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CoNTKIMrTKtNS F1{<>M THK NATIONAL II K.^iJAUn'M. 



Orci^oii:" <()ll(MitM| l»v ('iisir/,\ IK). |;'.ltK .liiiir. 1^.S(;; type ill llcrli. 

 (ii'iiy. (luplicalr ill V . S. Niil. Ilcrli. 



Kiistcni ()i'(>o-()n iiiid W'iisliiiioton, aiid iKljiicciil Idalio. 



Sjiii-imi iix I'.i II nihil il: 



OnKdov: Tv|H' siuM'iiiicns iis cited under ty|ie lueality; iieiir lliirper IImihIi, 



Mallieiir Coiiiity, altitude 1, ()()(» meters, Lrlhrr;/ )1\2:\, .May »':!. islKi. 

 \V\siiiN(iT(>N: nine Mdiiiitaiiis. //«/■//*/• •_'L''J, .lime 11, 1S(»7. 



Ikaiiii: .Iiiliclta, Ilatwai ('reel<, ami Lake W'eli.i, l/nnli rsmi, Ajirii .lime, Is'.M. 

 Ill (ilir Hevisinii n|' ISSS tllJjJ s|ieeierJ was liiaile tu ilielllde a <'nMl|)leX, ainl is here 

 mmli mure restricted. It is apt to he c<iii fused with //. roi/.s, i)iit differs in its caules- 

 cent haliit. stem leaves with much iiillated jietidles, and ^dahnms I'rnit. 



1 1. Lomatium cous (Wutsoii) C. cV: H. 



I'l iici'diiiiiiiii riiii.i \Vi\\f^t)U. I'ldc. Am. .\cad. 21 : 4.">.'i. iSSti. 



I'stiidiy iic'iuiU'scciit. <>liil)r()iis or .sliohtly pidxM'iilcnt. witli roiitrlijsli 

 scapes ."» to 1.") ciii. liiyli, from a nearly tiloliose tiihcr (1 to 2..") cm. in 

 diameter): leaves usually })imiat(dy compound; idtimate segments short 

 linear, entire or t'(>\v-toothed or cleft; umlxds uneciually H to U»-rayed. 

 .with iinoliicels of hroadly ohlanciMilate scai'ioiisly margined hractlets; 

 rays from nearly wanting' to a cm. lonj^-; jXMliccls -A mm. lonj>': Howeis 

 yellow; fruit oltloiid'. somewhat puherident. <> to M mm. lonj.;', -'{ tod 

 mm. hroiid. with narrow wino-s. and pi'ominent dor.sal tind intermediate 

 I'ihs; oil tid)es solitary, laro-e. tilling the intervals, 4 to on the com 

 mis.sural side; seed face with central lonjiMtudiiiiil rid<>e. 



Type locality, "flohn Days Valley."' eastern Oi-eo-on; collected hv 

 //utr,//. no. :>T<». May, ISSO; ty])e in Herli. (Ji'ay. Associati'd >villi 

 the type in the original description are lloiriU 4iS from Antelope, and 

 i'lisick or)S from Tnion ("ounty. 



pjustern Oreyon and Washington, and adjacent Idtiho. 



SpifiiHi'iiii I idiiinii'il : 



OuKdoN: Sterile stony rid^'es, riiion County, altitude 900 to 1,200 meters, C'nsirl: 



;!.')S, in 1.SS4; I'.arren Valley, Malheur County, altitude 1,'J7.5 meters, Li'iln nj 



•_'10!», .lune L', ISiMi; Ciislii' IS.ST, AjumI li», ISiW. 

 \V.\siiin(;to.n: Wawawai, Whitman County, V:-'/;//*/' 97, May, 1897. 

 Idaho: Lower Clearwatt-r River, Nez l\'rces County. Similhiri/ L'l, Ai>ril 24, 1S9J; 



alioiit Lewistoii, \e/. I'erces County, altitude 4."'>() to (H)O meters, A. A. A: /■-'. 



drrlrml,- //.//,/• ;;or)2, May 12, 189(1. 



li^ Lomatium montanum ('. t^ H., sp. noy. Platk IX, 



Acaule.sceiit. from a slender or .somewhat eidari>vd and elonyuted 

 rootstock. olabrous e.xcept the slij)iitly puherulont intloresconce, r> to 

 20 cm. hioh; leaves usuidly twice pimiiite, the leaflets short-ohloiio'. 

 obtuse, much crowded; imd)el uneiiually 3 to 8-rayed, with involuccls 

 of distinct ohovate more or l(>ss purplish hractlets; rays 4 to 8<> mm. 

 lono'; jx'dicels 2 to4mm. lono-; flowers yellow; fruit o])lonjt^, glabrou-, 

 5 to »» mm. lono-. -J to y> nun. lu'oad, with winji's about half a.s broad as 

 body; oil tul»es several in tlie intervals. 



