THE FLORA OF MOUNT RAINIER 



PRIMULACEAE. (Primrose Family.) 



Dodecatheon Jeffrey! Van Houtte. 

 (D. crenatum Greene.) 

 (D. viviparum Greene.) 



Plentiful in wet places at 4,500 to 5,500 feet elevation. Pro- 

 fessor Greene's types came from Spray Park. 



Douglasia laevigata Gray. 



A handsome little plant forming broad mats and bearing blood- 

 red flowers in corymbs. Goat Mountains, Allen. 



Trientalis latif olia Hooker. 



Gorman reports this plant as occurring in coniferous woods 

 between Longmire Springs and Paradise Park. 



PYROLACEAE. (Indian Pipe Family.) 



Chimaphila umbellata (Linnaeus) Nuttall. 



Reported by Gorman " on the trail above Longmire Springs, 

 in coniferous woods." 



Chimaphila menziesii (R. Brown) Sprengel. 



In deep coniferous woods, 2,000 to 4,000 feet elevation. 



Pyrola secunda Linnaeus. 

 Growing with the preceding. 



Pyrola bracteata Hooker. 



Reported by Gorman " in coniferous woods along the Nis- 

 qually River at 2,850 feet." 



Moneses uniflora (Linnaeus) Gray. 



In woods near the base of the mountain. 



Monotropa hypopitys Linnaeus. 



Common in the dense shade of conifers along the trail above 

 Longmire's. 



Pterospora andromedea Nuttall. 



This peculiar plant occurs along the Nisqually trail at about 

 3,000 feet altitude.. 



AUotropa virgata Torrey & Gray. 



This queer plant is abundant in coniferous woods on the north 

 side of the mountain, but it is doubtful whether it comes within 

 our limits. 



ERICACEAE. (Heath Family.) 



Menziesia glabella Gray. 



A shrub four to eight feet high, much resembling a huckle- 

 berry, but the fruit is dry. 



Kalmia polifolia microphylla (Hooker) Piper. 



In wet places at 7,000 feet altitude near Nisqually Glacier. 



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