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attenuate to each eml, sprcadiiij;, 2 to .3 indies long, 1 to 2 lines wide : flowera Ixjnic niwtk 

 in 3-flo\veie(i long-])e(Uinrleii lynies: calyx oblong or oli.ivaii-, nitlu-r narrow at tite luiw ; 

 tlie ends of the tooth surrounded by ovate obtuse intiexod nieniliranes : |tcialH wliite or 

 piniv, 2-lohed ; segments olituse ; claws moderately auricled ; apjx-ndagi's olilong, oliiuse: 

 capsule narrowly cylintlrical, 5 lines long; teeth recurved; stipe I i lines long — Fl. Hor- 

 Am. i. 88; Torr. & (iray, Fl. i. I'.IO ; Wats. Hot. King F.xj.. .-IG. 4.31, & 1'pm-. Am. Acad. x. 

 341 ; Brew. & Wats. Hot. Calif, i. GO. '. S. Lijullii, Wats. I'roc. Am. Acad. x. :i42, in part 

 (as to pi. Leinmon), a form witii snuill Howers in a pathological state, the anthers U-ing 

 infested with Ustilmio uittheifiniw. Lin-lmis elatn, VVats. 1. c. xii. 24'J, in part (iw to pi. 

 Bunri/cdii), merely 5-carpelleii individual. CuchIiuIks iJoiii/luxii, Fat. Man. ed. 7, 2G0. — 

 Wasatcli Mts., Utah, to Ccnlral Cahfornia, northward to Montana and Hrii. C'i)lumbia ; i\. 

 June to September. A common and p<dymor]>iious species, of vNJiich the following are the 

 chief varieties ; all of them tending to intcrgrade witli the type, and .-icparated from ii and 

 eacii other by no constant or imjjortant Horal ciiaracter. 



Var. multicaulis, Kohinsox, I.e. I44. tirayisli-tomentulo.«e and le.ss glandular: 

 leaves more appro.ximate, narrowly lanceolate or oi)long, taper-pointed, erect : stems more 

 rigid. — .6'. mnltirdiilis, Nutt. in 'I'orr. & (iray, V\. i. 192. H. JJiummoudIi, var., Torr. & 

 (Jray, Fl. i. 675. — "Oregon," Nntlull ; Washington, Yakima Co., lirandegee (no. 655 in 

 part) ; Klikitat, Howell ; Spokane Co., Suksdorf, liamm ; N. Idaho, Si>aiduuj, Sandberg ; 

 Montana, Scribner, Cunhi/. 



Var. Macounii, Kobinson, I.e. Minutely pubescent, somewhat glandular above: 

 leaves distant, long and narrow, short-pointed, tapering very gradually from near the a|)ex 

 to the base : calyx oblong, rather short, 4 to 5 lines in length, narrow ; teeth purple-tii)|ied : 

 styles in specimens studied 3 to 4, very rarely 5. — S. Lj/allii, \Vats. i'roc. Am. Acad, x .'{42, 

 as to pi. Li/all (])atliological form with anthers infested by L'stiiago authtrnruin). S. wnlll- 

 caitlis, Macoun, Cat. Canad. I'l. i. 494. 6". Macounii, Wats. I.e. xxvi. 124; Maconn, Hot. 

 Gaz. xvi. 286. — Washington, Li/all, Brandt gee (no. 653 in part) ; Hrit. Columbia, summits 

 of Rocky and Selkirk .Mts., Maroun, iJawson. 



Var. macrocalyx, Houixson, 1. c. 145. Tall, puberulent or nearly smooth : leaves 

 narrowly lanceolate or linear, attenuate both ways: calyx long, cylindrical, 7 to 8 lines iu 

 \^.J^crth. — Iluiiil.oldt Mts., W. Nevada, Watson ; Mt. Paddo, Washiiigton, Suksdorf, I/ou>ll. 



Var. viscida, Rouinson, 1. c. Clandular-viscid, especially above : stems erect, rigid, 

 mostly simple from a branched slightly woody hsme: calyx liroa<lly oblong or almost cam- 

 panulate, relatively short: leaves narrowly lanceolate to linear-oblong, thickish. — Hrit. 

 Columl)ia, at Kicking Horse I'ass, Macoun; Washington, Olympic Mts., l^ipir, Mt. Stewart, 

 Saiidherij & Leilun/, Vakima region, Brandegee. 



Var. brachycalyx, Rohinson, 1. c. Puberulent, not vi,-<cid : leaves distant, sjireading, 

 narrowly oblanceolate. attenuate: calyx short and broad, campanulate. — < iregon, Multnt>- 

 mali Co., and on Sanvie's island, Hou-ell ; Wa.shington, Skamania Co., Sidsdnrf. 



Var. monantha, Rouixson, 1. c. Nearly or (pnte smooth : stems very slender and 

 ■weak, rising from a spreading much branched ba.«e : leaves thin, lanceolate or linear-oblong 

 and grass-like, narrowed both ways : flowers solitary, terminal, or 3 to 5 and loo.sely cymosc: 

 calyx obloug-campanulate, inflated. — 5. monantha, Wats. 1. c. x. 340; Hrew. & Wats. 1. c. 

 63. — Cascade Mts., Washington, Harford & Dunn; Webber Lake, Calif., l.fmmon; N. 

 Utah {?), Parr 11. 

 S. SCaposa, Ronixsov, 1. c. Finely puberulent. somewhat viscid above : stem erect, sub- 

 simple, almost naked, 1 to U feet high, rather rigid : raiiical leaves thickish, oldance«.late. 

 acute, 3-nerved, somewhat glaucous. 2 to 3 inches in length, 3 to 5 lines broad ; canlinc 

 leaves reduced to 1 or 2 pairs of distant bracts : inflorescence a narrow rigiil panicle : flowers 

 small, erect: calyx oblong or elliptic in outline, with simple green nerves: |M'tals white, 

 scarcely exceeding the calyx ; blades short, refuse ; claws with somewhat saccate auricles; 

 append.iges short, obtuse : ovary shortly stiped. — Oregon, Blue Mts., Sfvius : Cold Camp 

 (no. 355) and Currant Creek, fh. Howell ; fl. May. 



= = ^ = = Inflorescence denser, subspicately paniculate or forming an elongato<l 

 thvrse : styles included or moderately ex.>«erted. 



S. Hallii, Watson, 1. c. xxi. 446. Stems sevenil. from a .••tout root, simple, densely glandul.ir- 

 pubesceut, 6 iuches to \\ feet high: leaves oblanceohite. acute, taperint: to the booo. tho 



