Jklphinhn,,. IIANUNCULACK/E. ]] 



In tlie Co.ist Hniiges from Saiitji Barlmra (Urcwcr) to I'liiila de los Kcycs, Hiijclow. A fidiuciit 

 mill showy sj)ccies, varying in its colors. Distinguislied from J), decorum, to wliit.b it has usually 

 been rclcrrpd, by its bairy ovaries, leaves all dissected, and greater pulxiscence. 



I). Mi.NZiK.sn, DC, is a similar species, glabrous below, at leiust at tiie very base, jmbesccnt 

 above wilii H|irea<iing bnii"s, especially tbe inlloresccnce : flowci's large, deep blue ; tbe U|>|>er 

 pet.ils veined with purple ; the Hp\ir long and slender. — I'roni I'uget Sound to Montana and tlic 

 ISiue Monntains ol Oii'gon, aiipiirentiy not ent<'ring California. l{eported also from Kotzebue 

 Sound. The ]). Mcniisn of tbe Colorado Klora is D. mcoi.iii!, Null. {/J. ,]fruzic.iii, var. Ula/i- 

 rtisr, Watson, Mot. King Kxp. 12), very similar and ))erliap3 only a variety, but it ba.s uniformly 

 sniMlicr flowers iind is glabrous tbrougiiout (including tlio ovaries), or occasionally Bnmcwbat 



tonientiisc-plllie.scent. 



•y D. decorum, ImscIi. t^- Mi-y. Moro or less ])ii1)('scoiit Avitli spreading' liairs, 

 l)iit ii.suiilly nearly j^iabrous : atom G to 1.1 inclica lii<,'li : lower leaves O-lobed, spar- 

 ingly toutlieil, the upper with narrow linear divisions : llowers large, deep blue, 

 long-podicelled in an open raceme ; sepals broad, G to i) linos long, spreading ; spur 

 usually long and narrow : ovary and ca])sule glabrous. — Turr. tV dray, Fl. i. GGl. 

 JJ. ]>n(n,s, lientli. PI. Ilartw. 2yG. 



\'ar. Nevadense, AVatson. Scarcely differing but in tlie smaller llowers and 

 leaves (dten all linear-lobed. — JJ. Menztesii, "Watson, 1. c., cxcl. vnr. 



In the Coa.st Kangcs from Santa Barbara {Jircvxr, and jicrbnps from Saji Diego, Parvy) to Men- 

 docino Co. The variety is found in the central Sierra hevada, and is frequent on the mountains 

 and foot-hills of W. Nevada. Often glabrous excepting the ciliato bracts and somewhat villous 

 flowers. 



4. D. depauperatum, Nutt. Tcrliaps only a form of the liist variety, with 

 the ovari(!S pubescent. Most of the sj)ecimens, however, are very slender and few- 

 llowered, the lower leaves reniform in outline, 3-5-])arted, the rather broad lubes 

 entire or few-cleft. The pubescence of the inilorescenco is usually straight and 

 spreading. — Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 33. Watson, I'ot. King E.\p. 12. 



In the Sierra Nevada from the head of the Kern {Ilolluork) to the Blue Mountains, Oregon, and 

 eastward in tlie mountains of Nevada {IFalson). 



+- -t- SioiU and tall: root pereiuiinl hvt )i<)t tnheronR. 



T). D. Californicum, Torr. ^ Gray. Stems nearly or quite smooth below : 

 leaves largo, 3 to cleft, the divisions variously lobed : raceme strict, close-fldwered 

 al»ovo : ix'dicol.s and flowers densely velvety jmbesrent. — Torr. ^ Gray, IT. i. 31. 

 I), exnluitim, Hook. A^ Arn. Hot. lieerhey, 317. 



Dry soils ncnr the const. Stems stout, 2 or more feet high, bower leaves ;» to f) inehcs in 

 diameter, usunllv deeply r>-elrft, tiie <livisions cuneato at base and laeiniately toothed or lobed. 

 Klowers eonnnoi'ily a light but dull blue, often more or less tinged with violet. 



G. D. scopuloi'um, Gray. Stems tall, smooth or i)ubcrulent : lower leaves on 

 long i)otii)le.^ which are dilated at the ba.'^e, 3-n-])arled, the divisions laeiniately 

 lo])ed, the lol^os sharj)-pointod : raotMue rather strict : th.wor.s sparingly i>ilo.so with- 

 out. — IT. Wright, ii. 9. 



Big Tree Koad (Brnrcr) : Sierra Valley (/,n.iwo») : n stout form, f. to fi feet high, differing 

 from that prevalent in the moi\ntains of ('olorado in the less narrowly divi.led leaves and nearly 

 glabrous inflorescence. It is still less like l>. rlolinn, vnr. (') iMriihnhil,-, of the mountains enst- 

 ward, which with very similar habit and foliage ha.s the i-nceme densely pul>cseriil with .sti-aight 

 spreading; subviseid hairs, stout j>edicels, and usually larger flowei-s with lunger curved spurs. 

 The jiubesceiice in 7'. H'-npiilnrmi) is slicirter, more woolly anil Mppre>;se(l. and the |K-diepls arc 

 sleniler. 



7. D. troUiifolium, <Jniy. Glabmns tliriui;jh.>ut <>r .^lightly vill.uis : leaves 

 largo, lung-potioled, .1 - 7-lol>od. the l(d)es laeiniately deft and toothed with acumi- 

 nate segments : raceme loosely few-llowcred. with long pedicels : ilowoi's bright 

 bhie, l.l inches broad, the spur as long as the sepals: capsules glabrous. — I'roc. 

 Am. Acad. viii. 270. 



Oregon, //'(//. SiM'.imens cidlected by K'Hoij,, in Mend..eino <'... seetu refei-able to this 



spe.ies. 



