MOUNT RAINIER 



Pedicularis contorta Bentham. 

 Pentstemon tolmiei Hooker. 

 Pentstemon newberryi rupicola Piper. 

 Gentiana calycosa Grisebach. 

 Gentiana calycosa stricta Grisebach. 

 Hydrophyllum congestum Wiegand. 

 Polemonium elegans Greene. 

 Polemonium bicolor Greenman. 

 Dodecatheon crenatum Greene. 

 Vaccinium deliciosum Piper. 

 Ligusticum purpureum Coulter & Rose. 

 Hesperogenia Strickland! Coulter & Rose. 

 Lupinus volcanicus Greene. 

 Stellaria washingtoniana Robinson. 

 Potentilla flabellifolia Hooker. 

 Luzula arcuata major Hooker. 

 Sitanion rigidum J. G. Smith. 

 Sitanion rubescens Piper. 

 Poa saxatilis Scribner & Williams. 



The type specimens of Saxifraga tolmiei were col- 

 lected by Tolmie on the "N. W. Coast." It is alto- 

 gether probable that he got them on Mount Rainier, 

 where the plant is so abundant. 



LIST OF SPECIES 



COMPOSITAE. (Aster Family.) 



Scorzonella borealis (Bongard) Greene. 



A plant much resembling a dandelion, occurring on the north 

 side of the mountain. 



Troximon alpestre Gray. 



A plant much resembling the dandelion, frequent on the grassy 

 slopes at 5,500 feet altitude. 



Troximon aurantiacum Hooker. 



This species has entire mostly basal leaves, and bears a single 

 head of orange or purple flowers. Common at 5,000 to 6,000 feet. 



Troximon glaucum asperum (Rydberg) Piper. 



(Agoseris leontodon asperum Rydberg.) 



A species with large lemon-yellow flowers and hoary pubescent 

 leaves. It occurs in the pumice and lava at 7,500 feet altitude 

 and is quite abundant near the base of Little Tahoma. 



Hieracium albiflorum Hooker. 



A tall plant with hairy entire leaves and a rather ample corymb 



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