranch. Plains and 



low hills, in the Upper Sonoran Zone. 



2. Townsendia arizonica A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 16: 85. 1880. 

 Type locality: Fort Trumbull, Arizona. 



Range: Utah and Arizona to northwestern New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Carrizo Mountains (Standley 7332). Sandhills, in the Upper Sonoran 

 Zone. 



3. Townsendia incana Nutt. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. n. ser. 7: 305. 1841. 

 Type locality: "On the Black Hills." 



Range: Wyoming and Utah to Arizona and New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Farmington; Cedar Hill; Aztec; Fort Wingate; San Lorenzo. Sandy 

 soil, in the Upper Sonoran Zone. 



4. Townsendia fendleri A. Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. n. ser. 4: 70. 1849. 



Type locality: Gravelly hillsides, Santa Fe, New Mexico.. Type collected by 

 Fendler (no. 350). 



Range: Colorado and New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Aztec; Shiprock; Carrizo Mountains; Gallup; Espanola; Fort Win- 

 gate; Sandia Mountains; Socorro; North Percha Creek; Mesilla Valley; Organ Moun- 

 tains; mountains west of San Antonio. Low hills and valleys, in the Lower and Upper 

 Sonoran zones. 



This species is very close to T. strigosa Nutt. and it is doubtful whether it is possible 

 to separate the two. That species has been reported from New Mexico, but among our 

 material it is impossible to distinguish more than a single species. Our specimens 

 agree very well with those from farther north said to be T. strigosa. 



5. Townsendia grandiflora Nutt. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. n. ser. 7: 306-. 1841. 

 Type locality: "On the Black Hills * * * near the banks of the Platte." 

 Range: Wyoming and South Dakota to New Mexico and Oklahoma. 



New Mexico: Raton (Standley 6357). Dry hills, in the Upper Sonoran and lower 

 part of the Transition zonea. 



6. Townsendia eximia A. Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. n. ser. 4: 70. 1849. 



Type locality: "Sides of high mountains, Santa Fe Creek, and prairies on the 

 Mora River," New Mexico. Type collected by Fendler (no. 353). 



Range: Colorado to Arizona and New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Santa Fe and Las Vegas mountains; Sandia Mountains; Laguna 

 Blanca; Rio Pueblo; Pajarito Park. Open slopes and in thickets in the mountains, 

 Transition Zone. 



7. Townsendia formosa Greene, Leaflets 1: 213. 1906. 



Type locality: Black Range, New Mexico. Type collected by Metcalfe (no. 

 1434). 



