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S I.KUCANTHEMIKOMA, Micl.x., or a., ambiguous form b.-twccnit an.l S. strMari,, hum. (affom- 



uparous 8tato of which occurs ... tl.e Rocky Mountai.is a.„l ..orthward), is fou.i 1 f.on, \& 



...gton len-.tory to Alaska. It has la.ger a„.I toothed or i,iciscd leaves narrow a.,d iss „'n' r 



petals, evident styles, ai.d is generally a much larger plant. u.ssin.ii.ii 



=.v .V Leaves rounded and. cordate on lorn, naked petioles : filaments broadened vv- 

 tvard spntnlate, sometimes almost petnloid: calyx free from the 2-cleft ovary and 

 capsule, soon reflexed : petals obovate or at lemjth ohlonq, obtuse, on a short claw ■ 

 scape panicidately and looselj/ mani/floivered : pedicels filiform. 



7. S. Mertensiana, Bongard. Scape ami leaves from a scaly granulate bulb 

 more or less glandular-pubescent: base of petioles dilated into thin scarious bud- 

 scales : leaves crenately or incisely luany-lobed ; the lobes often 3-toothed at the 

 end : panicle effuse ; the branches mostly flowering only at the apex and bearin- 

 granulate bulblets down the sides: filaments sometimes 12 or more, occasionallv 

 seno and petaloid: capsule inflated-ovate. - Veg. Sitchn, 141. S. heterantha, 

 Hook. l-i. 1. 2.)2, t. (H. ^. a'stiralis, var. {heterantha), Torr. (^' Gray, Kl. i. tm. 



Wooded banks in thn (^oast Ranges, fioin Sonoma Co. nortlnvaid, oxtendiixr to Alaska WpII 

 .narked by the stout and bulb-like caudex, producing bulblets, a.ld usual^-by tte clusteJ 

 ISSltl^'Sng"" ''"'"■ '"""^"^ °^ "" 1""'^'" ^"'^^^-^ 2 to I inches in diameten 



8. S. punctata, Linn. Scape and leaves from a short creeping rootstock 

 glabrous or somewhat pubescent : leaves reniform to round-cordate, of rather firm 



ext.ire coarsely and almost equally many-toothe.l or somewhat incised: i,etioles 

 banlly dilated except at the insertion : panicle usiially iiarrow, not bulhlet-bearinc- 

 .■,apsule oblong. — .S. restivalis, Fischer, (tc. 



Sierm Nevada at 8,000 feet ami over {To^-rr,j, Lcvwion), and on the mountains eastward to 

 rolorado ; northward to Hehri.ig Straits, an.l in N. Asia. Leaves 1 to 3 inches in diameter 

 Scape a span to 2 feet high. Petals about 2 lines long. uiaraeier. 



§ 4. Leaf/ stems short, cespitose, and thickly be.^et with the small everr/reen sessile 

 leaves: scapedike pednncle few-flmvered : calyx 5-parted, nearly free. 



9. S. Tolmiei/i'orr. & Gray. Forming depressed tufts, glabrous or nearly so • 

 leaves much crowded, spat.dato, coriace.u.s, nerveless, or with oKscure unMrib with' 

 rnvolut.j entin, margins ^.'1 (o f) lines l.u.g) : po.hnwles 2 inches long. cvmoHelv 1 -{;. 

 flowered: petals lanceolate, white, about twi.-e the length of the 'ovate oht.iso 

 spreading calyx-lobes : filaments dilated at the summit : carpels (often 3 or 4) in 

 truit very obtuse and large, united only at the base. 



High Sierra Nevada, at 9,000 feet an.l lipward {Brcrcer, Muir, Lcmmon) ■ also northward 

 lb,es lol.g ^^''""t'^"'^ to Wnsh,.,gton Territo.y. Flowers only 2 lines long: fruit 3 0^4 



2. BOYKINIA, Nutt. 

 Calyx r>-lobed ; the lobes valvate but early open in the bud ; the t.ibe at kuvth 

 glolndar ,.r ovate, a.Iherent to the ovary. J>etals f,, entire (varying from imbrir'at* 

 lo convolute in the bud), the base contracted into a short claw, deciduous. Stamens 

 T), short, alternate with the petals : anthers 2-celled. Ovary and capsule 2-celled 

 • leluscent down the styliferous lieaks. Seeds small and very numerous, ovoid, witli 

 a close .'somewhat crustaceous coat, very minutely and evenly pa])illose. — Peren- 

 nial herbs (N. American); with creeping rootst..cks, leafy .simi.le stems, and panicu- 

 late or corymbose cymes of white flowers; the leaves all alternate, round-reniform, 

 palmately lobed and incise<l or toothed, the teeth with eallou.s-glandular tips, and 

 the petiole mostly with stipule-like dilations or appenda.^.-^ at ba.se. 



