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ALSINACEAE 



subulate, 3-6 mm long; inflorescence open, few-flowered; bracts lance-subulate; 

 sepa s lanceolate 3 mm. long, scarious-margined, glandular on the thick midrib 

 petals 3-4 mm. long. Dry mountams: Utah^Cahf. Submont. Jl-S. 



*h^^^\ ^' ^Y®1*^^\ ^^^V- ^^^™ ^^*^ somewhat ligneous base, usually less 

 Wo. fiVf""' T'-, elandular-puberulent especiaUy in the inflorescence; leaves 

 linear-fihform 2-3 cm long, less than 1 mm. wide; pedicels about 1 cm. long; 



Sinln^'''''K 'i \«^t^'/bout 5 mm. long, scarious-margined and decidedly 

 g andular-puberulent; petals about 8 mm. long. Mountains: Colo. Subalv. 



fiUfni,^; r Howell Stems woody at the base, 1-2 dm. high; leaves 

 nr a^^^fw" ^''^' ?«°^«^^'hat acerose, 1-3 cm. long, glabrous; sepals ovate, acute 

 rnnn^T^f' ^''f i^^^^^iPf gi^ed, 4 mm. long; petals about 5 mm. long. A. 

 congesia subcongesiaS. Wats.^. subcongesta Rydb. Mountains: Wash.-Calif. 

 —Colo.— Mont. Mont.— Submont. My-JI. 



H,.,^l',-„t' f^^^^ata S. Wats. Stems woody and decumbent at the base, 1-2 

 dm. high, leafy at the base; leaves subulate-fiUform, pungent, glabrous and 



&"o;rPS ^''^a'-' ^'^tJt"' ^ T- ^""l^' Petals 5-^' mm. long. ^Arid moun- 

 tains. Ore.— Ida.— Ariz.— Nev. S on .—Submont . Jl-Au. 



>,.r.W.^ l^^^''®u ^® o^ ^§- ^>*^) Howell. More or less shrubby perennial; 

 .ti^^tT ir^'^f ^'^ ^\ ^^"^' glabrous; leaves glabrous, fihform, erect o^ 

 E n^' ^ """i ^''^^'' ^'^P''^ ovate-lanceolate or ovate, acute; petals 6-7 mm. 

 Tl'^^n^f^^ ""^^^^I ^y"'?, ^l}""^^ ^^ *^^ '^aly^- ^- F^ndhri qlahrescens S. Wats. 



^\Crnir''''^nf i.^\?- *^""f'! ^^* ^- ^^<^cidenia S. Wats. Arid regions 

 m the mountains: Utah— Nev.— Ariz. Mont. Je-Au. 



dm ^vlicr^' Jf K^^^^^^"^^- Cespitose, tufted perennial; stems numerous, 2-4 

 nS"i wll fil°f '^elo^^' glandular-pubescent above, usually thickened at the 

 ZtkltlZf ""^^ '^^"?7' 5-10 cm. long; pedicels long; lower bracts linear- 

 Mo, mtj'n^pl^P'''" lanceolate; sepals 5-7 mm. long. A. Fendleri diffusa Porter. 

 Mountains: Colo. Submont. — -Mont. Je-Au. 



^l.nlli^; I?.^5Y' ^- «[•''/• ^H"^^ 1-3 ^°^- l^igl^' strict, glabrous beneath, 

 I S n^ Inn^ ' v'^T^ ^^^''''T' gl^brous, more or less glaucous, rather firm 

 hul wiT^'^'S^^^'/^^l^^^hort; sepals 4-5 mm. long. Mountains and dry 

 nuis. Wyo.— N.M.— Ariz. Submont. —Alp. Je-Au. 



nunll'nf^'i ^9*^*^*?°***^n ?^'*- ?^^™^ ^bout 2 dm. high; leaves fiUform, stiff, 

 ^pW^' ^~ 1^™' ?% o^ ^^- ""''^l^' niinutely scabrous-ciliolate on the margins 

 enuJlin^cr r V'^'l^f ^'^ cm long glabrous; sepals about 6 mm. long, glabrous, 



sT-slblnf'Z. '""'"' '""^ ^'*'^" ""^^ ^^"" N.M.-c!lc^^Utah. 



22. A. Franklinii Dougl. Stems about 1 dm. high, angular in drying; 

 carfonf,^"^^ •"' f Ti"' t"^ '^™- '°"S' arcuate-spreadingi bracti lance-subulati 



sn?l wt^ ^^l!^*''lf^*''' ''^r-^ ^%^k linear-lanceolate, 8-12 mm. long. Sandy 

 soil. Wash.— Ida.— Ore. Plain— Submont. My-Je 



23. A. Hookeri Nutt. 



4-15 



mnrc r^r Toco r,„K rV ^-v.^ "wuuj, <,uii.eu, stems ■i-io cm. mgn, tereie, 



3lnt hr.^f« f '''''S' l'^^'^^' subulate, ascending or spreading, 0.5-5 cm. long 

 SSfnblont''* lanceolate, scarious-margined; sepals lanceolate, 6-9 mm. long; 

 -^uLS Je-Au °'^ ^^^^'- Mont.-Neb.-Colo. Plain 



7. SAGINA L. Pearlwort. 



"^ '^^ ^^nials. Leaves opposite, fiUform or subulate 



elongated pedicels. Sepals 4 or 5, persistent 



Low matted 



Stem short, forimng sterile rosettes at the base; perennials 



3, «S. occidentalism 



