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FLORA OF MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK. 
mustard family. It has hoary white foliage, creamy white flowers 
in terminal racemes and pinnatifid leaves. These two cruciferous 
plants just mentioned reach a higher altitude than do any other 
Fig. 39 .—Eriogonum pyrolaefolium coryphaeum. 
Color of flower, yellowish purple; height of plant, 3 to 8 inches; blooms July and August. 
Photograph by A. H. Barnes. 
flowering plants on the mountain. Perhaps the smelowskia beats 
its companion a little. Two grasses, Poa lettermani, Poa suksdorfii , 
and a sedge are close competitors for the highest honors. 
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