1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California 287 



Angora Lake, Tahoe, 7,300 feet. Hall and Chandler 4654; Cascade 

 Lake, Tahoe, C. J. Fox Jr., July, 1895; Cascade Mountains, Tahoe, 

 Setchell and Dobie, July 6-21, 1901 ; Redwood meadow. Mineral King, 

 Tulare County, Hall and Babcock 5380. 



Pyrola aphylla Smith {in Rees, Cycl., voL 29, no. 7. 1814), a 

 common Transition species, rarely is found along our lower borders 

 (Aspen Valley, Yosemite, 6,400 feet. Smiley 909. 



Moncses unifiora (L.) Gray, a typical member of the glacial flora, 

 and in North America ranging from the subarctic region south to the 

 Middle Atlantic States, Minnesota, New Mexico, and on the west coast 

 in typical form to Oregon, is present on Mt. Shasta in the var. 

 reticulata (Nutt.) S. F. Blake (Rhodora, vol. 17, p. 29. 1915), but is 

 not known from the Sierra Nevada. 



6. VACCINIUM 



Corolla usually 4-lobed; leaves lanceolate 1. V. occidentale 



Corolla usually 5-lobed; leaves obovate, cuneate 2. V. caespitosum 



1. Vaccinmm occidentale Gray, in Brewer and Wats., Bot. Calif. 



vol. 1, p. 451. 1876. 



Type locality. — "Sierra Nevada at 6,000 or 7,000 feet, from Mari- 

 posa to Sierra Co." 



Range. — Washington to Wyoming and southward to California and 

 Utah. 



Zone. — Canadian. 



Specimens examiined. — Plumas County, Mrs. Austin ; Sierra Valley, 

 Lemmon ; Mt. Rose, 9,650 feet, Heller 9919 ; near Fallen Leaf Lake, 

 Tahoe, 7,000 feet, Abrams 4805 ; Glen Alpine, Tahoe, 6,600 feet, Mc- 

 Gregor 213 ; Mono trail, Yosemite, Bolander 6299 ; Tuolumne meadows, 

 Yosemite, Miss K. D. Jones 539 ; Long Lake, Plumas County, 6,700 

 feet. Hall 9326 ; Shuteye Pass, Sierra National Forest, Abrams 4944 ; 

 Upper Green Meadow, Tulare County, Dudley 2253 ; Moraine Lake, 

 Tulare County, 9,000 feet, Dudley 2180 ; Tuolumne meadows, pros- 

 trate on exposed ledges by the river, 8,600 feet, R. A. Ware 2663c. 



2. Vaccinium caespitosum Michx., Fl., vol. 1, p. 234. 1803. 



V. caespitosum var. cuneifolium Nutt., m Gray, Syn. Fl., vol. 2, pt. 1, 



p. 24. 1878. 

 F. caespitosum var. arbuscula Gray, Syn. PL, vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 24. 1878. 



Type locality. — "In borealibus Americae, praesertim circa sinum 

 Hudsonis. " 



