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2. Lappula floribunda (Lehm.) Greene, Pitt., vol. 2, p. 182. 1891. 



Echinospermum floribundum Lehm., Pugillus, vol. 2, p. 24. 1830. 



Type locality. — "Lake Pentanguishene to the Rocky Mountains." 



Range.- — British Columbia to Saskatchewan, south to California 

 and New Mexico. 



Zone. — Transition mainly, rising into the Canadian. 



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

 2,460 m., Baker 1293 ; Hunter Creek, Washoe County, Nevada, 6,000 

 feet, Kennedy 1904; summit above Lake Tahoe, Mrs. Brandegee, 

 July 12, 1908 ; Suzy Lake trail, Tahoe, 7,800 feet, Smiley 149 ; Rock 

 Creek, Upper Kern River, Hall and Babcock 5524; Alta meadows, 

 Tulare County, Mrs. Brandegee, August 7, 1905. 



3. Lappula nervosa Greene, Pitt., vol. 2, p. 182. 1891. 



Echinospermum nervosum Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad., vol. 2, p. 146. 1862. 

 Lappula Jessicae McGregor, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, vol. 37, p. 262. 1910. 



Type locality. — "From the headwaters of Carson River." 



Range. — Mountains of California from Mt. Shasta south through 

 the Sierra Nevada. 



Zone. — Canadian mainly. 



Specimens examined. — Mt. Stanford (Castle Peak) at Frog Lake, 

 Sonne, July 17, 1892 ; Summit, 6,800 feet. Heller 10591 ; Silver Lake, 

 Amador County, 8,000 feet, Hansen 427 ; Carson Spur, Alpine County, 

 8,500 feet, Hansen 726 ; Glacier Point, Yosemite, Miss Eastwood, July 

 5-19, 1902; Yosemite Creek and Indian Canon, 7,300 feet. Hall and 

 Babcock 3459 ; Tioga Road, Yosemite, below White Wolf, 7,800 feet. 

 Smiley 895 ; Big Oak Flat Road, Tuolumne County, Congdon 54. 



4. Lappula velutina Piper, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, vol. 29, p. 546. 



1902. 



Type locality. — "General Grant Grove (Tulare County)." 



Range. — Mountains of California. 



Zone. — Transition mainly, rarely above. 



Specimens examined. — Luther's Pass, Tahoe region, 7,800 feet, 

 Abrams 4762 ; slope above Tallac, Tahoe, 6,500 feet, Smiley 130. 



Though this Lappula is a common species in the Transition, it 

 rarely occurs within our borders and perhaps should not be considered 

 as a component of the boreal flora. 



