^^'«-««- ROSACEVK. .^ 



2tVt1ttr;a7]'r"5!'?r ''^^'' ' '^'"''''' ^^^ '''^'''' '^ *" ^— ^°*- ^^^^cs Exp. 

 On the Klnmatli Kiwr {Pkkering) ■ Sierra Valley, Zcmwio);,. 



v,-lL.^' ""8"^*="^^*^ <'^;^y; ^josely reseml)ling the last, sometimes less densely 

 villous : cymes less cromle.l : calyx 2 or 3 lines lon^., with narrow acuminate TS 

 and bractlets: petals white unguiculate, the blade orbicular, somewhat exceeding 

 the calyx: stamens usually 15 : carpels 5 to 8.-l>roc. Am. Acad. vii. 339; W^^son! 



Yosomito valley {linhnider, Gray) ■ Si.-rra Co., Lcwmon. 



3. I. Webberi, Cmy. Low, k.o.sely villous with spr(^•.(lin<. hairs • leaflets 4 to 

 G pan., approximate, 2-5-parted, with linear segments, 3 to 7, lines Ion" Jtom" 



oa >x 2 or 3 lines long; lobes lanceolate; bractlets small : petals yellow nairowlv 

 oblong, abou equalling the calyx : stamens 5 to 10 : carpe s 3 or 4 • X "es^Tre 

 ovate, a line long or more — Proc. Am. Acad. x. 71. ^ ' 



Sierra and Indian valleys, in ravines, Jrcl>l>cr, Lcmmon. 



* * Flowers ydlorv, in a rather compact cyme upon a nearly naked stem: low or 



dwarfs alpine. 



n.tl^W^''^?'^' '^r; *,i^'''^; Vi««id-pubescent and often somewhat hirsute 

 or glabrate: stems 3 to 10 inches high from a thick resinous caudex ■ leS 

 numerous, approximate, 1 to G lines long, obovate, 3-r)-cleft or narted \v\\. li 

 or spatjdate segments ; cauline leaves one 'or two, pinnatifid flli f hf ^ d L^^^^^ 

 at ength somewhat open : calyx 2 or 3 lines long: petals yellow, narmh oblong 

 to broadly spatulate, usually not exceeding the calyi : stan ens 5 carpels 2 or 3 

 or moro.-Pacif. R. Rep. vi. 72; Gray, Proc. Am. Aca.l. vi. 530 • Waion Bot' 

 King Exp 90. Ilorkelia Gordoni, Hook, in Kew Jour. P.ot. v. 341 t 2 '// nl 

 multifoholata, Torr. in Sitgreaves Rep. 159. ' ^' 



Var pygm^a, Watson. Much re.luced, an inch or two high or even less 

 t^t;:latl"t^ 53l'^'^ '''' ^"^" ^'' "°^^'^' •■ ^^^^"^^"^ -metim^:: 10.^!!: 



im?iiratnMfi?;f^°'f®^' ^Tl''"' r^r^^ ^^''^''''''-- ^'^^^^'^ ''^^ ^^^' crowded and 

 imhricatcd, tluck and rounded. — /. lycnpodioidrs, Oray, 1. c. 530. 



In tlio Siorrii Nevada from Mono Pimq ( Iirrji<rr\ tn '<\n,;-n i^^ ii \ ... 



t^-sz •""" ' "" ■ ■'■'■" ^^i'^^'^^^^^i^i^:^^^^ 



iwl^^'^'^h '^"^- ''"''"'''' ''""""'y siiky-villous : stems an inch high from a 



h ck oa„,te : leaves terete with the very numerons small crowded and imbrL"ed 



s Iky leanets : n„wers sn.all, in a close cyme : calyx a line I„„k, purplisl, exceed M 



tt."rr>r.'txri',"r;r''^ ''""™^ '■' '"--"' »^- '-^p* >-% 



..ataf.,.r:rr^,?:aS^[t:,lSt^•.-V^i■ „S!;l^;."" --- -^' ■" 



* * * Flowers in a diffuse panicle : stems leafy. 



6. I. santalinoides, Gray. Stems 6 to 18 inches high, slender sparin-ly 



with"the "'" '''""'^ Bilky-villous with white hairs, 2 to^4'incherio„nere<I 



with the very numerous small crowde.l and imbricated leaflets : panicle v;ry dil? 



nd,^>r"r'^' bracts very small, villous: flowers on slender at lengfh elongafid 



«hor : petals white, spatulate to obovalo, exceeding the ..Uyx : stimens 15 ; fila- 

 ments^ long and slender; anthoi-s purjjlo : carpels solitary. - J W. Am. Acad. vi. 



