1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California 327 



7. Pentstemon gracilentus Gray, Pac. R.R. Rep., vol. 6, p. 82. 



1857. 



Type locality. "At the base of Lassen's Butte, N. California." 

 Newberry. 



Range. Mountains of southern Oregon through the Mt. Shasta 

 region and the northern Sierra Nevada to the Tahoe district. 



Zone. Transition and lower Canadian. 



Specimens examined. Summit back of Jonesville, Butte County, 

 7,000 feet, Heller 11664; Independence Lake, Sierra County, 7,000 

 feet, Hall and Babcock 4528; Castle Peak, 8,000 feet, Smiley 465; 

 Mt. Tallac, Tahoe, small meadow above Cathedral Park, 7,800 feet, 

 Smiley 237 ; head of Fall Creek, Ormsby County, Nevada, 2,460 m., 

 Baker 1326; summit of ridge near Marlette Peak, Washoe County, 

 Nevada, 8,000 feet, Hall and Chandler 4566; Mt. Rose, in Contact 

 Pass, 8,500 feet, Kennedy 1266. 



This species is rather common in open glades in Abies magnifica 

 forest. 



8. Pentstemon Roezli Regel, Acta Hort. Petrop., vol. 2, p. 326. 



1873. 



Type locality. "In Sierra Nevada in California." Eoezl. 



Range. Mountains of southern Oregon to the Coast Range of 

 California and through the Sierra Nevada to southeastern California. 



Zone. Transition and Canadian. 



Specimens examined. Cisco, on rocks, Miss H. A. Walker 1436, 

 at 6,400 feet ; above Hermit Valley, Alpine County, 8-8,500 feet, Hall 

 and Chandler 4771; Silver Lake, Amador County, 7,200 feet, E. 

 Mulliken 120. 



9. Pentstemon azureus var. parvulus Gray, Syn. Fl., vol. 2, pt. 1, 



p. 272. 1878. 

 P. parvulus Krautter, Contr. Bot. Lab. Univ. Pa., vol. 3, p. 193. 1908. 



Type locality. "Northern part of California, in mountains above 

 Jackson Lake, at 8,000 feet, Greene." 



Range. Mountains of northern California to the southern Sierra 

 Nevada. 



Zone. Canadian. 



Specimens examined. Soda Springs, Nevada County, M. E. Jones 

 2439 ; Summit, 7,000 feet, Smiley 441 ;* White Wolf, Yosemite, 7-8,000 



* Perhaps rather of the var. angustissimus, distinguished by leaves narrowly 

 linear. 



