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Our illustration represents C. inconspicua. This species has 

 been found only on Mt. Rose, Washoe county, Nevada, where it 

 is common from 9000 to roooo feet elevation, but is found more 

 sparingly even on the summit, at 10800 feet. It is found in 

 both the granite and volcanic formation. As in most of the 

 species of Castilleja it is variable in coloring, but the prevailing 

 hues are a mixture of cream and purple, with a very prominent 

 deep purple spot, the stigma, appearing when young like an eye. 





Figure 23. Castilleja inconspicua Nelson and Kennedy 



The high mountain species of the Sierras proper seems to 

 be C. ambigua Jones. C. lapidicola Heller, from the Ruby or 

 East Humboldt mountains, Nevada, resembles C. incompicua 

 in general habit and appearance, but has a very different floral 

 structure. The following species no doubt also belong to this 

 group: C. pubej'uia Rydb.; C. 7'iibida Piper; C. pilifera A. Nel- 

 son; C. villosa'^y^\).\ C /z'/^^^^a; (Wats.) Rydb.; C «««/2 Eastw.* 

 C. pallescens (Gray) Green m.; C. longispica A. Nelson; C. Lem- 

 moni Gra}'; C. arachnoidea^ C. oresbia and C schizotricha 

 Greenm.; C. pratensis Heller; C. bj^achyantha Rydb.; C. Co- 

 villeana Henderson. 



