Smiley: Flam of the Sierra Nevada of California 217 



Range. British Columbia and Alberta to southwestern Colorado 

 and through Washington and Oregon to middle California (Tahoe 

 region and Yosemite). 



Zone. Canadian. 



Specimens examined. Snow Valley, Ormsby County, Nevada, 

 2,460-2,615 m., Baker 1161 ; Rubico nPeak, Tahoe, Setchell and Dobie, 

 July, 1901; Yuba Pass, 6,500 feet, Hall and Babcock 4482; Long 

 meadow, Tuolumne County, Chesnut and Drew, July 13, 1889; near 

 Marlette Peak, "Washoe County, Nevada, 7,500 feet, Hall and Chand- 

 ler 4571. 



3. Mitella Breweri Gray, Proc. Am. Acad., vol. 6, p. 533. 1865. 

 Pectiantia Breweri (Gray) Bydb., N. Am. Fl., vol. 22, p. 93. 1905. 



Type locality. Mount Hoffman in a damp place, at the elevation 

 of about 11,000 feet." 



Range. British Columbia through north Idaho and Washington 

 to southern Sierra Nevada. 



Zone. Canadian and Hudsonian. 



Specimens examined. Alder Creek near Truckee, Sonne, July, 

 1893; Lake of the Woods, Tahoe, 8,200 feet, Smiley 57; Tamarack 

 trail, Tahoe, 8,300 feet, Smiley 267 ; Glen Alpine, W. W. Price, July, 

 1898 ; Summit, Kellogg ; same locality, Heller 9833 ; Grass Lake, Tahoe, 

 7,200 feet, McGregor 97; near Lake Tenaya, Yosemite, 8,000 feet, 

 Smiley 677; near White Wolf, Yosemite, 2,100 feet, Smiley 894; Mt. 

 Hoffman, 11,000 feet, Brewer 1879 (type) ; near Lake Tenaya, 8,200 

 feet, Hall and Babcock 3513; Hockett's meadows, Tulare County, Cul- 

 bertson (B 4395) ; near Alta Peak, Tulare County, Dudley 1558. 



According to Miss Eastwood 89 this grows at East Lake, Tulare 

 County, a station well up in the Hudsonian life-zone. 



5. SUKSDORFIA 



1. Suksdorfia ranunculifolia (Hook.) Engler, in E.-P. Nat. 

 Pflanzenf. Ill, vol. 2a, p. 52. 1891. 



Saxifraga ranunculifolia Hook., Fl. Bor. Am., vol. 1, p. 946. 1833. 

 Hemieva ranunculifolia Baf., Fl. Tell., vol. 2, p. 70. 1836. 

 Boylcinia ranunculifolia Gray, Am. Jour. Sci., vol. 42, p. 21. 1842. 



Type locality. "On the high grounds around the Kettle Falls 

 of the Columbia, and on the Rocky Mountains. ' ' 



Range. British Columbia to the northern Sierra Nevada. 



Zone. Hudsonian ? 



Specimen examined. Spanish Peak, Plumas County, Mrs. R. M. 

 Austin, July 7, 1878. 



