1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California 349 



Range. Cordilleran section of the United States and westward. 



Zone. Canadian and above. 



Specimens examined. Shores of Donner Lake, Dudley, June 14, 

 1900; Heather Lake, Tahoe, Setchell and Dobie, July 6-21, 1901; 

 Glen Alpine, Tahoe, Dudley, June 27, 1900; Mono Pass, Bolander 

 6339; Dana Creek, Tuolumne County, Chesnut and Drew, July 17, 

 1889; Tioga Pass, 9,300 feet, Smiley 821 (lacking in flowers). 



Plants referable to S. utahensis Eydb. (Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 

 vol. 26, p. 544. 1899), which, to judge from the only specimen seen 

 by me (Colorado: Van Boxle's Ranch, above Cimarron, 8,000 feet, 

 Baker 384), is a well marked form and at least deserving varietal 

 rank, as is accorded it by Dr. Nelson in the Coulter-Nelson Manual, 

 have not come to my notice from the Sierra. 



Jones has asserted (Proc. Calif. Acad. II, vol. 5, p. 690. 1895) 

 that in the Great Basin intermediate forms between 8. rotundifolius 

 and 8. oreophilm are so abundant that it is impossible to maintain 

 the species separate and accordingly he proposes to regard S. oreo- 

 philus as a variety of the first species, a conclusion for which my own 

 numbers, 1 and 246, might be presented as evidence. 



3. LONICEEA 



Corolla yellow, its lobes only slightly unequal; bracts persistent. 



Bracts at summit of peduncle ovate-cordate, foliaceous and conspicuous; 



berry black 1. L. involucrata 



Bracts at summit of peduncle linear-subulate, small and inconspicuous; berry 



with a blue bloom 2. L. coerulea 



Corolla dull red or purplish, strongly bilabiate; bracts subulate and caducous; 

 berry red 3. L. conjugialis 



1. Lonicera involucrata var. flavescens Rehder, 14th Rep. Mo. Bot. 

 Gard., p. 100. 1903. 



L. flavescens Dippel, Gartenfl., vol. 37, p. 7. 1888. 



L. intermedia Kellogg, Proe. Calif. Acad. I, vol. 2, p. 154. 1863. 



Type locality. "Am Fraserflusse, " British Columbia. 



Range. Cascades and Sierra Nevada. 



Zone. Canadian. 



Specimens examined. Gold Lake, Sierra County, 6,400 feet, Hall 

 and Babcock 4501 ; about Marlette Lake, "Washoe County, Nevada, 

 2,460 m., Baker 1300; north side Slide Mountain, Washoe County, 

 in granite, 7,850 feet, Heller 10954; Pohono trail, Yosemite, 7,500 feet, 

 Hall 9155 ; Tuolumne meadows, Yosemite, 8,600 feet, R. A. Ware 

 2726c^ Redwood Cabin, Tulare County, Culbertson (B4330). 



