200 coNTKim'TloNS FROM TIIK NA'ri(»NAI- UKUmKH'M. 



5. Leptotaenia anomala ('. «.<: H. K<'\ . N. Am. I'mht'll. .'):!. isss. 

 Aciiiilcscciit. i^liiSroiis. with slciidtT sciipc (IT) t(t :in cm. Iiij^'li) Itrjii 



inn' ;iii iin<'(|iiiilly ."> to ti-ravfd iimtx'l; Iciixcs slciidt'i'-pt'tioli'd. pimiai, 

 with t't'W ilistiiiil \('i'y iiiii'niw ly liticiii' di\isi(>iis: umlx'l with iiw 

 iii\ t/'icrc. n\\(\ in\ oliiccis ol' pi-omiiiciit scai'ious-iiiiULiiiird xcim 

 })i''icll('ts iiioi'c (»r Ifss united; rays 2..') to 7..') cm. lon^'; pedicels haidh 

 2 mm. ion*:*. Ifuit small, in nearly sessile clusters of li to s. oMont;'. - 

 mm. lon<:'. al»oiit I nmi. broad, the lateral rilis consideralily tliicki 

 than the liody. tlie dorsal and internu'diates xcry slendei' lilil'orm in 

 o])s<)lete. occasionally with minute calyx teeth: oil tutie> none; iln' 

 commissural ridt^-e small or almost wanting-. 



'ry|)e locality. ■'('ai-l»on(lale |Mount l)ial)l(; reuion |. ( "alil'oi-nia; ' 

 collected Ity .1/. A'. Ciirniii. .May. issti; type in Herb, (.'oulter. 



Only known fi'inn the ty})e locality. 



(' Ai.ii'nuM \: 'I'vpf liicality, Unimlii/if, .\|>ril .Imic, issit; same statien, iVmiu 

 //<,/.. ',■/■--/„, April H, 1S!M. 



6. Leptotaenia humilis ('. iSl: !{.. sp. no\ . 



Low. acaulescent. ulaltroiis lhfou*;"hout : leaves al»out :'. times li i- 

 nate. ultimate seo-nients elongated, linear, entire; p<'duncle 1 to i' dm. 

 Ion*:'; rays wy une(|ual. \i to 5 cm. lon^': pedicels I to T nmi. Inii'j: 

 imolucre none; lu'actlets of the involiicel linear to lanceolate, aciinii 

 nate. scarious-maryined; i'l'uit oblonji'. •'• imn. lonu'. the win^s \iiy 

 tliicU and corky. 



Type locality. i)lains near ("hieo. Hutte County. Cal.: collected hy 

 J/r.s. (\ ('. linir,, no. u^C.dl. May. I,s;»7; tyi)e in Herb. ('al. Acnd. 

 Sci.. t'raenicnt and phot()*ii"aph in V. S. Nat. Herb. 

 S/ii I'diiiiis I .iiiiiiliii il: 



( 'ai.u-okni a: 'l^vpi' specimens as cittMl iimicr type ideality: aisn Little ( 'liieo ("leek, 

 }[is. .\ii.-<H,i 2.")7, ill IS'.k;. 



This species is nearest /,. (iikhikiIh, hut eertaiiiiy very ilistiiii't. 



7. Leptotaenia purpurea (W'titson) (". iSc K. Rev. N. Am. I'mbell. v'. 



1S88. 

 FiTiild /iiir/nn-iii Wntt'DU, I'me. Am. Acad. 21: -t.")!?. 1S8(). 



AlK)ut ;{ dm. hie-h; leaves com]>letely «iliil)i'ous, very iimch disscMted. 

 the ultimate see-ments linear oi" tilit'orm; iunb(d S to iJO-niyed. with no 

 involucre, tind involucels of sev(M"al linear acumintite bnictlets; i.iy- 

 7.5 to 10 cm. lono-; tlowei's purple; fruit IS to !i4 mm. lony-. tis Ioiil a> 

 the pedicels, l<) to 12 mm. broad, with ti mm h more ])r()miiicnt cot kv 

 iiJiirein iind coimnissuriil ridj^-e tlitm in tiny other speci(!s; oil tiilics 

 prominent. H in the int(>rviUs of the distinct dorstd and intiM'mediutt' 

 ribs, 4 on the commissui-til side. 



'I'yije locality, "on rocky hillsides near the lower Columbiii Ki\''!'. 

 in Kliekitiit County. Wtish.," colh>cted by Sukxdorf, no. 281, Murcli 

 21, 1880; type in Herb. Gray. Associated with the t^'pe in thcoriyi- 



