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9. Downingia laéta (Greene) Greene. Great Basin Downingia. Fig. 5121. 
Bolelia laeta Greene, oii gee £2236. jo 3, 
Bolelia brachyantha Rydb. Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 483. 1900. 
Downingia laeta near Lenfleta Bot. = 2:45. 1910 
ssn 2-3 dm. high, sometimes shorter, hated throughout. Leaves lanceolate to elliptic, 
5 m. long; inflorescence rather loosely 1-10-flowered; floral a hie iptic or lanceolate to 
ovate, "7-20 mm. long; calyx-lobes elliptic, somewhat unequal, 3- m. long; oye light lie 
or purplish, 4-7 mm. long ; corolla- oe funnelform, 1-2 mm, long, vellow below on the lower side 
beneath the purple area ; upper corolla-lobes lanceolate or triangular, acute; le ip is central 
area white or yellow with the ache band of purple at base femeass redu ced t r 3 purple 
aoe, the lip spreading, its lobes aban a cute, 2-3. 5 mm. long; anther-tube little or ie at all 
ncurved ; anthers glabrous or ciliate on thes margins, the O shorter ones with a tuft of white hairs ; 
ovary fe. celled ; capsule 2-4 cm. long, the walls thin but tough ; cute slightly or not at all appearing 
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poe picasa Uppe x oe an and Arid Transition Zones; southern Oregon east of the Cascade Moun- 
rtheastern Cali rnia eastward - Nevada, sabligeetern Wyoming, and southern Saskatchewan. 
he ocality: Humboldt Welle Elko County, Nevada. June—Aug 
10. Downingia montana Greene. Sierra Downingia. Fig. 5122. 
Downingia montana Gr i ge Pittonia 2: 104. 1890. 
Bolelia montana Greene, op. 
Downingia saa: var. eee Soaks Madrono 1: 102. 1922. 
Plants up to 15 cm. high, _omacigit throughout se calyx-lobes sometimes minutely scabrous. 
Leaves ied to subulate, 1-5 mm. wide; inflorescence 1-10-flowered; floral bracts subulate to 
narrowly linear, similar to the leaves Sin Nightly eneaiee calyx-lobes linear- salehiate, acute, some- 
‘scabr n th gin isti e 
— m. long, dark blue or violet, glabrous, the lateral sinuses cut below the surface of the lower 
lip ; corolla-ti os xs 5-5 mm. long, na arrowly funnelform and somewhat gibbous, exceeding the 
calyx; upper olla-lobes erect, narrowly {ingot : lower lip of corolla with central white 
patch, ‘the aay bluish purple with 2 proce purple folds at the angle at mouth o te new go 
> all of the 
ude, & nu 
anthers bear at apex, the 2 shorter ones tufted with short bristles and a horn- ie process ; 
capsule subulate, 2-4 cm. long; seeds not shining, marked fotleitudinally with fine line 
Moist mountain meadows, Arid Transition _ Canadian Zones; northern Colifipmia i Siskiyou County, a 
south in the Sierra Nevada to Tuolumne Coun Type locality: Lake Eleano , Tuolumne County. July— 
11. Downingia yina Applegate. Cascade Downingia. Fig. 5123. 
Downingia yina Applegate, Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 97. pl. 5, fig. 2. 1929. 
Plants small and delicate, ang gna or the calyx- ue slightly scabrous, the ae simple and 
1-flowered or branched and few to several- flowered, 2.5-7 c igh. Leaves 10-30 m a long, 
linear-lanceolate, sale e; calyx ape shorter than the curate he: corolla 8-10 mm. lon rk 
blue with a yellow throat, usually t 7 mm. broad, the lateral i nee deeply cleft pre 
the upper, the tu narrowly tometer: upper lip with ay linear-lanceolate, acute, erect, 
usually approximate, about 4 mm. long an nd 1 mm. wi e; lower lip plane, Sting bluish pS 
the central yellowish area cerca by white except for the 2" yellow ridges at base of lip, the 
, ‘ 1 and 2 vary slender, 8-1 . long, 1-celled; 
en-column erect, included; anther-tube somewhat pubescent do rsally ; valves of the pels 
mit by hy aline cae Citeniink the length of a capsule and visible as iaeteased fi lin 
mature capsule Fates near the middle ; seed dullish or somewhat shining, without fongitudinal 
lines 
Moist r boggy meadows, Canadian Zone; Cascade Mountains of le Oregon to Siskiyou County, Cali- 
fornia. Type locality: Four Mile Lake, —— 7 Oregon. July-A 
ia yina var. major McVau te oe ee : 24, 1942. © OD eycinese ae etn tag med M 
“ ; 4 : 
invisible before splitting, with no bapressed pie on oo surface; seeds ie and without bor —, and 
i ype 
12. Downingia élegans ——<? Torr. Common Downingia, Fig. 5124. 
ot lintonia elegans Dougl. ex Lindl. Bot. Reg. 15: An 1241. 1829. 
D ia elegans Torr. Bot. Wilkes Exp. "1: 1874. 
Plants mostly 1-4 Bam high, ay cabs for the scabrous calyx-tube, the Lega goed 
rather Lome few- to y-flowered. Leaves linear- Baie fs to broadly lanceolate, 2-2 ong, 
1-6 mm. wide; floral’ trict, y aeblate to ovate, 8-25 mm. long; calyx-lobes mm, long, 
dly linear ; cor mm. long, minutely puberulent within at base, otherwise 
glabrous, bright blue varying to lavender-pink or white, the lateral sinuses more deeply cleft than 
the u — long, broadly funnelform, lighter blue with purple veins and o 
3 oblong pre es at - 1 ppe somewhat longer than the lower, the 
obes acute, erect, or somewhat divergent; lower lip with a central white spot and beneath this 
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. low welion seth distinctly white-margined, concave, not reflexed, the 3 lobes oblong to deltoid, 
cute, 2-4 mm. long; filament-tube glabrous ; anther-tube strongly incurved usually at right angles 
“i the filament-tube ; seniuets bluish gray with white cece smooth and glabrous or with a 
