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Range. — British Columbia to the King's River region of the Sierra 

 Nevada; in the Rockies to Colorado. 



Zone. — Transition to Hudsonian. 



Specimens examiined.—Kva.^'^ Cailon, Ormsby County, Nevada, 

 1,700-2,000 m.. Baker; springy places near Marlette Peak, Nevada, 

 7,500 feet. Hall and Chandler 4586 ; Lake Tahoe region, W. C. Bias- 

 dale, July, 1897 ; Rubicon Park, Tahoe, W. A. Setchell, July 10, 1901 ; 

 Mono Pass, borders of a spring at 11,000 feet, Bolander 6905 ; Truckee, 

 Heller 7190 ; meadows on the Upper San Joaquin, Madera County, 

 Congdon, August 20, 1895 ; Natural Bridge, Tulare County, 8,000 feet, 

 Culbertson (B4256). 



P. Helleri is said to differ from all other species by the subsessile 

 anthers ; the type collected is Heller 7190, two sheets of which are in 

 the herbarium at the University of California. Examination of these 

 co-tj^pes disclosed stamens with normal length of filaments. 



2. Polemonium pulcherrimum Hook., Bot. Mag., vol. 57, t. 2979. 

 1830. 

 P. caJifornicum Eastwood, Bot. Gaz., vol. 37, p. 437. 1904.* 



Type locality. — "On the highest of the Rocky Mountains." 



Range. — Alaska to California and Colorado. 



Zone. — Canadian. 



Specimens examined. — ^Webber Lake, Lemmon ; high mountain 

 near Donner Pass, Torrey 298 ; near Summit Station, Donner Pass, 

 Heller 6971; Silver Lake, Amador County, 8,000 feet, Hansen 693; 

 mountain sides at Lake Tenaj'a, Yosemite, 8,300 feet. Brewer 1687 ; 

 Tenaya Creek, 8,700 feet, Smilej- 871 ; Eagle Peak meadows, Yosemite, 

 7,250 feet, Hall 9193 ; White Wolf, Yosemite, 8,000 feet, H. M. Evans, 

 July, 1901 ; meadows near Black Mountain, Fresno County, 9,500 feet. 

 Hall and Chandler 592. 



2a. Polemonium pulcherrimum subsp. parvifolium Brand, Pflanz- 



enr., Bd. 4, Heft 250, s. 35. 1907. 



P. parvifolium Nutt., in Eydb., BuU. Torr. Bot. Club, vol. 24, p. 253. 1897. 



P. viscosum Gray, Sjxl. F1., vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 150. 1878, not of Nutt. 



P. Tevisii Eastwood, Bot. Gaz., vol. 37, p. 440. 1904. 



P. Berryi Eastwood, I.e. 



P. montroseiise A. Nels., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., vol. 18, p. 174. 1905. 



Type locality. — Rocky Mountains. 



* This species has acquired an abundant synonymy expressive of the many 

 forms it assumes, but it is doubtful if these variations are capable of definition, 

 except the following subspecies (at least as regards our plants). 



