

composite. 371 



61. STEPHANOMERIA, Nutt. 



1. Stephanomeria minor, Nutt. 



Stephanomeria minor, runeinata & heterophylla, Nutt. in Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 



n. ser. 7, p. 427. 

 Lygodesmia minor, Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. 1, p. 205, t. 103. 

 Pre?ianthes $ tenuifolia & P. runeinata, Torr. in Ann. Lye. K Y. 2, p. 210. 

 Jamesia pauciflora, Nees in Neuwied, Trav. appx. 



Hab. Interior of Washington Territory and Oregon, Okanagan, 

 Walla- Walla, &c. 



2. Stephanomeria paniculata, Nittt, I. c. 



Hab. On the Walla- Walla, and thence to the Sacramento, Califor- 

 nia. — This is as variable as the preceding species in the size and 

 disposition of the heads ; but is erect and virgately paniculate, often 

 tall ; the heads sometimes loosely panicled, sometimes almost sessile 

 along the long branches, making a virgate spike. It appears to in- 

 clude both S. elata, Nutt. in Jour. Acad. Philad. (PI. Ganib.,) and 

 S. virgata, Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. 



62. HlERACIUM, Tourn. 



1. HlERACIUM ALBIFLORUM, Hooh. 



Hab. Washington Territory, at Gray's Harbor, Nisqually, &c, and 

 east of the Cascade Mountains. 



2. HlERACIUM SCOULERI, Hook. 



Hab. Interior of Washington Territory, Fort Colville and Okan- 

 agan, very shaggy varieties, imitating H. longipilum ; and on the 

 Walla- Walla, &c. 



