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CONTUIHI'I'IONS KUOM THK NATIONAL HKKMAUIITM. 



lucmdisli s('i,'iii('iits. miilx'Idt' few iini'qmil rays without involiKTr iind 

 witlioiM" or two Itriictlcts, iind yellow llowcrs. 



A Hioiiolypic «(t'iiux, known us yvi only I'roiii Mount Uiiinior, 

 AViisirm<,''ton. 



'I'liiH (.'fiiiiH is lu'iin'Ht to ]fi(Hniloi>sin, lint differs fH|i«'ciiilly in itn hroiul hvvA face, 

 wliirli '\n lU'ViT iiivi>liitr nr il('c|ily ('(iiiciivc. In the hcci! face it a|i|)i'naclM's EnhijtlniH 

 and I'liii/iiiiillii, lint dilTci's I'ntni Ixitli in mil having' a cnnical stylii|Midinni, and from • 

 the lunncr alsn in its ycllnw tlnwciH. 



1. Hesperogenia Strickland! ('. & K. Coiitr. Nat. Ilcrl*. 6: 2(>.'{. pi. 27. 

 is'.ti*. Platk I. 



Root dec]) seated, somewliiit tuluM'ous tliickened, erowtu'd with n 

 .slendef lootstock {(); hMives H or 4, nil hasal, without stipuluf hiises. 

 tefiiate Of hiternate; th«» sejiinents laneeohite, acute, I'Ji nun. lon<;'. 

 jrluln-oiis: petioles ."..S to ;"> ein. lony; scape 7.5 to l<> cm. lonj;", eithef 

 naked of with a small hfact like leaf: rays .'} to 0. some of the stcfile 

 as well us the feftile ones shoft (+ mm. lonj^), others 14 uun. lono-; 

 fruit "i nun. lonu". either sessile or on pedicels 4 mm. or less lonj;; 

 styles lon»i', relh'xed. 



'lype locality, '"Mount Rainier. Washin<iton:" collected )>y O. J). 

 All' ,1. no. •J7S; ty])(> in V . S. Nat. llerh. First collected l»y .Mr. Percy 

 Stickland. at same station. 



Moimt Rainier, \Vashin<,4on. 



SjiiciiiKiix i.niiiiiiiiiL- 



WAsniN<iT()N: Mount IJainicr, altitude 'J,000 nictors, Mini 278, August ;!0, 1807, 

 and Scpteinlicr •>, i8!tS; L'nissy incaduws on north side of Hanii' tuoMiitain, 

 altitude l,r.40 meters, ./. /.'. r'/rll, An<rust, I8(»7. 

 Kxi'l.ASAi'liis ipk I'l.AlK I. — Kin. /, pliiiil; .', I'niil; .;, cross scclion nf ciiiiicl—liKs. /ami .' I'lilurircil 



14. MUSINEON Ruf. .Icuir. I'hys. 91: 71. 1S!>(). 



Miisiiiiinii Nutt. in Torr. it (iray l'"l. 1: t>4l'. 18-10 (for full synonymy of <,'enus 

 and s|.eeies, see i'.ol. ( iaz. 20: L'.')8. lS!i:)). 



Calyx teeth prominent (in ours). Fruit ovtite or oviite ohlonjf. fliit 



tened liitersdly. Ciirpel tliitteiu'd dor 

 .siilly, with ecpial filiform ribs juid thin 

 pericarj) with no distinct strenothen 

 in<jf c(dls. Ciirpophore entire (in ours) 

 or two-piirt(>d (Mexictm form). Stylo 

 podium depi"(>ssed. Oil tubes usuiilly 

 3 in the intervtils, very unecpial in si/e 

 (middle oin^ laro'est), 2 to 4 on the 

 commissural side. Seed face l>roadly 

 concave. 



(irlabrousor scii])roiis dwtirf resinifer- 

 ous dry-j^round perennials, from thi( k 

 (donjriited roots, jicaulescent ordichoto- 

 niously l)ranchin<!f at btise, with pituititely decompound leaves, ik) 

 involucre, involuctds of a few narrow bractlots and yellow tiowors. 



Fig. 13.— Mnsincoii tcnuifoliim): 



((, • S; /), ■ II). 



■:i, 



