Areunria. CAK V< )l'll V l.l,A( K.E. 211 



h_v the wliiti- nMonj; sli^'lilly fiiiar;,'in:itf ].ot:ils. — .t. unn'mi, Holiiiinon. IV.m-. Am. A«:i.l. x.\ix. 

 2'J4.— Dry liills, IJ.ar Naili-y, San H.Tiiar<liii<. Mts.. /'.;;/>/, /!,„»., Aii(,MiMt. I«m2. Fiirtliir 

 inatcriul ot iliis variety, sciiirfd from tlio name locality in .Iniic, IH'jr>, liy >. li. I'antI,, lcavi-n 

 little doulit that it is best regarded :u-< a condensed stunted form of ,1. rajiiliarii, witli hliorti-r 

 petals. 



•t- •<— Sepals ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, shorter liian the jK^tals (except 

 in -1. coni/igla, var. I'arlslilorum). 



A. COmpacta, CoviLLK. Koot thick, ligneous : candex mucii hraiiched ami txariiig verv 



elo.suly tufted rosulately spreading suhulate glauc<ins leaves; these not exc ling 2 lines in 



length, minutely glandular, ciliale: stems shniier, an inch or more in height, simple or 

 sparingly branched, almost nakeii, the cauline leaves being few and much reduced: llowen* 

 terminal ou the branches: sepals 1.^ lines long, scarious-niargined, thickened in the middle, 

 attenuate. — Proc. Hiol. Soc. Wash. vii. 67, & ("ontrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. iv. 70, t. 5. — Cali- 

 fornia, mountains of Tulare Co., Corille ; Bloody Canon, M(jiio Co., C'on'itlnii. 

 A. COngesta, Nitt. Smooth or rarely with slight traces of a minute glandular pnberu- 

 lence : stems .-ilcnder, simple, 5 to 14 inches high, numerous, si>ringing from a matted 

 uon-ligueous caudex : Irnsal leaves erect, giamineous-.-^etaceous, 6 lines to .3 inches long, 

 ciliolate-.serrate near the base : cauline leaves rather distant, gradually reduceil : Howcn« 

 sessile in 1 to 3 dense heads (subtended by l-**everal pairs of scarious -margined l)r.icts): 

 sepals carinate, ob.scurely 3-nerved, scarious except in the middle, 2 lines long, considerably 

 exceeded by the narrowly oblong petals: stigmas not strictly cai)itate. — Nutt. in 'I'orr. & 

 Gray, Fl. i. 178; Torr. in Frem. Kep. 87; Wats. Bot. King Kxp. 39; I'orter & Coulter. KI. 

 Col. 13; Brew. & Wats. Bot. Calif, i. 69; Greene, Fl. Francis. 123 (excl. syn.); K. Brando- 

 gee, Zoc, ii. 161. — Kocky Mts. of Colorado and Wyoming to the Yosemite, ace. to Mrs. 

 Brandcgce, and northward to Washington, Snksrlorf. 



Var. SUflrutescens, Hohinson. Caudex sometimes, perhaps always, very ligneous : 

 its branches becoming 2 to 3 lines in diameter, bearing fa.«cicle<l snbe(|nal leaves (an inch or 

 less in length) : flowers somewhat smaller (sepals l\ lines long) in cajiitate umbels: pedicels 

 slender, 2 to 3 times as long as the calyx : stigmas capitate. — I'roc. Am. Ac;ul. xxix. 295 ; 

 Biewerinn siijfnilesn^ns, Gray, I'roc. Am. Acad. viii. 620, under .1. ronffrsta ; Brew. & Wat.s. 

 Bot. Calif, i. 69; Wat.s. Bibl. Index, 95; Greene, Fl. Francis. 123. — Calif..rnia, Cisco. 

 Bo/anilcr & Kel/ogtj ; Emigrant Gap, ./ones ,• Tulare Co., Corille & Funston. A form too well 

 marked in its foliage, ligneous caudex, and alliuiit-Wke inflorescence to Ik? united with the 

 ty{)ical A. rorifjpntn, yet apj)earing to intergrade with it. One of the transitional forms has 

 been cidlected in .Sierra \'alley by Lemmon. 



Vax. SUbcongesta, W.vtson. Caudex more or less ligneous, stems smooth, glandu- 

 lar- or pulveruleiit-pulpcscent, often knotted with enlarged nodes: flowers as in the type, 

 but borne in more or less expanded dichotomoi\s cymes: leaves varying greatly in length 

 and texture. — Bot. Calif, i. 69, & Bibl. Index. 454. A. FnuUeri, \ar. .iulH-oi,</,stti, Wats. 

 Bot. King Exp. 40, & I'l. "Wheeler, 6; Porter & Coulter, Fl. Col. 13; Kothr. Enum. PI. Col, 

 35. .1. Fendkri, var. ijlahrescrns, Wats. Bot. King Exp. 40, & Bibl. Index, 95, differs only 

 in its still looser inflorescence, and should doubtless be referred hither. — K<Kky Mts. of 

 Colorailo and Arizona, Xpirhfrn/, northward to Brit. America. Cypre.^s Hills, Muroiiu, and 

 Lewis Biver, D<nison (ace. to J. M. Macoun), and westwiird to Oregon, I/innll, ;\in\ Cali- 

 fornia, Sierra Co., I.fmmon, Donner Pass, Tmre;i. 



Var. Kingii, Koiunson, n. comb. Habit and glandular pul>escencc as in l.H>se-rtowered 

 forms of the preceding variety : petals emarginate to deeply bifid. — .1. A i»i'/". .lones, Proc. 

 Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 2, v. 627.' Siflhtria Kiii'/ii, Wats. Bot. King Exp. 39. t. 6. — Mountains 

 of N. Xev.ida, Watson, to Utah. Parry, Palmrr, Junes, and Wmil (form with |H'tals merely 

 emarginate) ; fl. .July, August. 



Var. macradenia, .I<inks. 1. c. 626. Glabrous or nearly .«o : rootstock more or Icsji 

 ligneous, extensively and irregularly branciied : stems stout for tlie genus, 6 to 15 inchm 

 high, knotted with the enlarged nodes: leaves chiefly cauline. glaucous, rigid, pungent, 

 6 lines to 2.\ inches hmg : flowers large, in an ojjeu cyme: sepals fleshy, sul>carinate, 2^ to 

 2} lines long, with membranous margins : jM-tals considenibly exserted. oUivato or oblong 

 with obtusish .sometimes aurided b.ases : stamineal glands nuxlenitely deveK'|>od i>tigm.i.« 

 subcapitatc. — .1. macradenia, Wats. Pr<H\ Am. Acad. xvii. 367, iu part. — S. E. Califumi*, 



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