VMVERSITY OF MARYUSD 

 Diviiion of A%rieMUuTal nnd Life Stientft 



CoiUtf Park ror^j 



(301) iil-3ai3 



I October 1984 



Mr . Peter Les lea 

 Big Sky Field Office 

 Power Block West 

 Last Chance Gulch 

 P.O. Box 2S8 

 Helena, MT 59624 



Dear Mr . Les ica : 



I have not yet received your collections of Er iogonum 

 laqopus which was to be sent by Dr. Kathy Peterson. Once it 

 arrives, I shall be pleased to review it. 



As to its range, the species is currently known only froa 

 near Livingston, Park Co., collected by Tweedy 1178 (Stanford 

 University collection at California Academy of Sciences) and 

 from Custer, Yellowstone Co. where it was gathered by 

 Blankingship 113 (specimens at the University of 

 Ca 1 i f o r n i a - Be r k e 1 e y ; Missouri Botanical Garden; and the 

 Smithsonian Institution). The latter collection is the type of 

 B. mult iceps subsp. canum . The plant is also known in Big 

 Horn and Sheridan counties in Wyoming. You report the plant 

 from Carbon and Treasure counties in Montana, but have yet to 

 see specimens supporting this distribution unless the locations 

 of Livingston and Custer are misplaced as to county. 



Hope this helps 



shor tly 



I trust the specimen will be sent 



Sincerely 



Jul 



James L. Reveal 

 Professor 



cc: K.M. Peterson 



