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CONTKim'TloNS FKOM TIIK NATIONAL IIKUUAKIUM. 



(S/)( ciiiiciis f.ifnniiii'il : 



Idaitii: Ty|>t' siit'ciiiicns as citfil uiHlcr tyiic locality. 



W.\siiiN<ri()\: I'.asaltic cliffs, Wawawai, Whitiuari Ccimity, I'ljicr 27H'2, April 17, 



l(». Leptotaenia leibergi (". iSc 1{.. sp. nox 



Pl,ATK VII. 



Low catiU'scciit pliiiils I'roin rather hiriic sliiilhiw (iihci-oiis rool-; 

 pcdiuiclcs cloiiiiiitcd, !."» to ti.'t ('111. lon<;". crcrt or soiiicwliat sprcadiiiL: 

 olal»r;>iis; Icaxcs tt'iiiatt'ly dissoctod. the ultiiiial • sco-iiiciits linear. 4 Id 

 y null. lonu'; tloweritiji- uinhels very iniieli contracted; frnitino- iiniheU 

 I'atlier irreoiiljir. with no invohicre. and invohicejs of ;! or I •<niall 

 hractlets; longer rays 'A cm. loiiji'; pedicels 4 to i! nun. loiio-. Iloweiv 

 deei) yellow; fruit ol)lon<i\ (> to s mm. lony. 4 nun. luoad. with lilit'orin 

 dorsal and intermediate ribs, and narrow rather thicUi>h laterals; oil 

 tubes indistinct. i)erluips solitiiry in the intervals, and 2 on the com 

 missural sid(>. 



Type locality, wet adobe soils of Barron Valley. .Malheur County. 

 ()re<>'on, where it is said to bo common; colloctod \)\ J^cHxiy. no. 211t7. 

 ,Iune, iS'.Mi; type in V . S. Nat. Herb. 



Only known from the type locality. 



Specimens lymiiiiuil : 



Okkcion: Type spcciiiu'iis as cited uinlcf type Incality. 



KXPI.ANATIIlN OK I'l.ATK N'll.— Kif,'. '(. llorsill vil'W ( if CllI'Inl. 



11. Leptotaenia minor Koso; lIowoU. Fl. N. W. Am. 1: '2.51. ISOS. 



Acauloseont or nearly so. ^'labrous throu^^liout. from lar^c bi-aiicli 

 int>' and somewhat starchy roots; l(>aves ir» to L'n cm. lone- (iiicludiiiii 

 the petiole), tinely dissected, with short linear acute ultimate se<;nieiit- 

 and un inconspicuous s^^ipular slu^ath: i)eduncl(> thick and turt^id. 

 especially at maturity, !."» to lio cm. lone-, somewhat e-hiucou.s; undiel 

 imoqually-rayod. with no iii\'olucro, and involucels of se\-eral linear 

 bracth^ts; rays 2 to <> cm. lone-; pedicels 10 to 14 mm. lone-; (lowers 

 lie-lit purple; fruit obloiii^-. 14 to Ui mm. lonu-. .-) to 7 mm. wide; oil 

 tut)es i or 2 in the int(M'vals, not conspicuous. 



Type locality, near Rock Crook, ]Morrow County, ""rlohn \h\\ 

 Country, Oroe-on." altitude l.(»4() meters; collected by Liih,r<j. no. 

 98, May 22, 18J)4; tyi)e in V . S. Nat. Herb. 



Eastern Orejjon. 



tlpcciiiii'iDi t'.nimhu'd: 



Oni'XiDN: Type specimens as cited uiidei' type locality; Lost Valley, lloxrll A\i, 

 May, 1881'; near Aiitelupe, Homll -VIX, May 10, ISS."). 



KXl'I.ANATKlN (IF I'l.ATK VUl. — KIk. ". iIiU'-cmI vil'W (if Clll'pel ; ?), CIllMI'Kfll \ icU (if lip of ll'llf. 



Howell 414, from Lost Valley, was distributed as L. purjutira, ami seems t(j have 

 been included hy Watson in his original descri])tion of that species. 



In hahit tiiisspeci(>s mu(4i resendiles J,, jiurjiiirui, liut tin; lealk'ts are much shorter, 

 tlic fruit is very different, while it lacks the large purjjle sheathing bracts at the Ii:i-e 

 of the stem. The fruit is more like that of A/. >i;iiM,iii and //. mditiDiiilltira, lait is vei y 

 distiuct from eitlier. 



