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('ONTUIHI'TIONM H{i»M TIIK NATloNAI- IlKKMAKII'M. 



'jn. Lomatium orientale ('. iV: U., xp. nov. 



I'liiriiliiiiiim iiinliiiiiili Niiit. ill ^I'l'iit pint, iiml of all liitiT iiiitliorx. 



A«'iml«'M<'«'nt or sliditlv tiiiilcsccnt. willi slioit and soft piilM'siTiicc. 

 pcdiincirs I to ;> nil. Iii^'li. atiil a thick I'lont^atiMl inut (ot'tni <>nvoIIi>ii in 

 plafcs); IciiM's hipiniialr. tin- >iiiall oliloiiu scninrnts mtirt' oi' loollicii: 

 iiniltt'l iiii('(|iiallv ."> to s ravt'il. with invohicds of srarioiix-inaryinnl 

 (oftni piii'pli>h) hincrohilr tlistiiiit liracth'ts; ravs I to :(..'> ciii. loii<.r: 

 prdict'ls Hrlahroiis. T) to 7 iiitii. hmy; llowns whiti' or pinkish, witli 

 jflaltroiis o\arit's; fruit almost round, fiimi'jiinatr at \nisv, nhilirous. .". 

 Mini. lon}i". I iiini. Iiroad. with winjis not as hroad as body, and indiN 

 titit't or oliMili'tc ihtrsal and iiiti-riii<>diat*> ribs; oil tulics solitary in tlic 

 intt-rvals (rarely 2 in tin* lateral inter\uls), 4 on the eonuiiissurul side; 

 seed face plane. 



Typ*' locality, plains around Denver. Colo. : cidlected l»y /{rf/i,/. 

 May. isi»r>: type in l'. S. Nat. Ilerli. 



On the plains from North Dakota to Kansas, and west to .Vri/ona 

 and Washinjiton. 



S/ii'i'iiiii iiK I'.iiiiiiint'il: 



Kansas: Western Kiuihus, Jlirh. Stuli .lijfic C'lll- 



Nkukanka: lt'(7c(M, in 1HH7; Kmi).' I'iiir, hmwii Cuiiiify, lintlrr, .liiiic 1, iWt.S. 



Sol Til Dakota: .Aurora County, Wilni.r, .May 2t), iK'ii'. 



Montana: lihiiihiiixhlii, May 3-4, IKtM); Warm l't'ai<, I'.car l-nd^T, I'. Ihillii/, 



.rune H, lHi)4. 

 Wyoming: Fort Kusscll, linhii, in IHS"); Clicyciiiir, llnnivil. in iMlt.".; I,araniic 



plains, Srhini, May, IS'.tManil IH!M. 

 CoLoUADo: Hull A- HarliDiir 'J\'2, in I8ti2; I'aiincr l,ake, Allcr hjixlifmiil, May L'."), 

 IHitO; Caclie la I'oiKh'e, (nnrn. May •.';{, JHIU; fontlijlls, altitn<lr I.S(M) \n 

 l,ltr)(» nu'tcrs, CriUKliill, May, IWKJ and IS!M; near Windsor, 'hinhmit. May. 

 lWt4; plains ulioiit Denver, //W/kV, May, ISli.'i; i-o^' Canyon ami liist Canyon, 

 llnlzhnin- ;!, May lU, IHiMi. 

 Nkw Mk.\I((i: Manj.'iis Spriiif,'."-, linxhii 14S, l''el>ruary 1'"), is.so. 

 .\uizona: MiicDiiiKjdl 5, .funt', IHHI ; Fiap^taff, altitude i,tir)() meters, M<ic/)<,iu/<tl :\ 



May Ml, IH'tS; Clifton, Itarldsnn, in ISitii. 

 I'taii: I'liliinr 181, in 1877. 



Idaho: Allin, in 187M; lioundary of Idaho anil Wasiiiiintoii, Cuiihii, in 18!»1. 

 in 1818 Nuttall transferred i'ursli's .S'/////('i(/////( niiillntiili' to Frniln, and cited with 

 tlie type of I'lirsli (a Lnrix A- I'hirk plant from tlie Columtiia Hiverl a more eastern 

 plant, "on tlie liit.'li plains of the Missouri, comnu'ncinjr aWont tlie eiiiilluenet- of the 

 river .lauk [.Iauiie= Yellowstone or .lac(iue=; Dakota]," a plant said by .Nuttall In 

 lie associated on tlie eastern plains with //. fm iitfiihiciiini. Since then the nainr 

 iiii'licdiilis linf Iteeii associateil with the plant of the eastern plains. It was a puzzle i" 

 iistolind that the type locality (ti Siin/riiiitm mulinuili' was entirely to the west of il- 

 present ranni', hut Mt'Sf'i's. Hohinson and (Ireenman have cleared up the niattci 

 by examining' I'ursh's type, and discoverinj.' that it is the same as the ahiindant .s'/.m/' 

 li'iiiciiriiiiiii of Hooker, from the ,«anie re^'ioii. This leaves the eastern plant withoiii 

 a name. 



21. Lomatium nevadense (Watson) ('. &, K. Fi(i. Oc 



J'l'Kcithnniiii iii'rinli'itKi' Wat.sou, Proc. Am. .\cad. 11 : 1415. 187t>. 

 (TlaiU'ous, pulHM'ulent, .shoi-t caulescent, ju'dimeles 1 to 4 dm. hijih: 

 leaves pinnateiy decompound, with small seoincnts; umhel uiuh(Uu1Jv 



