OCT., 1899.] 



PLANTS. 161 



Lappula nervosa (Kellogg) Greene. 



Abundant in the opening.s near and a little below Wagon damp, 

 where it is the most troublesome 'stick-tight' of the region, filling the 

 forelocks and manes of the horses and binding tliem together in a 

 dense mat. 



Monardella odoratissima Benth. 



Abundant in the Canadian zone and much less common in the 

 Hudsonian. Abundant in the chaparral at Wagon Camp and found 

 in several places on warm sunny slopes as high as 7,800 or 7,900 feet, 

 and in one place near the head of Squaw Creek at 8,300 feet. In the 

 latter locality only a few bunches occur among the ro(;ks and no others 

 were observed for a long distance below. 



Scutellaria nana Gray. Dwarf Skullcap. 



This interesting little yellow -flowered skullcap was found at one 

 place only — the north slope of Shastina, at an altitude of 8,800 feet, 

 where it was flowering July 24. If this alpine plant is the same as the 

 type of 8. nana, which came from the hot desert region near Pyramid 

 Lake, Nevada, its occurrence at tiinberline on Shasta must be acci- 

 dental. (Identified by F. A'. Coville.) 



Stachys ingrata Greene. 



Abundant in moist soil at Wagon Camp, on the border between the 

 Canadian and Transition zones. (Identified by Professor Greene.) 



Chamaesaracha nana Gray. 



This solanaceous plant, which has la ge white flowers and looks like 

 a dwarf potato, is common in an old burn near Wagon Camp, where 

 the Canadian and Transition zones overlap. (Identified by Miss East- 

 wood.) 



Castilleja miniata Dougl. S(;arlet Painted Cup. 



Common and conspicuous. A large form, probably the type form — 

 since the type came from the Blue Mountains of Oregon — is common in 

 moist places in the lower part of the Canadian zone and upper part of 

 the Transition. It was flowering abundantly in the uppermost grove of 

 ponderosa pines at Wagon Cam[) the latter half of July. A smaller 

 form, apparently unnamed, abounds in the heather beds of the Hud- 

 sonian zone near and a little below timberline, where it was flowering 

 profusely the first half of August. 



Tlie scarlet i^ainted cup is one of the handsomest flowers of the moun- 

 tain. Where the plants are abundant on the dark heather the effect 

 of the bright green corolla tubes protruding in slender spindles from 

 the vivid scarlet mass of bracts and calyx is superb. Early in August 

 the calliope hummingbirds were constantly hovering over these flowers. 

 (Identified by M.L. Fernald.) 

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