1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California 283 



Specimens examined. — Sierra Valley, Lemmon in 1873 ; near Web- 

 ber Lake, Kennedy and Doten 145; Lake Tahoe region, 9,000 feet, 

 W. D. Bliss 1789; King's River region, 8-9,000 feet, R. W. Gibbs, 

 August 20, 1898. 



2. CHIMAPHILA 



Leaves numerous and sharply toothed 1. C. umbellata 



Leaves fewer and merely serrulate 2. C. Menziesii 



1. Chimaphila umbellata (L.) Barton, Veg. Mat. Med. U. S., vol. 1, 



p. 17, t. 1. 1817. 



Fyrola uvibellata L., Sp. PI., p. 396. 1753. 



Chimaphila corymbosa Pursh, Fl., vol. 1, 300. 1814. 



Chimaphila ocoidentalis Eydb., N. Am. FL, vol. 29, pt. 1, p. 30. 1914. 



Type locality. — "Habitat in Europae, Asiae et Americae septen- 

 trionalis sylvis. " 



Rung e.—}lola,rctie realm ; in America south to Georgia along the 

 Appalachians ; in the west reaching into Mexico. 



Zone. — Transition and- Canadian, the latter rarely. 



Specimens examined. — Trail over moraine south of Fallen Leaf 

 Lake to Angora Lake, Tahoe, Miss Lathrop, July 23, 1909 ; Glen 

 Alpine, Tahoe, 7,000 feet, McGregor 35. 



According to Wooton and Standley^^° this species in New Mexico 

 grows in "Deep woods, in the Canadian and Hudsonian zones." 



2. Chimaphila Menziesii (R. Br.) Spreng., Syst., vol. 2, p. 317, 



1825. 



Pyrola Menziesii E. Br., in D. Don, Mem. Wern. Soc, vol. 5, p. 245. 1824. 



Type locailty. — ^" Habitat in Americae ora boreali-occidentali." 



Range. — British Columbia to California. 



Zone. — Transition mainly, rising occasionally into the Canadian. 



Specimens examined. — Moraine south of Fallen Leaf Lake, Tahoe, 

 7,200 feet, Smiley 21; Dougherty Meadow, Tulare County, in forest, 

 Dudley 1444; Grant Park, Tulare County, Dudley 1211. 



3. LEDUM 



1. Ledum glandulosum Nutt., Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, vol. 8, p. 270. 

 1843. 



Type locality. — "In the central chain of the Rocky Mountains on 

 the sides of mountains which close up Thomburg's ravine." 



Range. — British Columbia to California and Wyoming. Idaho and 

 east Nevada. 



