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  have 
  these 
  specimens 
  "elongated 
  " 
  pedicels, 
  etc. 
  It 
  docs 
  not 
  even 
  rank 
  iu 
  the 
  

   same 
  section. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  beautiful 
  Lupins 
  known 
  to 
  us. 
  

  

  Steplianomeria 
  (?) 
  intermedia, 
  Kellogg. 
  

  

  Stems 
  caulescent, 
  one 
  to 
  four 
  or 
  more, 
  from 
  a 
  fusiform 
  perennial 
  root 
  (crowned 
  

   by 
  membranous 
  relics 
  of 
  former 
  radicle 
  leaves), 
  simple, 
  or 
  branchfs 
  alternate, 
  

   loosely 
  erect, 
  somewhat 
  canescent 
  pubescent, 
  or 
  puberulent, 
  chiefly 
  below 
  ; 
  or 
  

   sub-glabrous 
  and 
  glaucous, 
  % 
  to 
  1 
  foot 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  variable 
  ; 
  radicle 
  ones 
  

   lanceolate 
  acute 
  or 
  acuminate, 
  pinnatifid 
  or 
  laciniate 
  toothed 
  ; 
  lobes 
  linear, 
  

   acuminate 
  ; 
  or 
  in 
  one 
  variety 
  entire 
  ; 
  triplinerved 
  or 
  pseudo-triplinerved, 
  blade 
  

   decurrent 
  into 
  a 
  long, 
  slender 
  winged 
  petiole, 
  3-nerved 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  cauline 
  

   leaves 
  at 
  the 
  1st 
  and 
  2d 
  bifurcations 
  on 
  short 
  petioles, 
  4th 
  sessile 
  sub-acute 
  or 
  

   obtuse, 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  on 
  the 
  terminal 
  peduncle 
  — 
  when 
  present 
  — 
  often 
  scale-like 
  or 
  

   bractoid 
  ; 
  peduncles 
  axillary 
  and 
  terminal, 
  mostly 
  naked, 
  long 
  and 
  slender 
  ; 
  

   flowers 
  large 
  (for 
  the 
  genus) 
  yellow, 
  nodding 
  before 
  expansion 
  ; 
  involucre 
  }^ 
  to 
  

   ^ 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  length, 
  proper 
  scales 
  7 
  to 
  9 
  in 
  2-series, 
  herbaceous 
  tips 
  weak, 
  

   waved 
  acuminate, 
  scarcely 
  a 
  little 
  ciliate, 
  membranaceous 
  and 
  fluely 
  nerved 
  

   below 
  ; 
  the 
  short 
  calyculate 
  scales 
  G 
  to 
  II, 
  in 
  about 
  3 
  sub-series 
  ; 
  florets 
  9 
  to 
  

   20 
  or 
  more 
  ; 
  ligules 
  about 
  i^ 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  length, 
  or 
  3^ 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  exserted 
  style 
  and 
  stamen-tube 
  ; 
  achenia 
  short 
  truncate, 
  scarce 
  at 
  all 
  nar- 
  

   rowed 
  at 
  the 
  summit, 
  glabrous, 
  striae 
  very 
  minute 
  or 
  obsolete, 
  color 
  dark 
  brown, 
  

   pappus 
  white, 
  of 
  20 
  plumose 
  bristles, 
  slightly 
  thickening 
  below 
  and 
  expanded 
  

   into 
  a 
  broad 
  hyaline 
  base. 
  

  

  Two 
  varieties 
  are 
  seen— 
  one 
  with 
  more 
  simple 
  stem, 
  smooth 
  green 
  and 
  glau- 
  

   cous 
  hue, 
  leaves 
  entire, 
  rather 
  smaller 
  heads, 
  fewer 
  scales, 
  florets, 
  etc., 
  appears 
  to 
  

   be 
  a 
  form 
  with 
  little 
  else 
  than 
  reduced 
  number 
  of 
  parts. 
  Found 
  by 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  

   Brannan, 
  Jr., 
  myself, 
  and 
  Prof. 
  Bolander, 
  at 
  Cisco, 
  June, 
  1870. 
  It 
  was 
  pre- 
  

   sumed 
  to 
  be 
  Crepis 
  glauca 
  — 
  by 
  examination 
  we 
  find 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  neither 
  the 
  

   scabrous 
  pappus, 
  nor 
  receptacle 
  of 
  crepis 
  ; 
  but 
  both 
  the 
  plumose 
  pappus 
  and 
  

   favose 
  or 
  scrobiculate 
  receptacle 
  of 
  Stephanomeria. 
  although 
  not 
  agreeing 
  iu 
  

   all 
  points 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  — 
  as, 
  e. 
  g., 
  the 
  " 
  strongly 
  .5-angled 
  or 
  5-grooved 
  achenia," 
  

   yet 
  it 
  is 
  thought 
  best 
  to 
  place 
  a 
  plant 
  of 
  such 
  doubtful 
  character 
  provisionally 
  

   here, 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  S. 
  (?) 
  chicoracea, 
  (See 
  Proceedings 
  American 
  Academy 
  

   of 
  Arts 
  and 
  Sciences, 
  May 
  30th, 
  1865, 
  p. 
  552-3 
  of 
  Prof 
  Gray), 
  not 
  doubting 
  

   that 
  it 
  will 
  ultimately 
  form 
  a 
  new 
  genus, 
  or 
  serve 
  to 
  revise 
  those 
  already 
  exist- 
  

   ing. 
  That 
  it 
  cannot 
  be 
  an 
  Apargedium, 
  as 
  at 
  present 
  constituted, 
  is 
  evident, 
  

   because 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  the 
  " 
  barbellate-denticutate 
  capillary 
  bristles 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  scarcely 
  

   thickened 
  downwards 
  and 
  brownish." 
  This 
  plant 
  has 
  also 
  a 
  proper 
  stem, 
  and 
  

   not 
  a 
  " 
  scape." 
  

  

  Pentstemon 
  — 
  Kingii 
  var. 
  glauca, 
  Kellogg. 
  

  

  Plant 
  glaucous 
  throughout, 
  and 
  puberulent, 
  not 
  glandular; 
  leaves 
  obscurely 
  

   3-nerved 
  and 
  triplinerved 
  above, 
  mucronate 
  apex 
  recurved, 
  decurrent 
  winged 
  

   petioks 
  connate-clasping 
  ; 
  anthers 
  quite 
  entire 
  on 
  the 
  margins. 
  

  

  Found 
  near 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  Sierra 
  Nevada 
  Mts., 
  July 
  10th, 
  1870. 
  

  

  