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ate, up to 2 mm. in diameter; crown becoming multicipital, 

 stems repeatedly bushy branched, woody, usually glabrous; 

 leaves 1.2-8 cm. long, 0.5-2 mm. wide, linear, acute, glabrous 

 or villous ciliate at base, the midrib heavy; cymes few flowered, 

 loose; pedicles 3-33 mm. long; caly.x 7-14 mm. long, the inter- 

 costal portions membranous, saccate extruded at base, the 

 lobes subulate, with a strong green rib; corolla deep pink, the 

 tube 12-14 mm. long, slightly broader above, pilose within at 

 base; the lobes 8-16 mm. long, elliptic-oblanceolate, obtuse; 

 anthers 1.5-2 mm. long, elliptic-oblong; style equaling or well 

 exceeding the calyx, shorter than the corolla; capsule 4-5 mm. 

 long, ellipsoid, yellowish, punctate; seeds 2.3 mm. long, ellip- 

 soid, compressed, brown. 



Type locality: In the valleys of the Rocky Mountains gen- 

 erally. (Probably western Montana.) 



Specimens examined: 



British Columbia: Lake Osoyoos, June 1, 1905, /. M. Macoun 68712; 

 Dog Lake, April 20, 1906, /. R. Anderson; Fairview, April 26, 1906, J. R. 

 Anderson; Penticton, July 26, 1918, W. B. Anderson. 



Washington: Asotin Co., open hillsides, mouth of Grand Ronde, Sect. 

 19, T. 7 N., R. 47 E., May 9, 1925, H. St. John 3517. Adams Co., sandy sage 

 brush soil, Washtucna, May 23, 1903, /. S. Cotton 1035. Franklin Co., Pasco, 

 May 25, 1896, H. H. Hindshaw 19; Pasco, May 26, 1899, C. V. Piper 2959. 

 Lincoln Co., Sprague, May 30, 1892, L. F. Henderson. Yakima Co., sand plains, 

 Sunnyside, May 17, 1901, J. S. Cotton 500; North Yakima, 1894, Mrs. W. L. 

 Steinweg; dry sage brush land, North Yakima, May 25, 1892, L. F. Henderson 

 2415; North Yakima, April 22, 1898, C. V. Piper; gravelly sage brush lands, 

 head of Moxee Valley, May 31, 1902, D. Griffiths & J. S. Cotton 31 and 32. 



Idaho: Nez Perce Co., hillsides, May 1892, /. H. Sandberg. 



Oregon: Wallowa Co., grassy hillsides, 1500 ft., Yreka Creek, T. 1. S., R. 

 50 E., May 21, 1927, C. English & E. Hardin 925. 



Montana: Valleys of the Rocky Mts. generally (Nutt. from Wyeth). 



P. longifolia Nutt., var. linearifolia (Hook.) new comb.; P. 

 speciosa Pursh, var. linearifolia Hook., Journ. Bot. Kew Miscell. 

 3: 289, 1851; P. linearifolia (Hook.) Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 

 8: 255, 1870; P. longifolia Nutt., subsp. linearifolia (Gray) 

 Brand, Helios 22: 80, 1905. Stems glabrous or pilose; leaves 

 1.2-6.5 cm. long, 0.5-3 mm. wide, glabrous to puberulent or 

 hirsute; calyx hirsute; corolla lobes obtuse or acute. 



Type locality: Only in the valley of the Kooskooskie River 

 and the adjoining plains. June (C. A. Geyer) n. 340. (Clearwater 

 River valley near Lewison, Idaho). 



