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Distribution. — Eastern California in the Sierras, from Fresno County northward 

 to Sierra County, region of Lake Tahoe. 



Specimens examined: 



California: road to Meadow Lake from Webber, Nevada County, grassy slope, 

 August, 1892, Sonne, No. 89 (MBG 83870) ; Placer County, August-October, 1892, 

 A. M. Carpenter (UMH) ; meadows near Black Mountain, Fresno County, alt. 9,500 

 ft., July, 1900, Hall and Chandler, No. 595 (UMH, USNH 390665); state survey 

 (5943), Bolander (UMH, USNH 320768) ; 1875, /. G. Lemmon, No. 97 (MBG 84199 

 and 84200) ; Sierra Nevada, peak northeast of Camp 117, alt. 9,000 ft., July 6, 1863, 

 W. H. Brewer, No. 1807 (USNH 320777) ; Kings's Valley, Lassen/s Peak, July, 1882, 

 Mrs. Austin (USNH 139349) ; on same sheet. Sierra County, /. G. Lemmon, No. 97 

 (USNH 139348); Donner Lake, July, 1889, T. S. Brandegee (USNH 735784); ridge 

 south of Donner Pass, alt 7,500 ft., Nevada County, August 10, 1903, A. A. Heller, 

 No. 7143 (USNH 467528) ; on dry mountain slope near Webber Lake, alt. 7,000 ft., 

 August 4, 1900, /. B. Leiberg, No. 5260 (USNH 610507) ; Half Moon Lake, Lake 

 Tahoe region, alt. 7,760 ft., August 9, 1909, E. A. McGregor, No. 7Z (USNH 612809) ; 

 Heather Lake, Lake Tahoe region, August 18, 1909, E. A. McGregor, No. 148 (USNH 

 612876). 



Saxifraga ferruginea Graham, Edinb. New Phil. Jour., p. 348. July, 

 1828. 



Saxifraga notkana Moc, ic. ined., Seringe, DC. Prodr. 4:40. 1830, as 

 synonym. 



Hexaphoma ferruginea Raf., Fl. Tell. 2 -,66. 1836. 



Saxifraga Bongardi Presl., ex Engler, Monogr. Saxifr. 135, 1872, as 

 synonym of Saxifraga leucanthemifolia var. Brunoniana (Bong.) Engler. 



Saxifraga leucanthemifolia var. Brunoniana (Bong.) Engler, Monogr. 

 Saxifr. 135, 1872. 



Saxifraga stellaris Brunoniana Bong., Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 6:2:140. 

 1832. (Unverified.) 



Saxifraga nootkana Moc, ex Rosendahl, Beibl. Bot. Jahrb., Nr. 84, p. 65. 

 1905. 



Spatularia ferruginea (Graham) Small, N. Am. FL, 22:2:150. 1905. 



Spatularia Vreelandii Small, N. Am. FL, 22:2:149. 1905. 



Spatidaria Brunoniana Small, N. Am. Fl. 22:2:149. 1905. 



Spatularia Newcomhei Small, N. Am. Fl. 22:2:149. 1905. 



Follicles elliptic-ovoid, united below the middle, contracted above into 

 short slender beaks; stigmas small, globose; sides of follicles marked witli 

 more or less conspicuous lines or ribs ; carpels ovoid. Gland a fleshy narrow 

 girdle above the base of the carpels. Filaments subulate, flattened, rigid, 

 dilated to adnate at the base; anthers oblong, yellowish to purple. Sepals 

 oblong, oblong-ovate, elliptic-oblong, 2-4 mm., reflexed, acute to obtuse, 

 sometimes ciliolate ; lateral nerves commonly 2, free, mostly simple, reaching 

 beyond the middle and sometimes uniting with the mid-nerve at the apex. 

 Petals 3-7 mm., the upper three more or less sharply sagittate to imequally 



