1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevad-a of Calif ornia 293 



3. DODECATHEON 



Inflorescence and base of the style glandular-pubescent; usually 10-24 inches 

 high, with leaves oblanceolate, 2-15 inches long, %-2.5 inches broad, entire 



(rarely dentate) ; capsule included or equalling the sepals 1. D. Jeflfreyi 



Infloresence and base of the style not glandular-pubescent; capsules exserted. 

 Leaves narrowly lanceolate, acute, 2-6 inches long, iA-% inch broad and very 



smooth 2. D. alpinum 



Leaves oblong, obtuse, somewhat broader than in No. 2, but about as long 



3. D. tetrandrum 



1. Dodecatheon Jeffrey! Van Hoiite, Fl. des serres, vol. 16, p. 90. 

 1865-67. 



B. crenatum Greene, Erythea, vol. 2, p. 74. 1890. 

 D. vivipamm Greene, Erythea, vol. 3, p. 38. 1895. 



Type locality. — " Montagnes-Rocheuses, " but the description 

 drawn from a cultivated strain. 



Range. — British Columbia through Idaho and Washington to 

 southern Sierra Nevada. Mountains of southern California. White 

 Mountains, Inyo County. 



Zone. — Transition and sporadically above. 



Specimens examined. — Yosemite, J. M. Hutchings ; Peregoy's, 

 above Yosemite, A. Gray in 1872 ; Camp Wliiskers on Shuteye Pass, 

 6,000 feet, Abrams 4933 ; Mt. Raymond, Madera County, meadow at 

 7,800 feet. Smiley 531 ; Bonita meadow, Tulare County, 8,000 feet. 

 Hall and Babcock 5172 ; south side of Farewell Gap, Tulare County, 

 9,300 feet, Hall and Babcock 5398. 



la. Dodecatheon Jeffreyi var. reddens Hall, Bot. Gaz., vol. 31, 

 p. 392. 1901. 



Type locality. — "Along the lakes at the base of Mt. Goddard, 

 3,400 m." 



Range. — Central and southern Sierra Nevada. 



Zone. — Hudsonian. 



Specimens examined. — Foot of Mt. Goddard, alpine zone. Hall and 

 Chandler 676; Mt. Whitney, Culbertson (B 4531) ; mountains along 

 Little Kern River, wet places, 11-12,000 feet, Purpus 5246 ; Mt. Whit- 

 ney, above Langley's Camp, 12,000 feet. Hall and Babcock 5543. 



This variety is technically distinguished by the corolla lobes not 

 being closely reflexed and hence concealing the bases of the anthers, 

 which in the typical form are exposed. 



