1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California, 359 



Miss K. D. Jones 1293; Crabtree meadows, Tulare County, 10,330 

 feet, H. M. and G. R. Hall 8444 ; rocky slopes near Little Kern River, 

 Tulare County, 9-10,500 feet, Purpus 2086. 



Satisfactory characters by which 8. decnmbens Greene (Pitt., vol. 

 3, p. 161. 1897) and 8. dilatata A. Nels. (Bot. Gaz., vol. 30, p. 196. 

 1900) can be distinguished from the foregoing species are unknown 

 to me. 



Solidago lepida DC. var. elongata (Nutt.) Fernald (Rhodora, vol. 

 17, p. 9. 1915), from which 8. caurina Piper (Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 

 vol. 28, p. 40. 1901) is very feebly distinguished by the bracts of the 

 panicle slightly larger, is present in the Sierra and just reaches our 

 lower borders (Glen Alpine, Tahoe, 6,800 feet, McGregor 134; Sum- 

 mit, Placer County, E. L. Greene, August, 1883). 



5. HAPLOPAPPUS 



Heads rayless; branches whitened with lanate pubescence 1. H. discoideus 



Heads radiate; branches not whitened, commonly glandular. 

 Leaves entire. 



Kays 2-5; involucral bracts foliaceous 2. H. suffruticosus 



Eays 9-12; involucral bracts scarious margined 3. H. acaulis 



Leaves toothed or pinnatifid; rays 20 or more. 



Achenes glabrous 4. H. apargioides 



Achenes pubescent 5. H. eximius 



1. Haplopappus discoideus Hall and Hall, Yosemite Flora, p. 246. 

 1912. 



Macronema discoidea Nutt., Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. II, vol. 7, p. 322. 1841. 

 Aplopappus macronema Gray, Proc. Am. Acad., vol. 6, p. 542. 1866. 

 Bigelovia macronema Jones, Proc. Calif. Acad. II, vol. 5, p. 693. 1895. 



Type locality. "Banks of Lewis' River, and other streams of the 

 Oregon. ' ' 



Range. Mountains of Colorado west to California. 



Zone. Arctic-alpine and Hudsonian. 



Specimens examined. Castle Peak, 8,000 feet, Lemmon ; Mt. Rose, 

 10,800 feet, Kennedy 1179; Mt. Stanford (Castle Peak), Hooker and 

 Gray in 1877 ; Ralston Peak, Tahoe, 9,000 feet, Smiley 420 ; Mono 

 Pass, on rocks at 10,000 feet, Bolander 6136; summit of Cloud's Rest, 

 Chesnut and Drew ; Ragged Peak, Yosemite, 10,100 feet, Smiley 835 ; 

 Mt. Dana, Congdon, August 10, 1898; near Summit of Mt. Tallac, 

 Tahoe, 9,500 feet, Abrams 4835 ; east side of Mt. Whitney, G. P. Rix- 

 f ord ; mountains near Little Kern River, 11-12,000 feet, Purpus 5198 ; 

 Sky Valley, Tulare County, Culbertson (B 1498) ; Siberian Pass, 

 Upper Jern River, Hall and Babcock 5475. 



