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Vol. 4C No. 9 
BULLETIN 
OF THE 
TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 
SEPTEMBER, 1913 
Studies on the Rocky Mountain flora— XXIX 
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MONOTROPACEAE 
. Hypopitys latisquama Rydb. sp. nov. 
Plant pink, 1-3 dm. high, more or less short-pubescent above; 
scales of the stem broadly ovate, obtuse, I-1.5 cm. long; flowers 
usually 10-15; sepals spatulate or cuneate, 8-10 mm. long, 
abruptly acuminate, ciliate; petals cunate or obovate, 11-12 mm. 
long, rounded‘and sinuate at the apex, pubescent and ciliate, fila- 
ments and style copiously hairy; stigma retrorsely bearded. 
This is closely related to H. lanulosa (Michx.) Nutt., but differs 
in the large and btoad scales on the stem and the larger flowers. 
MOonrtTANA: Bre Mountains, July 28, 1896. Flodman 708 
(type, in herb. N. Y. 3ot. Gard.). . 
Wyominc: 1873, Parry 196. 
WasHINGTON: Olympic Mountains, Elmer 2464. 
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PRIMULACEAE 
Primula specuicola Rydb. sp. nov. 
Perennial with a short »otstock; leaves 5-13 cm. long, thin, 
slightly farinose when young, in age glabrate, with winged petioles; 
blades spatulate or elliptic, obtuse\at the apex, sinuate-dentate; 
scape I-I.5 cm. long; umbels 10-20-flowered; bracts linear-subu- 
late, thin, 5-1o mm. lorg, slightly gibbous at the base; pedicels 
5-10 mm. long in flower or 1-4 cm. long in fruit; calyx densely 
farinose; tube deeply campanulate, 3-5 mm. long; lobes linear- 
oblong, 2.5-3.5 mm. long, obtusish; corolla-tube yellowish, 8-10 
[The ButueTin for August (40: 377-460. pl. 21, 22) was issued 13 Au 1913.] 
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