<(>ri/l'Kli AM) UOSK — N(tUrH AMKKICAN I'M MKLLIKKUAK. .">'.> 



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f.iuriinm, 

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IS. I'lii'iyh 



I'ah VU- 



crnardiiK' 



iclndc too 

 IKHllirni 



i: jilmost 



siniplf to (Uvariciilf l»i'iinrliiii<>-. from 1 lo :'...'. din. Iiiuli: ltii>:il leaves 

 few 1111(1 siiiall. Icrnalc or Itilcrriatr. ilic ohoxalf seoiiicnts clcfl or 

 coaisclv lootlu'd; stem Icavt's tVw. mostly iiiofc sharply ch't't or toollicd: 

 peduncles usually nuicli elouuated and ot'len spreadine-; uiuhels with 

 :! to Ti i-a\s. in\t»luei'e of pinnatilid leaf-like lti'a«'ts. and in\(>liieels of 

 >niall olilonjj;' acute nioi'e or less united Itractlets: fiMiitiiii:' ray> I.Tito 

 ;'...') cui. lonu'; tlowei's yell(>\v. the sterile ones on pedicels 1 uiMi. lone-; 

 fruit 1 mill. lone', covered all o\ cr with lone- hristles; si'vd face plane. 



Tvpe locality. "' Chase Kixcr. \'aiicou\'er Island"; collected liy 

 Miicoiin. .lune I. ISST: type iii ilerl*. (ireene. 



From nortlu'ni ( 'alifoniia to \'aiicou\ er Ishmd and western .Montana. 



S/icri nulls r.iiiiiinii il: 



(' \i,ii-(>i:\i a: I'liniias Ci unity. Mrs. II. .1A. Aiislin. May. ISSO; Iiiileiicndcnce 

 I-al\i', Nevada ('(nuity. Snuiii S, .lime L'li, ISHl'; near ('astle I'rak, <iriiii<\ 

 .Inly L'U, lS*i;>; lliir Valley Meiiiilainy, Mndoc Cuiinty. lUihi r A- .Xiiliiin/. .luuv 

 |:.,"|S!»4. 

 ()Ki:(,()\, Oakland. Ihinrll ISl, .Vpril, ISSI; ridires near The Dalies, //u/n //. .luiie 

 L'e. |SS-_>; sterile iiinuntaiii rid^'cs, altitude 1, SOU meters, t'ns'ivk sm). Aiiirnst, 

 ISS-t. 

 Wasiiimiion: Mast < if Cascade Mdinitains, Wilkrs Ivi/ml. s:'A: Klickitat Coimty, 

 .V('/,.sv/i(/;l'(). .\|iril lT), ISSI; Falcnii Valley. .sV(/>.sv/«</;/'!»;;, .Imie. iss:!; Yakima 

 ( ounty and Kittitas ('eimty, Uiinlirsnii L'577. .\iit:iist I, IS!»L': /•'. //. Snnir^ 

 r.liie ]\i(Mmtains. W'allaw alia ( 'oimty, /'(■/« /••_'."..' !S, .hi ly 1"), ISiiC; same statinn, 

 //(»•/(((■ L'14, .Inly L'!i. jSiiT; steep dry sldpe intlie'ieat Moinitaiiis. Cascades, 

 altitude l,()."S() meters, o. I>. Mini l',")4. in iSDti. 

 Idaiki; Cuddy Mountains, ./(<(/<. s, .Inly 1. iSiili. 

 .MdNTANA: Cnlimd)ia l'"alls, llV/Z/'-oy/.s USi'. .Inne, ISii:'. and lSil4. 

 JJini'isii CdiiMiiiv: Cedai' liill, Vanceiiver Island. Mucnuii, ]May 1.. 1SS7; Chase 

 l!i\('r. \'anc(iu\ci' Island, Mufiinii, .Iinie 4. IS,S7; near A'ictui-ia, \'anc(iii\er 

 Island, M'iriiini ^it."), May Ht, IS!i:!. 

 These fernis lia\'e all heeii e(infiise(l with N. m idili tisis. althuiiLrh llicy represent a 

 very distinct species and nne well separateil hy I 'rcit'essi ii- ( ireene. .M'ter an exami- 

 nation ut' Calilnrnian specimens, inclndinir Professor (ireeiie's type of N. i/inirii-tilii, 

 \\i'<'an not distin'_Miish \\ (viww S. si iiliiilriiiniiris. Selected specimens of the two are 

 nnite different in haliit, lint these differences seem to ns not at all constant, and (he 

 l\\o have in common the mori' technical characters which distiimiiish this species 

 llom .V. iirnnli iisis. 



\:). Sanicula maritima Kelloe-e-. Hot. ("tilif. 2 if.")!. isSO. 



Stems stout. ;! dm. of more hieh from a thickened I'ootstix'k: lia-td 

 leaves loiie'-pi'tioled. somewhat cofdate. wry oht use. cut ire of spai- 

 iiiely denticulate of cfenulate. .'> to li> cm. lone-. '.'>.:> to l..'> cm. Iirotid; 

 stem halves one of few. sniidlcf and moi-e oi- less lohed of pafted (iis 

 are soiiH'times the hasal letives); peduncles few iind elone-iite(l: iinilud 

 with 1 to :! fiiys. involucfe (d' liife-e leaf-like lolied oi- pafted Itfacts, 

 and involucels of nuiiiei'ous smsdl liiiiceohde hfiictlets; tlowefs in dens(> 

 heads, the sterile ones short-pediceled; fruit somewhat iiid^ed helow. 

 Itristly iil)<)\e. ,'! to 4 mm. lone-; s(>(mI lace concaxe. with a \vv\ proiii- 

 inont ('(Mitfid longitudinal rid«>-(>. 



