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§ 1. The 3 valves of the cnjmde 2-clefl or parted : see<h not nppendaged at the hit urn ■ 

 cespitose perennulU, mostly scarious-hracted. — Auesarik proper. 

 1. A. congesta, Nutt. Smooth, glaucous, 4 to 12 inches hi-h : loaves verv 

 narrowly sulmlatr, scabrous on the niar^'in, often pun<,'ent, the lower 1 to 2A inchw 

 louf,', the cauline ^ to 1 inch lorif,' : llowers in 1 to 3 dense sulmmbellate lascicles 

 witli large dilated membranous bracts : s.'i)als ovate-oblong, stron-dy concave scari' 

 ously margined, obscurely 3-norved, Ih to 2,\ lines long, acute": petals narrowly 

 oblong, nearly twice ns long as the calyx : sti'/mnn rapitcllatr : mpsuln equallin.r the 

 calyx. — Torr. S^, (Jray, Vl i. 178 ; Watson, J5ot. King Mxp. 31). Jirewerina .mfTru- 

 tescens, (Jray, Proc. Am. Acad. viii. G20. 



Var. subcongesta, Watson. flowers less densely fascicled and somewhat 

 cymose. — A. Fendlen, var. subcongesta, Watson in Bot. King Kxp. 40. 



In tlio iTiountain.s from Washington Territory to Colora.lo ; at .Summit in the Sierra Nevada 

 (ISolander) ; above Carson City, Anderson. Tho variety in the nortlioni Hieria Neva.ia (Levunon) 

 niKl ea.stwanl. The typical form has tho flowers nearly .se.s.sile in close heads. BrcweriiM mif. 

 frulesccns, Uray, is a form somewhat woody at l.xso and with the flowers upon longer nearly equal 

 pedicels. I ho remarkahlo cliMincterof cin.itclhito or somewhat cnpitollate stirrmns it ha.s in com- 

 mon with yi. Frndlcri, and they are also found in A. capil/nris and //. Fninklinii. 



2. A. capillaris, Poir. ]\[oro or less glandular-pubescent above, erect, 3 to 12 

 inches higli : leaves linear-subulate, ^ to 2 inches long, pungent ; the cauline few 

 short and erect: llowers few, in an open cyme; bracts small, lanceolate- sppals 

 ovate, acute, 1| to 2 lines long, 3-nerved, membranously margined: petals half 

 longer: capsule somewhat exceeding the calyx. — Including A. nardifolia, Ledeb 

 (Hook. PI. 1. 98, t. 32), and .some other Asiatic forms. A. formosa Torr P.ot 

 Wilkes Kxp. 243; Watson, Pot. King Kxp. 39. ' , • • 



tail," I'ri 1 Tof T h-r t'" « ''^'''' ''n ""'■•"•y -"tl-wnrd ; Donnor Pass ( Tnrrnj) ; Silver Moun- 

 tain, at 1 l.ono feet altitude, Jirewrr. Tho more typical glabrous form .soems not to occur here. 



3. A. pungens, Nutt. Pubescent throughout, cespitose, 2 to 3 inches hi-rh • 

 leaves Imear-subulate, 3 to 5 lines long, pungent, crowded : flowere in an open 

 cyme, leafy-bracted : sepals lanceolate, acuminate, pungent, U to 3 lines Ion- rather 

 obscurely 3-neryed : petals about equalling the calyx : the capsule .shorter : seeds 

 very few, smooth. — Torr. cfe Gray, Fl. i. 179 ; Watson, 1. c. 



r;?!v„v'^ '"^'T™ ^r"""'"' r.-T? V'". '^'S ?■"' r"""''" (^"''""^'•'•) ; «ilv-r Mountain, at il.OOO feet 

 {Brf.wcr) ■ above Carson t'lty {Anderson) ■ and eastward to Colorado. 



f\.t:lV'-\'V-' '^°"f,'- ''';''■ «i""l'^'-l"^>^it.^it, stouter and less pul>rs,-ent ; stems leafy at base : 

 flo^.ers lascirlcd ma nither close cyme : sepals .3 to 5 linos long, smooth and shining, scariously 

 margined, ns also the large bracts : petals a.s long, nn.l capsule shorter. - Oregon to Colorndo. 

 and perhaps to be expected in tho mountains of California. 



§ 2. The 3 valves of the capsule entire; seeds not appendaqed at the hilum : low 

 annuals rvith fohaceous bracts {the Californian species). — Alsine. 



4. A. Douglasii, Torr. & Gray. Sparingly pubescent with spreading hairs or 

 glabrous, slen.ler, much branched, 3 to G inches high : leaves filiform, \ to 1 inch 

 long : llowei-3 rather large, on long slender jie.licels : sepals oblong-ovate, acute, 

 3-nprve<l, \\ lines long: petals obovate, 2 lines long or more: capsule globose, 

 oqualhng the calyx : seeds large, flat, smooth, acutely margined. — Fl. i. 074. 



Dry hillsides, throughout California. Tho very .similar A. tknf.i.i.a, NutL. of Oregon and 

 Washington Icni ory, is distinguishcl by narrower and more strongly nerved sepals, oblong 

 capsule, and small minutely roughened seeds. 



H. A. Californica, Prewer. Glabrous, very slender, branching, 2 to G inches 

 high : leaves lanreolafc, 1 to 2 lines long, obtusisli : llowers small, on .slender i)edi- 

 cels: .sepals oblong-(,vate. acute, 3-nervcd, 1 to U lines long; petjils spatulate, 

 about a half longer: cajt-sule oblong: .seeds .small, .sharjily mnriciilate. — Bolaiider, 

 Cat. 0. A. hrevifolia, viir. (I) Californica, Gniy, Wnv. Calif. Acad. iii. 101. 



Sonoma County to Santa Cruz and «^astwnrd ; Auburn, BoUind^r. 



