98 



Specimens examined : 



British Columbia: Summerland, April 22, 1906, J. R. Anderson. 



Washington: Asotin Co., Asotin, April 7, 1908, R. K. Beattie. Adams Co., 

 dry soil, Washtucna, May 18, 1903, /. 5. Cotton 973. Columbia Co., Dayton, 

 May 16, 1921, Mrs. Jennie A. Reehes. Franklin Co., gravelly hillside, Kahlotus, 

 May 20, 1903, /. S. Cotton 1011. Grant Co., Quincy, April 20, 1912, A. D. 

 Foster 6. Lincoln Co., Sprague, June 10, 1918, W. P. Taylor 371. Spokane Co., 

 Spokane, May 19, 1899, C. V. Piper; Hangman Creek, 1510 ft.. May 23, 1893, 

 /. H. Sandberg &■ J. B. Leiberg 62; Spangle, June 24, 1899, C. V. Piper; low 

 prairie at Spangle, June 29, 1916, W. Suksdorj 8657b; sparse, on dry grassy 

 hillside, Bonnie Lake, May 30, 1923, H. St. John, F. L. Pickett & F.A. Warren 

 3199. Whitman Co., head of Rock Lake, hills, common, May 28-30, 1904, R. 

 K. Beattie & W. H. Lawrence 2428; dry rocky hillside. Rock Creek, west of 

 Winona, April 10, 1924, H. St. John, J. A. Cary, F. L. Pickett & F.A. Warren 

 6265; St. Johns, May 21, 1904, R. K. Beattie 2317; dry bluffs above Palouse 

 River, Colfax, July 9, 1922, C. S. Parker 578; Snake River bluffs, near Lewiston 

 Idaho, April 14, 1900, Byron Hunter 31; dry stony hillside, 2 mi. below sp. at 

 fork of road, Wawawai Canyon, May 19, 1922, C. S. Parker 366; Wawawai, 

 May 16, 1892, E. R. Lake 594; Wawawai, May 18, 1892, W. R. Hull; Wawawai, 

 May 13, 1893, C. V. Piper 1513; bluffs of Snake River, Wawawai, June 17, 



1899, C. V. Piper 3009; Wawawai, April 23, 1921, H. St. John 9751; Almota, 

 May 27, 1893, C. V. Piper; Pataha, July 5, 1892, W.R.Hull 594. Walla Walla 

 Co., Waitsburg, April 21, 1897, R. M. Horner 159; April 2, 1911, G. A. Hill. 

 Yakima Co., in clumps of sage brush. Rattlesnake Mts. May 1901, /. S. Cotton 

 348. 



Idaho: "Oregon," valley of the Kooskooskie, Geyer 340. Bear Lake Co., 

 abundant on the hills and flats, Montpelier, May 15, 1910, /. T^". Macbride 12. 



y P. longifolia Nutt., var. puherula E. Nels., Rev. W. N. Am. 



Phloxes, Ninth Rept. Wyo. Agr. Coll. 26, 1899 P. pubenda (E. 

 Nels.) A. Nels., in Coult. & Nels., New Man. Bot. Centl. Rocky 

 Mts. 397, 1909; P. viridis E. Nels. I.e. 24, 1899. 



Plant glandular puberulent at least above; pedicels 2-45 

 mm. long; corolla lobes obtuse, acute, or emarginate. 



Type locality: Evanston, Wyo., June 5, 1898, Aven Nelson 

 4544. 



Specimens examined: 



Washington: Wenatchee, April 12, 1900, X. Whited; Wenatchee, April 24, 



1900, K. Whited; Wenatchee, K. Whited 9; Wenatchee, May 28, 1896, K. 

 Whited 39; Wenatchee, May 2, 1898, K. Whited 628; Wenatchee, May 25, 

 1899, K. Whited 1037; Wenatchee Flat, April 12, 1900, K. Whited; Wenatchee 

 Flat, April 15, 1900, K. Whited; near Malaga, May 21, 1899, K. Whited 1037. 

 Douglas Co., scab lands, Waterville, April 22, 1900, K. Whited 1212; Badger 

 Mts., April 24, 1900, K. Whited 1212. Klickitat Co., dry hillsides near Colum- 

 bus, April 23, 1909, W. Suksdorf 6508. Yakima Co., bunch grass lands, between 



