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Liiiiia'a, 1. c. 559. C. }'ir<,,„ic<i, H<H)k. & Am. Hot. Hci-<li. li>.3, in jart. — St. Lawn-ii.c. .><t. 

 J'aiil and St. lic.jrgt- l>l:inil.s, Ala.ska, lirst c.ll. \t\ Vtiumisio &, K»ch^cliuitz, anil K.<tzel.uo 

 Soiuul. (Adj. A.sia.) 



M.» asarifolia, Howki.i.. a font or U-ss hij^li from a nN-ndt-r or Hli^jlitlv Uc-.|iy rrw-jiing 

 roiit.siuik : lca\ f.s .siuculi-nt ; railinil from orl.iiular-HulK-orilat*- or nlifjlitlv r<-nif<irm Ut 

 rliomliic-uvatu; llio largt-r 2 inclii-a (or even 4 in.li.-.-*, utv. to Hongard) in ("liam.-l«-r. long- 

 jn'tioled; cauliiio jiair of similar form, clo.sclyHes.siU!: inllon-scencc- slfn«ler|MMlun<ulnte, 

 l<K>8clysfveral-ll<. Wired, witii tKiiwionaily a small bnu-t: in-tals a ipuirter or third inrli long: 

 fructiferous sepals rather shorter than the cajisule. — Erylhea, i. .'JO ; VUiijlumn umri/iJfu, 

 Bong. \'eg. Sitch. 1;j7 ; Fenzl in J.edeh. V\. l{oss. ii. 15o' C. S,:vitdrn»iA, Brew. & Wain. 

 Bot. Calif, i. 77, a dwarfed form. C. conll/ulia, Wau*. I'nH'. Am. Acail. xvii. .'{65. — Wet or 

 springy ground, Horky Mountains of Hrit. America, ,1/«r«Hn ,• Montana and h\a.\w, Lyall, 

 Nicius, W'ltlson; and ('a.scade Mountains, IIi uderson, Siikstlnrj', to Sitka, Mrrttnt. Alito in 

 a reduced form in Sierra Nevada, California, Liminon, &c. (Bering I.«land.) 



§ 2, LiMNiA. Fibrous-rooted annuals or perennials, destitute of rootstoeks, 

 cornis, «S:c,, but some stoloniferous or rooting from tlie nodes or bulhillifcrous : 

 one sepal commonly a little larger than the other, and the two petals alternating 

 with these commonly larger than the others. Flowers in most species opening 

 more than one day. — Liiniiia, L. Act. Holm. 174G, 130, t. 5; Ilaworth, Syn. 

 PL Succ. 1 L 



♦ Cauline leaves a single sessile pair below the racomiform inflorescence ; radic.il nuinenniu 

 aud petioled : petals eniarginate or obcordate ; stamens always 5. 



•<— Bracts accompanyiug most of the pedicels of the simply and l«x>sely racemiform inflo- 

 resceuce : leaves thiuuish. Connects strictly with the preceding species. 



M.* Sibirica, Howell, 1. c. Annual or more enduring and with thickened crown produ- 

 cing offsets upon stout stolons, but no rootstock : flowering stems a span or two or a fixjt or 

 two high : radical le.ives rhombic-ovate (and varying from broadly ovate or olM)vato toovate- 

 laticeolate), contracted into long margined petioles, these fleshy-thickened at bji.«e; cauline 

 broailly ovate and closely se.ssile but distinct, sometimes obovate ami with contracted bjuse. 

 inch or two long : bracts oblong to linear : j)edicels usually solitary and alt«Tnate, slender, 

 in fruit often inch or more long and widely spreading or refracted : sepals very broailly 

 ovate, mostly accrescent : petals rose-color or white, quarter inch long : seeils at maturity 

 distinctly gr.anulate. — Clai/toiiid Sihirim, L. Hurt, I'ps. 52, & Sjiec. i. 204 (/.iHiniVi, Act. 

 Holm. 1. c.) ; Gmel. Fl. Sibir. iv. 89 ; Sims. Rot Mag. t. 224.T : Sweet, Brit. Kl. (iani t. 16; 

 Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 676, excl. syn.; Fenzl in l.edel>. Fl. Ko.ss. ii. 149; (Jray, Am.. lour. Sci. 

 ser. 2, xxxiii. 407 ; Brew. & Wats. Bot. C.-ilif. i. 76. ('. alslnoldfs, Sims, Bot. Mag t. 1.309. 

 white-fl. form; Pnrsh. Fl. i. 175 : Ch.im. Linna-a. vi. 559 ; Bong. 1. c. 1.16 ; Torr. & (Jray, Fl. 

 i. 199. C. UnnlnsrhL-fiisls. Tiavh. Ilort. Gorenk. ed 2, 62. & in Ra-m. & Schult. Syst. v. 4.34; 

 PC. I'rodr. iii. 361. rim„!a .V,7„V-Vv, &, L. n'sinn,;!,,, Ilaworth. Syn. I'l. Succ. 11. — Moist 

 banks. &c., Alaskan Islan.ls and Brit. Columbia (first coll. by SuI/.t & />,<ll.is ') and south 

 to San Fnincisco B.iy and Plumas Co. in Sierni Nevada, Californi.i. (Bering Island, and 

 proliably on the .idjacent mainland ; but not otherwise known to be Siberian.) 



Var.* heteroph^lla, Honivsov. n coml). A form with leaves. e.-^pcH-ially radical 

 ones, varying from ovate lanceolate to linear lanreol.ite or even linear! — Cloi/limia Sihinm, 

 var. /iitirn/.l, 1,11,1, Gray, Troc. Am. Acid. xxii. 281. C {'nnlnsr/dmsis. var. hrUro/ihitlla, 

 Nutt. in Torr. & Oay, Fl. i. 199. & C. nishioid, s, var. liftrm/./n/lln, Torr. & Gray, 1. c — On 

 tlu" Coliimliia Biver and elsewhere, in moist and shady gn'und. 



Var.* bulbifera, Bohinson. n. comb. Thickened bases of radical leaves mor«> fleshy 

 ami ])ersistent on the crown .is bulblet-scales. — Clai/limiit hulliif'rni. Gray. Phk'. Am. Aowl. 

 xii. 54 ; Wats. Bot. Calif, ii. 4.35. C. Sihinm. var. hulhillitWn', C;ray. 1. r. xxii 281 . M.mtia 

 hulUif.ra, Howell, ]. c. — N. California, on the Sc<>tt Mountflins, Cr^ntr. nnd Wolf CnH^k. in 

 adjacent Oregon, IloirrU. Otlier less marked sjx'cimens jmik-* to the onlinary form of the 

 species. 



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