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rounded, upper leaves all sessile, oblong or narrower, 

 I " long or less by2-2|"wide; heads short -peduncled; 

 whole plant ashy and very rank smelling. 



This grows in very dry places at the base of the 

 mountains. I also refer to this variety Ward's No. 560 

 from the same region. 



Tozunsendia montana Jones was again collected in 1894 

 and seems to hold its characters well. 



TOWNSENDIA FLORIFER Var. COMMUNIS. 



No. 5322f. May 30, 1894, Kingston, Utah, on basaltic 

 knolls, 5300° alt. 



No. 5315b. May 28, 1894, ^^^ miles south of Coyote, 

 Utah, on lava, 6500" alt. 



No. 5323. May 31, 1894, Marysvale, Utah, 6000° alt, 

 in gravel. 



This is the C£espitose form, with simple stems and large 

 flowers, 12" wide or less, with acuminate rays. To this 

 variety I also refer a specimen from Howell, collected on 

 the Columbia River, opposite Umatilla, April 29, 1882, 

 this specimen being in the National Herbarium. 



The typical form of Tozunsendia Jlori/er h.2iS ascending 

 and branching stems, with 2-4 long-peduncled, small 

 heads, about 6" wide and high, with rays 3-4" long; scales 

 ashy, strigose outside, and imbricated; pappus equal; not 

 more than a winter annual, about 5^' high ; flowers purple ; 

 leaves linear-spatulate, 3' long or less. 



Aplopappus linearifolius var. interior (Coville, 

 Biol. Soc. Wash. 7, 65, 1892). 



A^lo-pap^its interior Coville, 1. c. 



No. 5149U. May 3, 1894, Silver Reef, Utah, on rocks 

 at 3500° alt. 



No. 5060. April 14, 1894, Mica Spring, Nevada, in 

 granitic gravel, 4000^ alt. 



No. 5045n. Same locality and date. 



2d See., Vol. V. ( 45 ) October 3, 1895. 



