MOUNT RAINIER 



entire oval leaves shining green above and white tomentose be- 

 neath. It was originally discovered by Dr. Lyall, of the Inter- 

 national Boundary Survey, in the Cascade Mountains at the 

 49th parallel. It is not uncommon about Mount Rainier, occur- 

 ing on perpendicular cliffs along the Cowlitz Glacier; in similar 

 places on the banks of the Nisqually at Longmire Springs ; and 

 on the gravel bars of the same river. The flowers are cream- 

 colored. 



Rainiera stricta Greene. 



(Prenanthes stricta Greene.) 



(Luina piperi Robinson.) 



(Luina stricta. Robinson.) . 



A tall plant with large oblong entire leaves and a long raceme of 

 yellowish, rayless heads. Professor Greene makes it the type of a 

 new genus Rainiera, while Dr. Robinson refers it to Luina. The 

 plant has been collected in Spray Park by Professor Greene; 

 on the Goat Mountains, Allen ; near Mount Adams, Henderson ; 

 head of Naches River, Vasey ; and on the high ridge northeast of 

 the foot of Cowlitz Glacier by the writer. The statement that the 

 plant has milky juice is an error. 



Petasites speciosa (Nuttall) Piper. 



(Nardosmia speciosa Nuttall.) 



Abundant along streams up to 3,000 feet altitude. Easily 

 recognized by its large palmate leaves, which frequently measure 

 a foot or more in diameter. The flowers appear very early in 

 spring with the leaves and have an odor suggesting violets. This 

 species is clearly distinct from the Eastern P. palmata (Aiton) Gray 

 and was long ago well characterized by Nuttall. 



Petasites frigida (Linnaeus) Fries. 



(Petasites nivalis Greene). 



Common along rivulets 4,000 to 5,000 feet altitude. Re- 

 sembling the preceding species, but much smaller and with quite 

 different leaves. 



Achillea lanulosa Nuttall. 



An Alpine form of the common Western yarrow. Not rare 

 in the decayed lava at 6,000 to 7,000 feet altitude. 



Hulsea nana Gray. 



A sticky plant with pinnatifid leaves and large yellow heads. 

 Plentiful on the east side of the mountain near the base of Little 

 Tahoma in the pumice fields. This seems to be the northern- 

 most limit of the plant. 



Anaphalis margaritacea occidentalis Greene. 

 The well-known " Everlasting Flower," which occurs in dry or 

 burnt woods up to 4,000 feet altitude. 



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