1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California 295 



Range. — Not known from beyond the Sierra Nevada, but probably 

 co-extensive with the range of the species, of which this is the alpine 

 dwarfed form. 



Zone. — Arctic-alpine, but occasionally in the Hudsonian. 



Specimens examined. — Castle Peak, 8,800 feet, Smiley 483; Lake 

 of the Woods, on meadow, 8,200 feet, Smiley 69 ; Mono Pass, wet places 

 at 10,765 feet, Brewer 1717 ; Mt. Dana, 11-12,000 feet. Brewer 1742 ; 

 same locality, 11,000 feet. Hall and Babcock 3618 (type) ; Mt. Silli- 

 man, Tulare County, Mrs. Brandegee. 



3. Dodecatheon tetrandrum Suksdorf, in Greene, Erythea, vol. 3, 

 p. 40. 1895. 



Type locality. — Not definitely given. 



Range. — Washington through the mountains of Oregon to the 

 Siskiyous and southward in the Sierra to Lake Tahoe. Warner Moun- 

 tains of Modoc County. 



Zone. — Canadian. 



Specimen examined. — About Marlette Lake, east of Lake Tahoe, 

 Nevada, Hall and Chandler 4591. 



46. GENTIANACEAE (Gentian Family) 



Leaves trifoliate; plant aquatic 1. Menyanthes 



Leaves simple, entire; plants terrestrial. 



Corolla not glanduliferous at* base, funnel-form or campanulate; leaves oppo- 

 site 2. Gentiana 



Corolla with a large fringed pit or gland at base of each lobe or a pair of 

 glands; corolla rotate. 



Style very short or none; flowers 5-merous 3. Sweertia 



Style evident (% inch or longer); flowers 4-merous 4. Frasera 



1. MENYANTHES 



1. Menyanthes trifoliata L., Sp. PL, p. 145. 1753. 



Type locality. — "Habitat in Europae paludibus." 



Range. — Holarctic realm ; in America south from the subarctic 

 region (Labrador- Alaska) to the Middle Atlantic States, Great Lakes, 

 Iowa, Colorado, and California. 



Zone. — Transition and Canadian. 



Specimens examined. — Mt. Stanford (Castle Peak), meadow along 

 the trail, C. F. Sonne, July 19, 1885; Lily Lake, Tahoe, 6,600 feet, 

 Smiley 332 ; meadows near Black Mountain, Fresno County, in ponds, 

 9,500 feet, Hall and Chandler 732. 



