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DIslribulion: Open coniferous forests of the vS.ui Jacinto 

 and San Hcrnardino nionntains from 6000 tt) iocxx)fcet aliitnde. 



Specimens examined: San Jacinto nionntains, Hall 7/ ,', 

 24S6; San Hcrnardino nionntains, .V. //. ^^ //'. F. Parish 462; 

 Bear valley, altitnde 6000 feet, I/a/l, Jnlv, 1890; Deer creek; 

 A drams 2046. 

 5. MONARDELLA KiMi.f )Hi()ii)i:.s ( ireen, I'ittonia 5: 85. 1902. 



Afonardella liuoidts slricta Pari.-h, ICrvihea 7: 96. 1899. 



Madronella epilobioides Greene, Leaflets 1: 169. 1906. 



Perennial from a woody rootstock, i to 2 dm. liijrli: bianclies 

 erect or decnmbent, lio^ht trreen, with short retiorsely spreading 

 pubescence of slender, 2-celled hairs. Leaves oblong-linear, 

 obtuse, entire, firm, only the midvein evident, l)right glaucous 

 green, appearing glabrous, but minutely and sparsely pubescent 

 under a lens: heads 12 to 15 mm. broad: bracts ovate-lanceo- 

 late, 10 mm. or Ic^s in length, acute or short acuminate, mem- 

 branaceous, rose-purple: calyx 6mm. long, nearly glabrous ex- 

 cept villous inner surface of teeth: corolla tube well exserted, 

 8 mm. long: stamens very unequal, filaments glabrous except at 

 base. 



The type specimen of epilobioides was distributed by Mr. 

 Parish with the following label: '"Monardella linoides, var. 

 stricia Parish (ined.). Rear \'alley, San Bernardino Mountains, 

 altitnde 6500 feet, .S". B. Parish, June, 1894." This specimen 

 is a \ery good match fcjr the t\ pe of Parish's variet\-, which was 

 collected at the same j)lace ten \ears before. 



Type localitv: "Bear \'alle\-, at the eastern base (.if the San 

 Bernardino Mountains, California." Bear valley is not "at the 

 base of the mountains," but at an altitnde of 6700 feet. 



Distribution: Coniferous forests of the Canadian and Tran- 

 sition zones of tlit- San Bernardino mountains. 



Specimens examined: Bear valle\', San Bernardino moun- 

 tains. Parish 20jj, and June, 1894, Shazv & Illingworth 20J; 

 Bluff lake, Sin Bernardino mountains, Pettibone, .Xngnst, 1895; 

 Hathaway Flat, San Bernardino mountains, altitude 6000 fee', 

 Abrams & McCiregor 80:,; Santa Ana canxon, San Bernardino 



