1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada, of California 295 



Range. Not known from beyond the Sierra Nevada, but probably 

 co-extensive with the range of the species, of which this is the alpine 

 dwarfed form. 



Zone. Arctic-alpine, but occasionally in the Hudsonian. 



Specimens examined. Castle Peak, 8,800 feet, Smiley 483 ; Lake 

 of the Woods, on meadow, 8,200 feet, Smiley 69 ; Mono Pass, wet places 

 at 10,765 feet, Brewer 1717 ; Mt. Dana, 11-12,000 feet, Brewer 1742 ; 

 same locality, 11,000 feet, Hall and Babcock 3618 (type) ; Mt. Silli- 

 man, Tulare County, Mrs. Brandegee. 



3. Dodecatheon tetrandrum Suksdorf, in Greene, Erythea, vol. 3, 

 p. 40. 1895. 



Type locality. Not definitely given. 



Range. Washington through the mountains of Oregon to the 

 Siskiyous and southward in the Sierra to Lake Tahoe. Warner Moun- 

 tains of Modoc County. 



Zone. Canadian. 



Specimen examined. About Marlette Lake, east of Lake Tahoe, 

 Nevada, Hall and Chandler 4591. 



46. GENTIAN ACE AE (GENTIAN FAMILY) 



Leaves trifoliate; plant aquatic 1. Menyanthes 



Leaves simple, entire; plants terrestrial. 



Corolla not glanduliferous at base, funnel-form or campanulate; leaves oppo- 

 site 2. Geutiana 



Corolla with a large fringed pit or gland at base of each lobe or a pair of 

 glands; corolla rotate. 



Style very short or none; flowers 5-merous 3. Sweertia 



Style evident (% inch or longer); flowers 4-merous 4. Frasera 



1. MENYANTHES 



1. Menyanthes trifoliata L., Sp. PL, p. 145. 1753. 



Type locality. "Habitat in Europae paludibus." 



Range. Holarctic realm; in America south from the subarctic 

 region (Labrador- Alaska) to the Middle Atlantic States, Great Lakes, 

 Iowa, Colorado, and California. 



Zone. Transition and Canadian. 



Specimens examined. Mt. Stanford (Castle Peak), meadow along 

 the trail, C. F. Sonne, July 19, 1885; Lily Lake, Tahoe, 6,600 feet, 

 Smiley 332 ; meadows near Black Mountain, Fresno County, in ponds, 

 9,500 feet, Hall and Chandler 732. 



