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for about six weeks. In these all the parts, with the exception 

 of the flowers became elongated, the leaves more oblong in 

 outline, and the pedicels slender, longer than the flowers. 



SAXIFKAGACEAE 



^ Micraiitlies sierrae (Coville) 



Saxifraga integrifolia sierrae Coville, Proc. Biol. Soc. 

 Wash. 7: 78. 1892. . 



Saxifraga Sierrae Small, Bull. Torr, Club, 23: 366. 1896. 



Saxifraga Oregana Howell, Erythea, 3: 34. 1895. 



No. 8031, collected June 15, in wet meadows at Sisson, Sis- 

 kiyou county, where it is plentiful. It has a wide range in Cal- 

 ifornia, extending from the southern Sierra north into Oregon 

 and Washington, and is said to occur also in the Rocky moun- 

 tains. The Sisson station, 3550 feet, is probably the lowest ele- 

 vation reported for it in California. The type was collected 

 "about 8 miles northwest of Whitney Meadows, on the head- 

 waters of Kern River, Sierra Nevada, Tulare County." 



^ Peltiphyllum peltatum fTorr.) Engler, Natuer. Pflanz. 3: 

 Part 2, 61. 1 891. 

 Saxifraga peltata Torr. in Benth. PI. Hartw. 311. 1849. 

 Leptarrhena inundata Behr, Proc. Cal. Acad. 1 : 45 and 



57- if^55- 

 No. 7922, collected June i, on the edge of the Sacramento 

 at Upper Soda Spring, Siskiyou county. This odd but beauti- 

 ful plant, its thick and woody looking rhizome usually growing 

 iu water, is plentifiil in the upper Sacramento and its tributa- 

 ries, found sparingl}- as far south as Redding. It also occurs in 

 the Sierra at medium elevations. 



Heuchera micrantha Dougl.; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 15'. pi. 1302. 

 1830. 

 No. 8060, collected June 17, on rocks overlooking the Sac- 

 ramento west of Sisson, Siskiyou county. The original was 

 "found by Mr. Douglas in mountainous woods, near the grand 



