1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California 289 



rarely met with along our lower borders (Shuteye Mountain, Madera 

 County, 7,500 feet, Smiley 556). 



8. PHYLLODOCE 



1. Phyllodoce Breweri (Gray) Heller, Muhl., vol. 1, p. 1. 1900. 



Bryanthus Breweri Gray, Proc. Am. Acad., vol. 7, p. 367. 1867. 



Type locality. — "High Sierras of California, alt. 10,000 feet; on 

 Wood's Peak Eldorado Co., Prof. Brewer; near Donner's Pass, Prof. 

 Torrey." 



Range. — Mountains of northern California through the Sierra 

 Nevada to Mt. San Gorgonio, San Bernardino Mountains, southern 

 California. 



Zone. — Hudsonian, less often in the Canadian ; rarely as an alpine 

 dwarf. 



Specimens eaxmuned. — About Summit Station, Heller 6979 ; high 

 mountain near Donner Pass, Torrey 287 ; Half-Moon Lake, Tahoe, 

 McGregor 86 ; Grass Lake, Tahoe, Miss Lathrop, July 19, 1909 ; shores 

 of Heather Lake, Tahoe, 8,100 feet. Smiley 175; Carson Spur, Amador 

 County, 8,000 feet, Hansen 796 ; near Lake Lucile, Tahoe, Setchell and 

 Dobie, July 6-21, 1901; Fallen Leaf trail to Mt. Tallac, 8,000 feet, 

 Abrams 4820; Wood's Peak, Eldorado County, Brewer 2123 at 10,000 

 feet; Mt. Hoffman, Yosemite, 10,000 feet. Brewer 1676; high Sierras 

 along streamlets, 10,000 feet, Bolander 6300 ; Dog Lake, Tuolumne 

 meadows, 9,300 feet. Smiley 840; Cloud's Rest, 9,900 feet. Smiley 518; 

 Mt. Goddard, 11,100 feet. Hall and Chandler 699; Lambert's Dome, 

 Yosemite, 9,400 feet, R. A. Ware 2648c; Cloud's Rest, 10,000 feet, 

 A. Gray in 1872; Hockett's meadow, Tulare County, Culbertson 

 (B4499); rocky slopes near Little Kern River, 9,500-11,000 feet, 

 Purpus 5162 ; Mt. Whitney, Culbertson (B 4354) ; base of Mt. AVhit- 

 ney, 12,000 feet, Rothrock 401 ; Lake meadows, Kaweah Peaks, Tulare 

 County, 12,000 feet, Dudley 2125; near Alta Peak, Tulare County, 

 Dudley 1525. 



9. KALMIA 



1. Kalmia polifolia Wang. var. microphylla Rehder, in Bailey, 



Cycl. Hort., vol. 2, p. 854. 1900. 



K. glauca var. micropliyUa Hook., Fl. Bor. Am., vol. 2, p. 41. 1834. 

 K. microphylla Heller, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, vol. 25, p. 581. 1898. 



Type locality . — ' ' Swamps in the Rocky Mountains. ' ' 



Range. — Alaska and Yukon south to California and Colorado. 



Zone. — Hudsonian. 



