white scaberulous pappus equaling the corollas, the tube very 

 slender and almost filiform but distended at base, 0.1-0.2 mm. 

 wide, 1.5-4 mm. long, the campanulate limb 2.2 mm. long, 

 with the lobes erect or slightly spreading and the stamens and 

 stigmas well included in the throat. 



The following specimens of C. multicaule have been ex- 

 amined: 



Washington: Hooker misit, Fl. Bor. Am., Januar. 1835 (David Douglas, 

 Fort Vancouver) (G); Cowiche ridge, Yakima Co., April 1, 1923, Elias Nelson 

 1210 (WSC); Ellensburg, April 7, 1897, K. Whited 262 (WSC); dry east slope. 

 Foothills of Blue Mountains, May 1, 1897, R. M. Horner 165 (WSC); hill- 

 sides, Waitsburg, May 7, 1898, R. M. Horner R165B298 (G); near Ellensburg, 

 May 4, 1896, K. Whited 64 (WSC); dry sagebrush flat, alkaline, Touchet, 

 Walla Walla Co., April 5, 1923, H. St. John, W. J. Hardy, F. Warren 9283 

 (WSC); dry rocky slopes near Walla Walla River, Reese, Walla Walla Co., 

 April 5, 1923, H. St. John, W. J. Hardy, F. Warren 9284 (WSC); Stevenson, 

 Skamania Co., March 28, 1927, Nancy Wallace (WSC); dry side hill, Ellens- 

 burg, April 8, 1898, K. Whited 607 (OAC); hillsides, Columbia River, W. 

 Klickitat Co., April 4, May, 1882, W. N. Suksdorf 373 (S; O); Lake River, 

 Clark Co., April 12, 1894, W. N. Suksdorf 9923 (S); rocks, river bank, Bingen, 

 Klickitat Co., April 24, 1899, W. N. Suksdorf 9978 (S); on Bingen Mt., 

 lower part, Klickitat Co., April 15, 1918, W.N. Suksdorf 10008 (S); Rockland, 

 Klickitat Co., May 10, 1899, W. N. Suksdorf 9983 (S); steep grassy slopes, 

 1200 ft., Mt. Hamilton, May 27, 1919, M. W. Gorman 4523 (WSC). 



Oregon: The Dalles, Wasco Co., April 4, 1902, E. P. Sheldon 10015 

 (WSC;G;0); moist bank, The Dalles, April 7, 1914, M.E. Peck 3986 (G); 

 Hermiston, spring 1919, comm. /. H. Lovell (G); on the Umatilla River in the 

 Blue Mts., April 4, 1910, W. C. Cusick 3412 (G; WSC; WU); on rocks. Dalles, 

 April 11, 1903, J. Lunnell 15 (G); Oregon, Nuttall (G); Oregon, Hooker, 

 (probably either Douglas or Nicholas Garry) (G); on moist prairies, Mosier, 

 April 15, 1892, T. J. Howell 742 (WSC); Hood River, June 1, 1883, Mrs. Dr. 

 Barret (G); Baker City, 1875, R. D. Nevius (G); hills north of Corvallis, Mar. 

 26, 1911, L. H. Griffin (OAC); stony soil, sagebrush, 4800 ft., Horsefly Valley, 

 Lorella, May 20, 1917, /. 0. Stewart 20 (OAC); common, Pacific Coast 

 Plants, April 15, 1881, T. J. Howell (OAC); on open hillsides. Eastern and 

 Southern Oregon, April 10-May 6, 1886, L. F. Henderson 540 (OAC); sand> 

 and rocky slopes. Hood River, April 16, 1922, M. W. Gorman 5602 (WSC); 

 Ashland Butte, May 6, 1887, L. F. Henderson (O); moist hillside, Eugene, 

 April 24, 1906, collector unknown (O); Latourelle Falls, Multnomah Co., 

 April 21, 1903, E. P. Sheldon 11917 (O); Devil's Canyon, near Bridal Veil, 

 Columbia River, April 20, 1889, L. F. Henderson (O); Trail, Feb. 12, 1927, 

 Wm. Sherwood 969 (WU); Madras, Jefferson Co., March 29, 1924, M. E. 

 Pecife 13170 (WU);mouth of DesChutesRiver, April 1915, 5.G.Jewe« 6749 (WU); 

 moist bank along Columbia River, The Dalles, April 7, 1914, M. E. Peck 

 3986 (WU); Ashland, March 1924, Wm. Sherwood 13498 (WU); open ground, 

 Grants Pass, April 9, 1910, Gerald Prescott 1382 (WU); Hood River, April 3, 

 1926, /. W. Thompson 666 (WU); La Grande, March 15, 1926, Ben Bailey 



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