1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California 247 



14. FRAGARIA 



1. Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala (Rydb.) Hall, Univ. Calif. 

 Publ. Bot., vol. 4, p. 198. 1912. 



F. platypetala Rydb., Mem. Dept. Bot. Columbia Univ., vol. 2, p. 177. 1898. 

 F. virginiana var. illinoensis Wats., Bot. Calif., vol. 1, p. 177. 1876, not 

 Gray. 



Type locality. — ''Sprout, British Columbia," as given in N. Am. 

 FL, vol. 22, p. 361. 



Range. — Pacific Coast, east to Montana and Wyoming. 



Zone. — Transition and Canadian. 



Specimens examined. — Base of Angora Peak, Tahoe, 7,200 feet. 

 Smiley 307; near Fallen Leaf Lake, Tahoe, 6,400 feet. Smiley 288; 

 Olancha Mountain, Tulare County, 8,500 feet. Hall and Babcock 

 5282. 



la. Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala f. sibbaldifolia Hall., 

 Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot., vol. 4, p. 199. 1912. 



F. sibbaldifolia Rydb., Mem. Dept. Bot. Columbia Univ., vol. 2, p. 176. 

 1898. 



Type locality. — "California: near Mt. Whitney along branches of 

 Kern River. ' ' 



Range. — Sierra Nevada; probably co-extensive with that of the 

 above variety. , 



Zone. — Canadian and Hudsonian. 



Specimens examined. — Luther's Pass, Tahoe region, 7,800 feet, 

 Abrams 4758 ; Tuolumne meadows, Yosemite, Dudley, July 21, 1901 ; 

 Whitney meadows, Tulare County, Coville and Funston 1712 ; 

 Chagoopa Creek, Tulare County, meadows at 10,000 feet, Dudley 

 2239; Whitney Creek, 11,000 feet, Culbertson (B 4348) ; Nellie Lake 

 meadow, Fresno County, 8,700 feet. Smiley 610. 



Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. (Trans. Linn. Soc, vol. 12, p. 

 158. 1817), a common shrub of the Upper Sonoran and Arid Tran- 

 sition from Montana to New Mexico westward to the Pacific Coast, 

 rises in localities on the east flank of the Sierra to our lower limits 

 and occasionally ascends above them (Mt. Tallac, talus slope at 8,300 

 feet. Smiley 229 ; Sonora trail, east side of summit, 8,000 feet. Brewer 

 1861). 



