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mountains to Oregon and California. Very variable. The typical form, Var. 

 Lewisii, Grray, was collected by Dr. Anderson near Carson City, Nevada. 



Pentstemon beeviflorus, Benth. Gray, I. c, p. 57. Suffruticose, 

 branched, 3-6° high, glabrous ; leaves coriaceous, 1-2' long, linear or oblong- 

 laitceolate with a narrowed base, sharply serrulate ; inflorescence panicled, 

 the peduncles several-flowered ; sepals ovate, acuminate, glabrous or glandular- 

 hirsute ; corolla more or less glandular-bearded externally, yellow with a 

 tinge of purple, deeply bilabiate and ringent, with the lips equahng or longer 

 than the very short tube ; anther-cells divergent, adnate above, dehiscent the 

 whole length and becoming expanded, glabrous, as also the sterile filament. — 

 California, and collected by Anderson (136) near Carson City, Nevada. 



Pentstemon glabee, Pursh. Gray, I. c, p. 59. Very glabrous ; leaves 

 usually glaucous, sessile, entire, the cauline lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate ; 

 flowers large, in a thyrsoid panicle ; sepals broadly ovate, submembranous 

 upon the margin, obtuse or more or less pointed ; corolla bright-purple, widely 

 dilated above, the limb shortly 2-lobed, with the lobes rounded and spreading 

 equally ; anthers loosely hairy or glabrous, the divaricate cells dehiscent from 

 the base nearly to the summit, but not expanded ; sterile filament short- 

 hirsute towards the apex, or glabrous. — From the Upper Missouri to Wash- 

 ington Territory and south to New Mexico. The specimens accord nearly 

 with Var. occidentalis. Gray, {P. speciosus, Dougl.,) having the anthers and 

 sterile filament glabrous and the leaves often narrow. Stems 6'-2° high, 

 usually several from the same root, stout, with fleshy leaves 2-3' long and 

 4-9" wide ; the numerous violet-purple flowers an inch or more in length. 

 Washington Territory, (Douglas,) and Nevada, (Beckwith, Stretch.) Fre- 

 quent in the valleys and foot-hills from the Trinity to the Havallah Moun- 

 tains, Nevada ; 5-7,000 feet altitude ; May-June. (770.) 



Var. Utahensis. Stems 3° high, straight and slender; cauline leaves 

 3-4' long, oblanceolate, tapering to the clasping base ; sepals ovate-acuminate, 

 not at all membranous ; anthers and sterile filament hirsute. — Of very dis- 

 tinct habit, and perhaps a good species. Uinta Mountains, (Pack's Canon,) 

 Utah ; 7,000 feet altitude ; July. Imperfect specimens in Herb. Gray., col- 

 lected by Burke in the mountains near Fort Hall, Southern Idaho, appear to 

 be the same, though the flowers are smaller. (771.) 



Pentstemon cyananthus. Hook. (P. glaber, Var. cyananthus. Gray ; /.c, 



p. 60.) Glabrous ; cauline leaves broadly ovate, acuminate ; thyrsoid pani- 

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