THE FLORA OF MOUNT RAINIER 



Antennaria media Greene. 



A small depressed cudweed, only an inch or two high. Common 

 at 6,000 feet altitude. 



Antennaria lanata (Hooker) Greene. 



Like the preceding but larger and more hairy. Grassy slopes 

 at 6,000 feet. Common. 



Antennaria racemosa Hooker. 



Collected by Allen in the " upper valley of the Nisqually." 

 A much larger and greener plant than the preceding species. 



Erigeron salsuginosus (Richardson) Gray. 



The common pink aster or " daisy " of the grassy slopes. One 

 of the most conspicuous plants at 4,000 to 6,000 feet altitude, 

 but even ascending to 7,000 feet in a much dwarfed form. 



Erigeron acris debilis Gray. 



An insignificant white-flowered species, rare at about 7,500 feet 

 altitude. 



Erigeron compositus trifidus (Hooker) Gray. 

 A small pinkish aster, with the leaves cut into linear lobes. 

 Growing in decayed lava at 7,500 feet altitude. 



Erigeron speciosus De Candolle. 



A handsome species with entire ciliate leaves and rather numer- 

 ous heads, with deep violet rays. Collected by Allen in the Goat 

 Mountains, No. 222. 



Erigeron aureus Greene. 



(Aplopappus brandegei Gray.) 



A beautiful little aster with bright golden rays, the solitary heads 

 on scapes two or three inches tall. Abundant in the pumice, 

 7,500-8,000 feet altitude. 



Aster ledophyllus Gray. 



A tall species with leafy stems, and numerous middle-sized 

 heads with pink-purple rays. The leaves are entire, pubescent 

 on the under side. Not uncommon on the grassy slopes at 5,000 

 feet altitude. 



Aster foliaceus frondeus Gray. 



(Aster amplifolius Greene.) 



A species with broad half-clasping leaves and deep-violet- 

 colored rays. Professor Greene's type came from Mount Rainier, 

 but his species seems not to differ from the plant earlier described 

 by Dr. Gray. 



Oreostemma alpigena (Torrey & Gray) Greene. 



(Aster pulchellus D. C. Eaton.) 



A low plant with narrow tufted leaves, the scapes bearing one 

 or rarely two large heads. The rays are deep violet. The plant 



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