1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California 141 



Range. — California to British Columbia and western Nevada. 



Zone. — Arid Transition and Canadian. 



Specimens examined. — Plumas County, Mrs. Austin in 1878 ; Sil- 

 ver Lake, 2,000 feet, Hansen 584; meadow near Fallen Leaf Lake, 

 Tahoe, Miss Lathrop, July 12, 1909 ; Half Moon Lake, Tahoe, 8,200 

 feet, Hall and Chandler 4691 ; Lily Lake meadow, Tahoe, 6,700 feet. 

 Smiley 393; Yosemite Valley and mountains, Torrey 514; meadows 

 along- Little Kern River, Tulare Coimty, 9-9,500 feet, Purpus 1817. 



9. SMILACINA 



Eaceme simple; stamens shorter than the perianth segments their filaments 

 slender 1. S. sessilifolia 



Eaceme compound (inflorescence paniculate); stamens exceeding the perianth 

 segments, their filaments broadened 2. S. amplexicaulis 



1. Smilacina sessilifolia Nutt., in Wats., Proc. Am. Acad., vol. 14, 



p. 245. 1879. 



Vagnera sessilifolia Greene, Man. Bay Eegion, p. 316. 1894. 

 Tovaria sessilifolia Baker, Jour. Linn. Soc, vol. 14, p. 566. 1875. 

 Smilacina stellata sessilifolia Henderson, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, vol. 27, 

 p. 358. 1900. 



Type locality. — "America borealis occidentalis a Columbia brit- 

 tanica ad Calif orniam et Mexicum Novum." 



Range. — Throughout the Cordilleran section and west to the 

 Pacific Coast. 



Zone. — Arid Transition and Canadian. 



Specimens examined. — Grass Lake, Tahoe, McGreg-or 99 ; Porcu- 

 pine Flat, Yosemite, 8,000 feet, R. A. Ware 2651c; Long Canon, 

 Tulare County, 7,000 feet. Hall and Babcock 5300; Natural Bridge, 

 Tulare County, Culbertson (B4362). 



2. Smilacina amplexicaulis Nutt., Jour. Acad. Phila., vol. 7, p. 58. 



1834. 



S. racemosa var. amplexicaulis Wats., Bot. King's Exped., p. 345. 1871. 

 Vagnera amplexicaulis Greene, Man. Bay Eegion, p. 316. 1894. 

 Vagnera pallescens Greene, Proc. Acad. Phila., 1895, p. 551. 1896. 

 Vagnera hrachypetala Eydb., Bull. Torr. Bot. Qub, vol. 28, p. 268. 1901. 



Type locality. — ' ' In the valleys of the Rocky Mountains about the 

 sources of the Columbia River. ' ' Wyeth. 



Range. — Throughout the Cordilleran section and west to the 

 Pacific Coast. 



Zone. — Arid Transition and Canadian. 



