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from near the apex to the base: calyx oblong, rather short, 4-5 lines 
in length, narrow, teeth purple-tipped: styles in specimens studied 
3—4, very rarely 5.— S. multicaulis, Macoun, Cat. Canad. Pl. 494. 
S. Macounii, Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. xxvi. 124; Macoun, Bot. Gaz. 
xvi, 286, — Washington, Lyall, Brandegee (655 in part) ; British Co- 
lumbia, summits of Rocky and Selkirk Mts., Macoun, Dawson. 
Var. macrocalyx. Tall, puberulent or nearly smooth: leaves 
narrowly lanceolate or linear, attenuate both ways: calyx long, cylin- 
drical, 7-8 lines in length. — Humboldt Mts., W. Nevada, Watson; 
Mt. Adams, Washington, Suksdorf, Howell. ; 
Var. viscida. Glandular viscid, especially above: stems erech — 
rigid, mostly simple from a branched slightly woody base: calyx 
broadly oblong or almost campanulate, relatively short: leaves nal- 
rowly lanceolate to linear-oblong, thickish. — British Columbia, at 
Kicking Horse Pass, Macoun ; Washington, Yakima Region, Bran- 
degee ; Olympic Mts., Piper. 
Var. brachycalyx. Puberulent , not viscid; leaves distant, 
spreading, narrowly oblanceolate, attenuate: calyx short and broad, 
campanulate. — Oregon, Multnomah Co., 1877, Howell ; also by same 
collector on Sauvie’s Island, 1880. 
Var. monantha. Nearly or quite smooth: stems very slender and 
weak, rising from a spreading much branched base: leaves thin, lan- 
ceolate or linear-oblong, and grass-like, narrowed both ways: flowers 
solitary. terminal, or 3-5 loosely cymose: calyx oblong-campanulate, 
inflated. — S. monantha, Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. x. 340; Brew: * 
Wats. 1. c. i. 63. — Cascade Mts., Washington, Harford $ Dunn; 
Webber Lake, Cal., Lemmon; N. Utah (?), C. C. Parry. 
S. scaposa. Finely puberulent, somewhat viscid above : pai 
erect, subsimple, almost naked, 1-1} feet high, rather rigid : radical 
leaves thickish, oblanceolate, acute, 3-nerved, somewhat glaucous, 2-3 
inches in length, 3-5 lines broad; cauline leayes reduced to 1 oF 
pairs of distant bracts: inflorescence a narrow rigid panicle: howe? 
small, erect: calyx oblong or elliptic in outline, with simple gre® " 
nerves: petals white, scarcely exceeding the calyx ; the blade short, 
retuse ; the claw with somewhat saccate auricles; appendages shot 
obtuse: ovary shortly stiped.— Oregon, Blue Mts., R. D. Nev 
1874; Cold Camp (355) and Currant Creek, Thos. Howell, 1885, May: i 
~ = = = = Inflorescence denser, subspicate, or forming an elongated thyrs?: 
styles included or moderately exserted. ; : 
"i S. Hallii, Wars. Stems several, from a stout root, simple, densely 8 
glandular-pubescent, 6 inches to 1} feet high: leaves oblanceolate: 
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