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Upper Coniferous Belt, as along Snow Creek, and on Mt. 

 Lyell, Mt. Dana, Macomber Ridge, etc. 



4. S. virginiensis var. californica Jepson. A glandular- 

 pubescent perennial, 6 to 15 in. high, from a short rootstock, 

 the small whitish flowers in an elongated loose panicle. 

 Leaves few, petioled, oblong or spatulate, toothed or entire, 

 the blade 1 to 2 in. long. Petals oblong, sessile, white or 

 rose-tinted. — On cool, shaded slopes of middle altitudes : 

 Eagle Peak, Little Yosemite, Wawona Road, etc. 



Saxifraga virginiensis californica Saxifraga nivalis 



5. S. nivalis L. An obscurely viscid-pubescent plant, 3 to 

 8 in. high, from a short rootstock, the small flowers in a 

 close terminal head (inflorescence rarely branched). Leaves 

 oblong-obovate or spatulate, with short broad petiole or 

 nearly sessile, entire or slightly toothed, V/2 in. or less long. 

 Petals white, oblong or spatulate, about ^g in. long. — Found 

 in moist soil at high al- 

 titudes : Lake Tenaya, 

 Glacier Point, Vogel-. 

 sang Pass, Mt. Lyell. 



6. S. integrifolia var. 

 sierrae Coville. A ro- 

 bust glandular peren- 

 nial, 1 to 3 ft. high, 

 with white flowers in 

 small rounded clusters 

 terminating the short 

 branchlets of the pani- 

 cle. Leaves oblong or 

 oblanceolate, obtuse, ^ 



