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Range, Saskatchewan to New Mexico, west through Wyoming 

 and southern Idaho to California; Sierra Nevada and mountains of 

 southern California. 



Zone. Transition and Canadian. 



Specimens examined. North side of Donner Lake, Heller 6997 ; 

 Tioga Road, vicinity of White Wolf, 8,000 feet, Smiley 885 ; Indian 

 Creek, Yosemite, 7,200 feet, Hall 9178; above Dark Hole, Yosemite, 

 7,750 feet, H. M. Evans, July, 1901; Hockett's meadows, Tulare 

 County, Culbertson (B4382) ; Hillside above Round meadow, Fresno 

 County, 7,500 feet, Smiley 590. 



33. LINACEAE (FLAX FAMILY) 

 1. LINUM 



1. Linum Lewisii Pursh., Fl. Am. Sept., p. 210. 1814. 



L. Sibiricum var. Lewisii Lindl., Bot. Reg., vol. 14, pi. 1163. 1828. 



L. perenne var. Lewisii Eat. and Wright, N. Am. Bot., p. 302. 1840. 



L. decurrens Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad., voL 3, p. 44. 1863. 



L. Lyallanum Alefeld, Bot. Zeit., voL 25, p. 251. 1867. 



Type locality. ' ' In the valleys of the Rocky Mountains and on the 

 banks of the Missouri. ' ' 



Range. Alaska to Hudson Bay south to California, Arizona, New 

 Mexico aud west Texas. 



Zone. Arid Transition and rising in the mountains to above tim- 

 ber line. 



Specimens examined. Head of Fall Freek, Ormsby County, 2460 

 m., Baker 1329 ; near Truckee, Dudley, June 11, 1893 ; Mt. Lola, west 

 of Tahoe, Kennedy and Doten 187 ; Tioga Pass, Yosemite, 9,900 ^eet, 

 Smiley 823 ; South Fork of San Joaquin, 9,000 feet, Hall and Chandler 

 718 ; Mt. Whitney, alpine zone, 11,600 feet, H. M. and G. R. Hall 8432 ; 

 between Farewell Gap and Mineral King, Tulare County, Dudley 

 1140; Farewell Gap, Tulare County, Culbertson (B 4561, 4589); 

 mountains near Little Kern River, gravelly slopes, 9-10,000 feet, Pur- 

 pus 2022 ; White Chief Mine, timber line near Mineral King, Hall and 

 Babcock 5657. 



