1921] Smiley: Fiord of the Sierra Nevada of California 291 



11. CASSIOPE 



1. Cassiope Mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don, Hist. Dichl. PL, vol. 3, 

 p. 829. 1834. 



Andromeda Mertensiana Bong., Mem. Acad. St. Peter sb., VI, vol. 2, p. 152. 



1832. 



Andromeda cupressina Hook., Fl. Bor. Am., vol. 2, p. 38. 1834. 

 Cassiope Mertensiana gracilis Piper, Smithson. Mise. Coll., vol. 50, p. 195. 



1907. 



Cassiope Mertensiana ciliolata Piper, I.e., p. 196. 

 Cassiope Mertensiana californica Piper, I.e., p. 196. 



Type locality. Sitka. 



Range. Alaska to the southern Sierra Nevada along the coast 

 mountains, and in the Selkirks and northern Rockies to Montana. 



Zone. Hudsonian. 



Specimens examined. Ridge above Donner Pass, Heller 7131; 

 Castle Peak, 8,400 feet, Smiley 477; Heather Lake and Desolation 

 Valley, Tahoe, Dudley, June, 1900; Suzy Lake, Tahoe, 7,800 feet, 

 Abrams 4863 ; Desolation Valley, Tahoe, 8,600 feet, Smiley 82 ; rocky 

 slope above Coldstream, Placer County, 8,000 feet, C. F. Sonne, 

 August, 1896 ; Silver Lake, Amador County, 8,500 feet, G. Schrader, 

 July, 1910; Mt. Lyell, 11,000 feet, Hall and Babcock 3578; near 

 Tuolumne meadows, 8,600 feet, H. M. Evans, July, 1901 ; Dana Creek, 

 Yosemite, 9,600 feet, Smiley 847 ; Dog Lake, Tuolumne meadows, 

 9,240 feet, Smiley 841 ; Mt. Dana, Bolander 6019 ; foot of Mt. Dana, 

 Congdon, August 10, 1898; east base of Mt. Brewer, 10,000 feet, 

 Brewer 2805. 



The range as given, extending to the southern Sierra, is based upon 

 the last station cited ; this may be incorrect since this species is other- 

 wise unknown south of the Yosemite district. It is not improbable 

 that there has been an error made in writing the name of the station. 



12. SARCODES 



1. Sarcodes sanguinea Torr., PI. Frem., p. 18. 1853. 



Type locality. "Valley of the Sacramento; the precise locality 

 not recorded, but probably on the Yuba River. ' ' 



Range. California and southern Oregon. 



Zone. Transition and Canadian. 



Specimens examined. Silver Lake, Amador County, 7,200 feet, 

 E. Mulliken 117 ; Carson Spur, Alpine County, 8,500 feet, Hansen 

 245; Grass Lake, Tahoe, Miss Lathrop, July 19, 1909; Cloud's Rest 

 trail, Yosemite, 7,900 feet, Smiley 506. 



