1921 ] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California 183 



feet, Mrs. Brandegee, August 22, 1905 ; Alta meadows, Tulare County, 

 Mrs. Brandegee, August 4, 1905 ; woods south of Hockett 's meadows, 

 Tulare County, Dudley 1893. 



Oreobroma longipetala Piper (Contr. Nat. Herb., vol. 16, p. 207. 

 1913), described from a plant collected by Lemmon in 1875 "in the 

 Sierra Nevada," is unknown to me except by description. It is said 

 to be "intermediate between 0. pygmaea and 0. oppositifolia (L. 

 oppositifolia Robinson)." 



2. CLAYTONIA 



1. Claytonia lanceolata Pursh., Fl., vol. 1, p. 175. 1814 . 

 Type locality. "On the Rocky Mountains." 

 Range. British Columbia to California and east to Wyoming. 

 Zone. Canadian. 



Specimens examined. Cisco, Dr. Kellogg in 1870; Spanish Peak, 

 Plumas County, 7,000 feet, Hall 9292. 



3. MONTIA 



Flowering stems scapose, the reduced leaves alternate 1. M. parvifolia 



Flowering stems leafy to the top, the leaves opposite 2. M. Chamissoi 



1. Montia parvifolia Greene, Fl. Fran., p. 181. 1891. 



Claytonia parvifolia Mocin., in DC. Prodr., vol. 3, p. 361. 1828. 

 Claytonia filicaulis Hook., Fl. Bor. Am., vol. 1, p. 224, pi. 72. 1834. 

 Montia obtusata Heller, Muhl., vol. 2, p. 32. 1905. 



Type locality. "In America boreali occid. ad Nootka." Alaska. 



Range. Southeastern Alaska to California and in the northern 

 Rockies. 



Zone. Transition and Canadian. 



Specimens examined. Ridge above Donner Pass, 7,500 feet, Heller 

 7142 ; near Glen Alpine, Tahoe, Miss Lathrop, July 19, 1909 ; Donner 

 Lake, E. L. Greene 465; Glen Alpine, Setchell and Dobie, July 6-21, 

 1901 ; Yosemite, Bolander 6376 ; Gilmore Lake, Mt. Tallac, 8,200 feet, 

 Smiley 370. 



2. Montia Chamissoi Dur. and Jac., Index Kew Sup., vol. 1, p. 282. 



1901. 



Claytonia Clmmissoi Ledeb., in Spreng., Syst., vol. 1, p. 790. 1825. 



Claytonia Chamissonia Esch., Linnaea, vol. 6, p. 562. 1831. 



Montia chamissonis Greene, Fl. Fran., p. 180. 1891. 



Crunocallis cliamissonis Eydb., Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, vol. 33, p. 139. 1906. 



Type locality. " Unalaschka. " 



