220 ONAGRACE^E. Epilobium. 



In the Siena NevaJu, iVom tlio head of Kern Kivor (Vio/Arofi) northward ; at Ebhittt's Pass 

 and Mt. Shasta (Brewer) ; at Cialrr Pass in the Cascade Mountains (Newberry) ; through all tlic 

 colder portion of Morth AniiMica, and also in the European Alps and liio Himalayas. 



+ + ++ Leaves slrictli/ sessile: not aljjiue. 



7. E. Franciscanum, linrbcy. Soinuwluil lioury, roots Bpreudiug in llio mml : 

 stem stniight, bnuicliiug iibt)Vi;, with 2 to 4 elevated longitudinal lines, 12 to 20 

 inches high : leaves mostly opposite, connected at base, nearly glabrous, oblong- 

 lanceolate, rounded at base, serrulate : bud ovoid : top of the ovary much contracted 

 at the insertion of the calyx : sepals slightly hoary : petals purple, emarginate : 

 stamens shorter than the style : stigma cylindrical : capsido hoary : seeds with 

 striate testa and broad sides to the furrows. — Mon. E\n\. iniid. 



Near San Vviiuchco (Jiiytlow, Turret/) ; \m\mh Ciwk {Ke/lo(j(j) ; also at llie Sliunnigin Islands, 

 Alaska, Jlarrintilon. 



8. E. brevistylum, IJarbey. Somewhat hoary : stem terete, erect, 10 to 18 

 inches liigli, slighliy branched at top, marked Avith 2 or 4 decurrent glabrous lines, 

 tinted with purple : leaves mostly opposite, sessile, broadly lanceolate, slightly den- 

 ticulate with rigid teeth : flowers small : calyx cleft nearly to the middle, almost 

 glabrous: ])etals slightly cleft, obcordate, j)inkish : inner row of stamens short; the 

 outer ones longer than the style: capsule nearly sessile: seeds acuminate at the tu]), 

 tufted with silvery hairs. — Mon. Epilob. ined. 



Sierra County, Lciiunon. Corre8i)onding somewhat to the i'^uropean E. roseuni, Schreher. 



9. E. glaberrimum, Barbey. Whole plant glaucous and perfectly glabrous, 

 stoloniferous : stem terete, straight, siniple or somewhat curved and branching, 

 6 to 15 inches high: leaves mostly opposite and connected at the base, broadest 

 below, bluntly lanceolate, slightly serridate : sepals somewhat shorter than the 

 petals, which are deeply notched : tilamonts rather short and thick : stigma club- 

 shaped, Avith a slight depression at top : capsule very slightly hoary : seeds Avith 

 furrows terminating below the ajiex, tufted Avitli very tine hairs. — Mon. Epilob. 

 ined. t. 5. 



Var. latifoliuni, Harbey, 1. c. Lisaves broader : stem more branching, curved. 



In the Sierra Nevada : Yosemite A''alley (Bolander) ; Sierra Valley (Lemmon) ; and collected 

 also by Bridges. The variety in Sierra Co. (Lemmmi), and above Carson City, Anderson. Rather 

 variable and perhaps embracing several species. 



4- -t- Annuals. 



10. E. paniculatum, Nutt. Glabrous or pubescent above (rarely throughout): 

 roots spreading : slrni erect, slender, 10 inches to 10 feet high, terete, dichotoiuous 

 above : leaves narrowly linear, obscurely serrulate, acute, attenuate at the base, 

 mostly alternate and fascicled ; the uppermost subulate : llowers few, terminating 

 the spreading liliform and almost leafless branches : pedicels pubescent : calyx-tube 

 funnelform : petals obcordate, nearly twice the length of the calyx-lobes : capsule 

 short, acute at each end, straight or a little curved, erect or speading. — Torr. & 

 Gray, Fl. i. 490 ; IJarbey, j\lon. Epil. ined. t. 8. 



From the Cuianiaca Mountains and the Southern Sierra Nevada to Washington Territory, and 

 eastward to the li'ucky Mountains ; frequent. 



11. E. minutum, Lindl. Roots bright and shining: stem terete, erect, puber- 

 ulent, occasionally branching, 3 to IQ inches high : leaves mostly alternate, elliptic- 

 lanceolate, rather obtuse, nearly entire, slightly pubescent : flowers nunute, con- 

 tracted at the base of the calyx : petals pale rose-color, obcordate : the four longer 

 stamens equalling the style : stigma clavate, the lobes at length expanded and fim- 

 briate : capsule short, somewhat pedicelled, slightly arcuate, at length erect : seeds 

 large and not very numerous. — Hook. El. i. 207; Uarbey, Mon. Eitil. ined. t. 7. 

 Crossostii/nia Lutdlei/i, Spach, Mon. Unag. 84. 



