MOUNT RAINIER 



Parnassia fimbriata Konig. 



A plant with radical reniform leaves and one-flowered scapes. 

 The petals are white and fringed. Not rare in moist places near 

 Sluiskin Falls ; also at Crater Lake. 



Heuchera glabra Willdenow. 



On the cliffs near Camp of the Clouds. 



Heuchera micrantha Douglas. 



Mount Rainier, Tolmie, according to Hooker. 



Elmera racemosa (Watson) Rydberg. 



(Heuchera racemosa Watson.) 



Rock crevices at the base of Little Tahoma ; rare. 



Suksdorfia ranunculifolia (Hooker) Engler. 



Rock Cliffs near Camp of the Clouds. 



Saxifraga bongardi Presl. 



Common along rills, 5,000 to 6,000 feet elevation. 



Saxifraga bronchialis austromontana (Wiegand) Piper. 

 Abundant on rock cliffs near Longmire Springs, and frequent 

 up to 6,000 feet altitude. 



Saxifraga marshallii Greene. 



Rare on the cliffs near Sluiskin Falls. Also collected on the 

 Goat Mountains by Mr. Allen. 



Saxifraga odontoloma Piper. 



A species with reniform, coarsely dentate leaves. Common 

 along the rivulets, 5,000 to 6,000 feet altitude. 



Saxifraga nelsoniana D. Don. 



Much like the preceding, but the petals oval instead of orbicular 

 and clawed. Near Camp of the Clouds ; rare. 



Saxifraga mertensiana Bongard. 



Much like S. odontoloma, but the leaves doubly dentate, and 

 usually bearing bulblets among the flowers. North side of Cow- 

 litz Glacier; rare. 



Saxifraga tolmaei Torrey & Gray. 



Abundant at 5,000 to 7,500 feet elevation, blooming as soon as 

 the snow melts. Easily known by its small, thick, entire leaves, 

 and small white flowers, solitary on scapes an inch or two high. 

 Originally found by Tolmie, from whose specimens the species 

 was described. 



Saxifraga debilis Engelmann. 



Found on Mount Rainier by Mr. Allen. This is the first record 

 of the plant west of Colorado. 



Saxifraga caespitosa Linnaeus. 



Collected by Flett and by Allen. Leaves 3 to 5-lobed. 



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