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representatives of this species. This plant is dedicated to the 

 collector, my friend, Dr. H. M. Hall. It is perhaps most closely 

 related to C. pilosus Wats. 



7. C. major (Jones) Payson, n. comb. 



C. crassicaulis (Torr.) Wats. var. major Jones, Proc. Calif. 

 Acad. III. 5: 623. 1895. 



C. procerus Rydb. Fl. Rocky Mountains, 364. 1917, not Wats. 



Short-lived perennial, glabrous and glaucous throughout : stems 

 erect, simple or sparingly branched, hollow, not at all, or rarely 

 somewhat inflated, frequently several from the root, 4-9 dm. 

 high: radical- and lower stem-leaves oblanceolate in outline, en- 

 tire, lyrate or runcinate, 5-15 cm. long, narrowed to a slender 

 petiole; upper stem-leaves linear to lanceolate, few, much re- 

 duced : sepals purple or yellowish tipped with purple, not saccate, 

 nearly equal, 7-10 mm. long; petals purplish, broadly linear or 

 with slightly dilated, crisped blade, 1.5-2 times as long as the se- 

 pals; filaments equalling or shorter than the sepals, anthers 

 broadly apiculate, 3-4 mm. long: inflorescence racemose; pedi- 

 cels very stout, ascending, 3-5 mm. long: pods subsessile, erect 

 or ascending, stout, 8-13 mm. long; style nearly obsolete, stig- 

 ma shallowly 2-lobed. 



Distribution: southern Utah, western Nevada, southern Cali- 

 fornia. Type: M. E. Jones 5685 from Bromide Pass, Henry 

 Mountains, Utah. 



Specimens examined : 



Utah: Bromide Pass, Henry Mountains, July 27, 1894, Jones 

 5685 (Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., U. S. Nat. Herb., and Univ. Calif. 

 Herb. ) ; Bromide Pass, Henry Mountains, July 27, 1894, Jones 

 5655 (Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb.) ; Mt. Ellen Park, Henry Moun- 

 tains, July 25, 1894, Jones 568/f.h (U. S. Nat. Herb.). 



Nevada: Santa Rosa Mountains, July 11, 1898, Cusick 

 (Univ. Calif. Herb., Mo. Bot, Gard. Herb., and U. S. Nat. Herb.) ; 

 Wadsworth, June 16, 1897, Jones (Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb, and U. 

 S. Nat. Herb.) ; Reno, July, 1886, Brandegee (Univ. Calif. 

 Herb.) ; Hunter Creek Canyon, Washoe County, July 19, 1913, 

 Kennedy 3038 (Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb.). 



California: Providence Mountains, May 30, 1902, Brandegee 

 (Univ. Calif. Herb.) ; San Bernardino Mountains, above Cushen- 

 berry Springs, June, 1886, S. B. & W. F. Parish 1J92 (U. S. Nat. 

 Herb, and Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb.); San Bernardino Mountains, 



