588 ONAGRACEAE 



petals 4-5 mm. long; pod 4^5 cm. long, more or less crisp and glandular: see 



without a neck; coma white. Wet places: Colo.— Wye— Utah. Submonf. 

 Suhal-p. Jl-Au. 



14. E. saximontanum Haussk. Perennial, with turions; stem simple, 

 ascendmg or suberect, 1-2 dm. (rarely 3 dm.) high; leaves pale green, glabrous, 



^^ f^" i^^^' ^ '^'' °^'^^6' entire, the upper ovate-lanceolate, denticulate; 



petals d-5 mm. long; capsules glabrous, about 4 cm. long, short-pedicelled; seeds 

 acu|e^ at each end. Near springs: Alta.— Wyo.— B.C. Submont.—Subalp. 



o /5' ^- Prummondii Haussk. Perennial, with turions; stem strict, erect, 

 ^-4 dm high, pale, glabrous; leaves pale, 2-4 cm. long, repand-dentate ; petals 

 4 mm. long; capsule 3-5 cm. long, slender-pedicelled; seeds acute at each end, 

 minutely apiculate; coma dingy. Wet places: Sask.—S.D.— Colo.— Utah- 

 Is. u. tiubmont. — Mont. Je-Au. 



V }:^'^<. delicatum Trelease. Perennial, with turions; stem slender, 1-3 dm. 

 high glabrous, with crisp-hairy lines above; leaves 2 7 cm. long, mostly spread- 

 ing, lanceolate, obtuse, undulate-denticulate, thin and pale ; petals about 5 mm. 

 long; capsule 4-6 cm long, slender-pedicelled; seeds papillose, apiculate; coma 

 dmgy. Wet places: Wash.— Mont.— Wyo.— Ore. Jl-Au. 



K- k"'' i^u alpinum L. Stem ascending or decumbent at the base, 1-3 dm. 

 nign, glabrous; leaves eUiptic, rather obtuse, 2-5 cm. long, glabrous, the upper 

 olten alternate; petals about 3 mm. long; capsules slender, about 5 cm. long, 

 witn long pedicels; seeds smooth, beaked. E. lacHflorum Haussk. E. cana- 

 dense Lev., a somewhat puberulent form. Wet places in the mountains and in 



arctic regions: Greenl.—N.H.—S.D.— Colo.— Calif.— Alaska: n Eu. and ne 



Asia. Mont. — Alp. ' 



..J\ ^' ^ornemannii Reichenb. Stem 1-3 dm. high, ascending, somewhat 

 crisp-hairy on the decurrent hues and in the inflorescence; leaves 2-4 cm. long, 

 emptic or oval, mostly obtuse; flowers few, erect; petals 5-7 mm. long; capsule 

 %^!^' w^'^^^, slender peduncles; seeds usually rough, short-apiculate; coma 

 amgy. Wet places on the mountain sides and in arctic regions: Greenl.— N.H. 

 C5.u.—L.olo.—Galif.— Alaska; n Eurasia. Mont.—Subalp. Je-Au. 



19. E. anagallidifolium Lam. Stem about 1 dm. high, usually S-bent, 



somewhat crisp-hairy, at least on the decurrent lines; leaves 1-2 cm. long, oval 

 or oblong obtuse; petals Ulac or rose, 4-5 mm. long; capsules 2^ cm. long, 

 slender-pedicelled, cyhndnc; seeds short-apiculate; coma dingy. In wet places 

 m alpine-arctic situations: Greenl.-Lab.-Alta.-Colo.-(? Calif.)-Alaska; Eur- 

 asia. Subalp.~Alp. Je-Au. 



clavatum 



decumbent 



— , T' Y i"*"^ ijeiease. carems ascending or decumbent, 1 dm. hign or 

 less glabrate or sparmgly glandular; leaves 1-2 cm. long, divergent, broadly 

 oval, Obtuse; petals rose-colored, about 5 mm. long; capsule about 2.5 cm. long, 



Tuf ^n ^ ?Tf T*^i. ^^"^^ fusiform, papillose ; coma dingy. Alpine peaks : 

 Alta.— Colo.— Utah— B.C. Mont.— Ala. .T1-An 



• E. oregonense 



purplish 



Sim 



^r.A r^w: I T "-"vc, X ic»>-ii>jweieu, leaves ODtuse, glabrous, entire or remoieiy 



r^l,l^ ofJ" ^^^V'^u^a*^' ^~¥ ^°^- l««g; petals violet or rose, 3-5 mm. long; 

 TW, RP T?" If' on pedicels of about the same length; seeds apiculate. 

 Bogs. B.C.— Ida.— Nev.— (!:ahf. Mont.—Subalp. Je-Au. 



terJfp- ^^£f^!'^'^^n^^''^^^\ ^*^"^^ ^'■«^<^' ^"nple, 3-6 dm. high, glabrous, 

 SwidTeaTe'r^ill'/i^^^^^^ ^-^^-^«^:^^* oblanceolate, entire or repand, 



sule 7.5 cm 



nd ; petals purpUsh, rose, or rarely white, 

 hnear-falcate, distinctly pediceUed; seed 



dingj'. Wet places: Wash.-Id'a.:::^;iif:^ KP jl-Au! 



d.nn?r'o?; P^**yp WuHi Rydb. Stems ascending or erect, glabrous, without 

 decurrent hues, terete; leaves rounded or subcordate at the base, acute, or the 

 lower obtuse, entu-e or minutely denticulate, 1.5-2.5 cm. long; pet^ pale, about 

 4 mm. long; capsules glabrous, about 5 cm. long, on short pedicelsf seeds not 



