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feet, H. M. Evans, July, 1901; Alta meadows, Tulare County, Mrs. 

 Brandegee, August 1-8, 1905 ; Alta Peak, Tulare County, 10,000 feet, 

 G. B. Grant 1584. 



2. COLLINSIA 



Calyx lobes acute, nearly as long as the short corolla 1. C. parviflora 



Calyx lobes obtuse or obtusish, only % or y a as long as the corolla. 



Corolla deep blue and uniformly colored 2. C. Torreyi 



Corolla with the upper lip yellowish 3. C. Wrightii 



1. Collinsia parviflora Dougl., in Lindl., Bot. Reg., vol. 13, pi. 1082. 



1827. 



C. pawiflora Lindl., Hook., Fl. Bor. Am., vol. 2, p. 94. 1838. 

 " Collinsonia" (sic!) tenella (Pursh) Piper, Contr. Nat. Herb., vol. 11, 

 p. 496. 1906. 



Type locality. "In the vicinity of the river Columbia." 



Range. British Columbia to the Great Lakes and south to New 

 Mexico and California. 



Zone. Transition mainly, rising into the Canadian. 



Specimens examined. Lower end of Donner Lake, Heller 6867 ; 

 Glen Alpine, Tahoe, Chesnut and Drew, August 10, 1890 ; Tioga Road 

 near Aspen Valley, Yosemite, 6,400 feet, Smiley 911 ; Bonita meadow, 

 Tulare County, 8,500 feet, Hall and Babcock 5186. 



Collinsia brachysiphon Eastwood (Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, vol. 32, 

 p. 214. 1905), described from plants "Collected by the author at 

 Summit, Placer County, California," is said to differ from C. parvi- 

 flora Dougl. "in leaves and inflorescence, and in color and shape of 

 corolla. " It is known to me only by description, from which it appears 

 very doubtfully distinct from C. parviflora. 



2. Collinsia Torreyi Gray, Proc. Am. Acad., vol. 7, p. 378. 1867. 



C. inconspicua Congdon, Erythea, vol. 7, p. 186. 1900. 



Type locality. "Mariposa Big-tree Grove, and near Donner 

 Lake." 



Range. Southern Oregon to southern California. 



Zone. Transition and Canadian. 



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

 2394; Cisco, S. Watson in 1867; above Donner Lake, Davy 3194; 

 Half-Moon Lake, Tahoe, McGregor 72; Cloud's Rest trail, Yosemite, 

 7,800 feet, Smiley 504; Peregoy's, above Yosemite, A. Gray in 1872; 

 near Hockett's meadows, Tulare County, Dudley 1899; Mt. Silliman 

 region of Tulare County, along Clover Creek, Dudley 1467. 



