1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California 237 



Heller 6927, 6889; Hockett's meadows, Culbertson (B4442); near 

 Mineral King, Tulare County, 7,800 feet, Hall and Babcock 5383. 



8. Potentilla Wheeleri Wats., Proc. Am. Acad., vol. 11, p. 148. 



1876. 



Type locality. "In the southern Sierra Nevada, about the head- 

 waters of Kern River, at 8,200 feet elevation." 



Range. Southern Sierra Nevada and mountains of southern Cali- 

 fornia. 



Zone. Canadian. 



Specimens examined. Whitney meadows, Tulare County, Coville 

 and Funston 1672; Olancha Mountain, 8,500 feet, Hall and Babcock 

 5284; trail to Mt. Whitney, 8,000 feet, Culbertson (B 4550) ; southern 

 Sierra, Rothrock 324 ; Fish Creek, Tulare County, 8,400 feet, Hall and 

 Babcock 5209 ; Whitney meadows, Purpus 1628. 



9. Potentilla flabellifolia Hook., in T. and G., Fl., vol. 1, p. 442. 



1840. 



Type locality. "Summit of Mount Rainier, Oregon, Douglas." 

 (According to Piper, the collector was probably Tolmie.) 



Range. Pacific Coast from Alaska to California, east to northern 

 Idaho. 



Zone. Hudsonian and Arctic-alpine, locally coming down into the 

 Canadian. 



Specimens examined. Plumas County, Mrs. Austin; Castle Peak, 

 8,500 feet, Smiley 487 ; near Lake Lucile, Tahoe, Setchell and Dobie, 

 July 6-21, 1901 ; Mt. Rose, 9,650 feet, Heller 9890 ; Desolation Valley, 

 Tahoe, 8,500 feet, Smiley 345; near Tinker's Knob, Tahoe, wet grassy 

 slopes, C. F. Sonne, August 27, 1893 ; Mt. Conness, Yosemite, J. M. 

 Hutchings, August, 1892 ; Crescent Lake, Mariposa County, Congdon, 

 August 10, 1890; near Lake Tenaya, meadow above lake, 8,300 feet, 

 Smiley 698 ; Snow Flat, Yosemite, 8,700 feet, Hall and Babcock 3491 ; 

 upper end Dana Fork meadows, Yosemite, 10,000 feet, Smiley 859; 

 Mt. Lyell, 10,500 feet, Hall and Babcock 3571; Cloud's Rest, B. R. 

 Drew, July 25, 1887; Tuolumne meadows, 8,600 feet, R. A. Ware, 

 2698c ; north ravine on Mt. Silliman, Tulare County, 10-11,000 feet, 

 Dudley 1511; Kaweah Peaks, along Black Peak brook, 12,000 feet, 

 Dudley 2118 ; Eagle Lake, Tulare County, 10,500 feet, Hall and Bab- 

 cock 5362. 



