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CONTHim rioNS I'lio.M rilK national UKUHAKH'M. 



Spiiuiiiiiis I rmii'iiK il: 



Ti:\.\s: .1/(1. lliiiniil. Siiri.; tyjic s|u'ciiii('tisiiscitcihiii(lciMy|)c iucality; lU-lknaji, 



Siillnii lliiijix MO'.l; l)iillji.-i, Wiiiihiiii, ill 1x7:! (lypc of ('iitiiiijiliriix nioiiltniiis 



//(</(//Mv//<//».xJ(iiics) ; l>;illu.-<, III n rcli<>ii,\n lS74iiiMl ISSO; Sliackclfdrd County, 



llohlr'iii, ill iss;!; Daiiiir-. Iirnrrl„,i,, Kcliniary L't;, iiiOO, 



Tills species is rcstricti'il tn tlie jirairie reL'inii nf iicirtlii'asteni 'I'exas, and is (|iiit( 



"listiiicl ill raiii:e I'ldiii /'. iikhiIiuiiih, liiwiiicli it lias In't'ii ret'erreii. Mr. I\e\ercli(ni lia> 



sent us li\ii|i,' specimens I'iMiii Dallas witii the I'niinwiii).' imte: "This species oceiii- 



(III the liinesldiie prairies nf imrtli 'I'exas (Imw far siaitli I iln iKit kiiosv). It ^rnw - 



where the I'licU-^ ciup ijiit, ami li|(iiiinsi|nite early; intact, it is the lirst lilnoiner I 



kiinw (if in Texas, sdinetiiiies ajijiearin'.' alidut ( 'hristinas w hen the winter is open." 



H. Phellopterus bulbosus (A. Nelson) ('. iSc K. 



<'iiii,<ij>hriis hiilli,,.-<i(s Nelsiiii, r.iill. 'I'xvv. r.iit. ('hil)26: •_'ll. ISltil. 



Lt'iii" sco'iiiciits nioro ci'owdcd tliiiii in /'. iiioiifiiiiiis; tlowcfino'uinlx'l 

 iiioi'i' cloniiiitcd. in ifiiit (Miiiiilin!>' of cxcccdini"- the Iciucs; involucie 

 (•onspiciioiis, ol' iiroiid liviilinc hfiict> iinifccl tit base; inNoluccls niofe 

 (•()nsi)i('iioiis. the hi'oiid liyjilinc lii'iicts .soniotiiiics with ii o-ivoiilsh ccn 

 trill region; pedicels lono'ei' tliiin in /'. mniiliiini.^; llowei's ])iirpiish: 

 fruit ohioni:'. iiiiieh nafro\\(>r than in /'. nioiihiini.s, s nun. lon^^, witli 

 bi'oiid thin w inos not thickened at in.sei'tion; oil tiihe.s ?) to 5 in the 

 intervtds. (> to l<i on (he coiKini.ssiiral side; seed face witli fathiM" deep 

 iind hfoiid conciivity. 



'rv})e locality not Li'ixcn. imt label stiites "iiidied cljiy soil in the 

 ravines and on the slopes of (irecn liiver." W'yoniino-: collecttMl by 

 A. ^Tr/.sy///. no. 47<>1». June 14. iSltS; type in Herb, I'niv. Wvoinini.;. 

 dnpliciite in V. S. Ntit. Herb. 



(ireen River region of ^Vvon^m,^•. 



Sjii'i'iiiii'iis ( .niiiihii '/■ 



\Vv().Mi\(i: (ireen KiNcr, I'm-rii 117, in ls7.'>; l.a r>ar;re, I'iiita (\>[ii\\y, Slfrr)isi,ii 

 40, .April L'7, ls!U; i'(,int of Rocks, Sweetwater County, .V(/.w/( ,S085, June I, 

 IS!(7; type specimens as citeil uiKh'r tyjie locality. 



4. Phellopterus purpurascens ((Jitiy) ('. I'v: K. 



< 'i/iiiajjlcriiy iii<)iil(iiiii.'< jiiir/xiriixcciix i iniy, I'xit. Ives l"i. IS(1(1. 

 ('i/iiiii/)lrriis iiliilii Hsis ,\(>\]C!i, {'iiWi. i\ca(l. Sci. II. 5: t).S4. LSI*."). 

 < 'ililiiijttirii--< iililhciixis iiioiini-rjilia/iis JnlH'^, 1. c. ()<S5. 



Peduncles longer than in /\ i/tonfdin'.s. in friut e(|ualin<i' or exceed- 

 ing* the iciives; umliids more or less coinpact(>d; inxoliicre conspicuous, 

 composed of white or purplish hyaline l)r!U'ts which hav(^ I to 3 o'reeii 

 or ])ur|)lish ner\-es iind tire uinted tit btise, or sometimes reduced to a 

 hyaline shciith: in\ olucels resembliiiL;' the involucres; flowers purjile; 

 fruit orbicular, with brotid winosand oblono- body, 10 to 12 mm. loiii: 

 cai'lie's somewhiit lliittened. with ."> broad thin witi^'s sctircely thicken 'd 

 at insertion: oil tulies '2 or ;{ in the intervids. 4 on tho conunissuial 

 side: seed somewhat llattened, with broiidly conciive face. 



Type locality, '"'" Yamptu \'idlev to San Frtuicisco Mountains;'- col- 

 lected by y, ii'hci'n/; type spt'cimen in V . S. Xtit. Herb. 



In day or gnivel, New Mexico, Arizona, I'tuh, Nevada, and Ida! o. 



