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38 DOUGLASIA Lindl. in Brande. Journ Sci. 1827. 
Depressed and tufted little herbs with suff atescent or at least 
pereistent stems, imbricated or crowded leavis and solitary or 
somewhat umbellate small flowers. Calyx cam»yanulate, 5-lobed. 
persistent. Corolla tube equalling or surpassing the calyx, some- 
what inflated above; the throat more or less contracted and 5- 
fornicate beneath the sinuses. Stamens included, distinct, with 
short filaments and blunt anthers. Ovary 5-ovuled: style filiform, 
Capsule turbinate, 1 cr 2-seeded. - 
DD... dentata Watson Proc. Am. Acad. xvii, 375. Canescent with a 
firm mostly dense pubescence: rather stout, branching: leaves rosuiate at 
the nodes, oblong,, obtusish, mostly with 1-3 blunt teeth on each side to- 
ward the summit, 4-6 lines long: peduncle an inch long, bearing a simple, 
few-flowered umbe]; ped'cels very unequal: calyx narrowed at base, 3 lines 
long in fruit: the acuminate lobes nearly as long as the tube: capsule 
oblong, slightly stipitate, equalling the calyx-tube. On high ridges, Ya- 
kima Co. Washington. 
D. levigata Gray Proc. Am. Acad. xvi, 105. Depressed cespitose : 
leaves glabrous or with a few minute and scurfy deciduous branched hairs, 
not at all ciliate, entire, or with 1 or 2 teeth toward the summit, oblong- 
lanceolate, obtuse, mainly in rosulate-radical or simply proliferous clusters, 
2-3 lines long: peduncles short, scurfy-pubescent, 1-5-flowered: bracts of 
the involucre oval or ovate, short: corolla bright red, its tube almost twice 
as long as the ovate acute lobes of the calyx. On bluffs along the Colum- 
bia river from Bridal Veil to near Hood River: blooming in early spring. 
4 ANDROSACE Tourn. LL. Gen. n. 196. 
Small annual or perennial herbs with tufted leaves and small 
white or pink flowers. Calyx persistent, 5-lobed to 5-parted. 
Corolla salverform or funnelform; the tube short, not longer than 
the calyx ; the limb 5-lobed, imbricated in bud. Stamens 5, in- 
cluded, distinct, with short filaments and short blunt anthers. 
Style mostly short: stigma capitellate. Capsule short, 5-valved 
from the apex, few to many-seeded. 
A... septentrionalis L. Sp. 203. Leaves all rosulate at the summit of 
the slender annual root, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, narrowed at base’ 
often into a winged petiole, from irregularly denticulate to laciniate- 
toothed, 6-12 lines long: scapes usually numerous, 2-10 inches high, sev- 
eral to many-flowered: bracts of the small involucre subulate: pedicels 
_ filiform, 1-2 inches long: calyx-tube obpyrimidal, white or reddish, with 
subulate acute green lobes mostly shorter than the tube and rather shorter 
than the obovate lobes of the corolla: capsule ovoid, shorterthan the calyx: 
seeds ovate, flattish. In open places, Brit. Columbia to California and the 
Rocky Mountains. Europe and the Arctic sea coast. 
A. filiformis Retz. Obs. ii, 10. ? Annual: leaves ovate, obtuse, nar 
rowed at base to a winged petiole, entire, 2 lines long: scapes filiform, 1- 
10 incbes high: bracts of the involucre minute, subulate: pedicels fili- 
form, an inch long or less: calyx-tube hemispherical, green, with short 
triangular lobes: tube of the corolla at length much longer than the calyx; 
the short ovate lobes closely reflexed: capsule ovoid, much longer than the 
calyx: seeds globular, minutely tuberculate. Edge of water near Forest 
Grove Oregon. 
