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The type of L. argentinus Rydb. was collected "near Reno, 

 1900," by Miss S. G. Stokes, but owing to a mistake on the 

 label, was recorded as from Reno, Utah; but there is no Reno 

 in Utah. Dr. Rydberg, to whom a specimen has been sent, pro- 

 nounces our plant the same as his type. 



L. caudatus has apparently been misunderstood by most 

 writers. Watson, if he got it at all, probably included it under 

 L. flexnosus in the King Report, which was made to include a 

 wonderful mixture of species, as he acknowledges later in the 

 Bibliographical Index. While our plant disagrees with Kel- 

 logg's description in several minor points, it does agree in the 

 essential ones. He describes the bracts as twice the length of 

 the pedicels, but I do not find any that long, and the pubescence 

 shown in his figure disagrees with his description. He also says 

 "spur erect, nearly half the length of the pedicel,,' but I find it 

 not more than one-fourth as long. Otherwise our plants agree. 



It is rather common in the vicinity of Reno, especially 

 toward the Sierras, occurring at elevations of 5000 to nearly 

 8000 feet on open slopes among sage brush, as well as in open 

 pine forests, growing in clumps. Kellogg evidently took his 

 name from the "elongated, carinate" lower calyx lobe. The 

 drawings of the floral parts and the cover illustration are from 

 my no. 9751. 



The following specimens are in my own and the Station 

 herbaria: 



Douglas county: Spooner, Baker JT34. 



Elko county: Maggie creek, Kennedy 6^0. 



Ormsby county: Eagle valley, Baker 1 188; Carson, Stein- 

 metz; Heller 9825. 



Washoe county: Peavine, Heiser, June 16, 1901; Heller 

 yj6j; ridge south of Alum creek, Heller 9731. 



Newcomb lake, Kennedy, June t8, 19m. 



