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1590 Carex ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Carex, Det. by Brandegees: !] Whitney, 1895.

1591 Festuca ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Festuca, Det. by Brandegees: !] Whitney, 1895.

1592 Gilia ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gilia, Det. by Brandegees: !] Whitney, 1895.

1593 Rumex ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Rumex, Det. by Brandegees: !] 1895. Det. by Hinton 72. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: Eriogonum]

1594 Calyptridium umbellatum. "Fischin Pk' (notes), Old Mt Whitney, Aug, 1895.

1595 Sedum ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Sedum, Det. by Brandegees: !] Farewell Gap, 1895.

 

1596 Barbarea 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Antennaria, Det. by Brandegees: alpina]

1597 Antennaria alpina. 1895. Det. by Wilken 70. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Compositae, Det. by Brandegees: algida]

1598 Hulsea vestita vestita. sandy plains, Mt Whitney etc, Aug, 1895. Det. by Keck 38. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Potentilla, Det. by Brandegees: glandulosa]

1599 Potentilla glandulosa nevadensis. Mt Whitney, Aug, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gramineae, Det. by Brandegees: depauperata]

1600 Sporobolus depauperata. Whitney Mdws, 1895.

1601 Potentilla ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Potentilla, Det. by Brandegees: !] Kaweah Mdw, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Solidago, Det. by Brandegees: multiradiata scopul.]

1602 Solidago multiradiata. Mt Whitney (notes), Farewell Gap, Aug, 1895.

 

1603 Chrysothamnus 1895.

 

1604 Gnaphalium Whitney Mdws, 1895.

 

1605 Arenaria 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Agrostis, Det. by Brandegees: imperfecta]

1606 Melica imperfecta. 1895.

1607 Eriogonum ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: !] Monatchy, 1895.

1608 Epilobium ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Epilobium, Det. by Brandegees: !] 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Krynitzkia, Det. by Brandegees: mutabilis/nemorosa]

1609 Phacelia mutabilis. 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Baccharis, Det. by Brandegees: viminea]

1610 Baccharis viminea. 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriodictyon, Det. by Brandegees: glutinosum]

1611 Eriodictyon glutinosum. 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Castilleja, Det. by Brandegees: purpurascens]

1612 Orthocarpus purpurascens. 1895.

1613 Arabis ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Arabis, Det. by Brandegees: !] Mt Moses, 1895.

1614 Mimulus ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Mimulus, Det. by Brandegees: !] Bear Cr, 1895.

1615 Castilleja ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Castilleja, Det. by Brandegees: !] 1895.

1616 Iris !/Triglochin [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Iris bloch, Det. by Brandegees: !/Triglochin] Lion Mdw, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Melica spec, Det. by Brandegees: stricta]

1617 Melica stricta. Mt Moses, 1895.

1618 Carex ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Carex, Det. by Brandegees: !] 1895.

1619 Alopecurus (as 1614 [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Alopecurus, Det. by Brandegees: Alopecurus (as 1614] 1895. Det. by Reveal 78. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Compositae, Det. by Brandegees: ]

1619 Eriogonum pyrolifolium. 1625 Popul on back, Whitney Mdws, Aug, 1895. Det. by Gentry 69. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Mertensia, Det. by Brandegees: Echinospermum diffus]

1620 Hackelia sharsmithii. Mt Whitney etc., Aug, 1895. Det. by Hitchcock 39. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Draba, Det. by Brandegees: lemmonii]

1621 Draba lemmonii. Mt Whitney, Aug, 1895. Det. by CRB. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Salix, Det. by Brandegees: arctica]

1622 Salix petrophila caespitos. ft of Mt Brewer, Aug, 1895.

 

1623 Polyg. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Polygonac.] lakes, 1895.

 

1624 Compositae [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Compositae] Whitney Mdws, 1895.

1625 Carex ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Carex, Det. by Brandegees: !] 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Erigeron, Det. by Brandegees: compositus trif.]

1626 Erigeron compositus. Mt Whitney, 1895.

1627 Gentiana ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gentiana, Det. by Brandegees: !] Mt Whitney, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Potentilla, Det. by Brandegees: dissecta]

1628 Potentilla wheeleri. Whitney Mdws, Aug, 1895. [Det. by Brandegees: pilosus bolanderi]

1629 Cordylanthus pilosus. Monatchy, 1895.

 

1630 blank [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Papilion.] Trout Mdw, 1895.

 

1631 Antennaria Mt Whitney, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gentiana, Det. by Brandegees: amarella acuta]

1632 Gentiana amarella. 1895.

1633 Senecio ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Senecio, Det. by Brandegees: !] Whitney Mdw, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Compositae, Det. by Brandegees: apargioides]

1634 Haplopappus apargioides. mts ar., rocky plain, Whitney Mdws, Aug, 1895.

1635 Arnica ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Arnica, Det. by Brandegees: !] Whitney Mdw, 1895. Det. by Kelley 86. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Borag., Det. by Brandegees: Kryn. glomerata]

1636 Cryptantha nubigena. Mt Whitney, Aug, 1895.

1637 Aster ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Aster, Det. by Brandegees: !] Whitney Mdw, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Alsine, Det. by Brandegees: nuttallii gracilis]

1638 Arenaria nuttallii. 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Compositae, Det. by Brandegees: thysanocarpha]

1639 Oreochaenactis thysanocarpha. Mt Moses, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Artemisia, Det. by Brandegees: !]

1640 Artemisia dracunculoides. Volcano, 1895.

1641 Gnaphalium ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gnaphalium, Det. by Brandegees: !] Lion Mdw, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Artemisia tridentata, Det. by Brandegees: tridentata]

1642 Artemisia tridentata. Kern, 1895.

 

1643 Poa/Agrostis 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Claytonia, Det. by Brandegees: pygmaea]

1644 Calandrinia pygmaea. 1895.

1645 Melica ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Melica, Det. by Brandegees: !] Little Kern R, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: ??, Det. by Brandegees: caespitosum]

1646 Vaccinium caespitosum. 1895.

 

1647 Chrysothamnus Little Kern R, 1895.

 

1648 Gramineae [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: ?] Bear Creek camp, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Artemisia, Det. by Brandegees: norvegica]

1649 Artemisia norvegica. Farewell Gap, 1895.

1650 Geum ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Geum, Det. by Brandegees: !] Mt Moses, 1895.

1651 Artemisia/Aster norvegica [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Artemisia, Det. by Brandegees: norvegica] Whitney Mdws, 1895. Det. by Johnston 80. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Potentilla, Det. by Brandegees: breweri]

1652 Potentilla breweri breweri. mts above, Whitney Mdws, Aug, 1895.

 

1653 Allium Farewell Gap, 1895.

1654 Sitanion sitanion [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gramin, Det. by Brandegees: Elymus sitanion] Kaweah Pk, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Phlox, Det. by Brandegees: douglasii]

1655 Phlox douglasii. Farewell Gap, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Zauschneria, Det. by Brandegees: californica]

1656 Zauschneria californica. 1895.

1657 Galium ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Galium, Det. by Brandegees: !] 1895.

1658 Epilobium ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Epilobium br, Det. by Brandegees: !] 1895.

1659 Poa ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Poa, Det. by Brandegees: !] 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Pyrola, Det. by Brandegees: picta]

1660 Pyrola picta. Whitney Mdws, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Agropyrum, Det. by Brandegees: repens]

1661 Agropyron repens. 1895.

1662 Aster ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Aster, Det. by Brandegees: !] 1895. Det. by Keck. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Fron???, Det. by Brandegees: Hemizonia wheeleri]

1663 Madia wheeleri. sandy plains, Monatche Mdws, Aug, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Troxymon, Det. by Brandegees: glauca laciniata]

1664 Agoseris glauca laciniata. Dunn, 1895. [Det. by Brandegees: vagans]

1665 Eriogonum vagans. 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Quercus kelloggii, Det. by Brandegees: !]

1666 Quercus kelloggii. Mt Moses, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Juniperus californica, Det. by Brandegees: occidentale]

1667 Juniperus occidentale. 1895.

 

1668 Onag. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Onagraceae] 1895.

1669 Gnaphalium palustre [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: G. breweri, Det. by Brandegees: palustre] 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Aln., Det. by Brandegees: rhombifolia]

1670 Alnus rhombifolia. 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Pinus ponderosa, Det. by Brandegees: jeffreyi]

1671 Pinus jeffreyi. 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Pinus lambertiana, Det. by Brandegees: lambertiana]

1672 Pinus lambertiana. Mt Moses, 1895.

1673 Mimulus ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Mimulus, Det. by Brandegees: !] Dunf, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gnaphalium, Det. by Brandegees: palustre]

1674 Gnaphalium palustre. Dunf, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Arnica, Det. by Brandegees: chamissonis]

1675 Arnica chamissonis. Farewell Gap, 1895. Det. by Smith 23. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Lupinus, Det. by Brandegees: breweri]

1676 Lupinus breweri bryoides. Old Mt Whitney, Aug, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Iris, Det. by Brandegees: hartwegii]

1677 Iris hartwegii. 1895.

1678 Tellima/Mitella bolanderi [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Tiarella, Det. by Brandegees: bolanderi] Camp, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gaura, Det. by Brandegees: californica]

1679 Heterogaura californica. shady rocky slopes, Middle Tule R, Jun, 1895. Det. by G. Lee 84. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Hydrophyll., Det. by Brandegees: eisenii]

1680 Phacelia eisenii brandegeana. Mt Moses, Jun, 1895. Det. by Every 77. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Penstemon, Det. by Brandegees: menziesii newberryi]

1681 Penstemon newberryi x davidsonii. Farewell Gap, Aug, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Avena, Det. by Brandegees: subspicatum molle]

1682 Trisetum subspicatum. Mt Moses, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gramineae, Det. by Brandegees: cristata]

1683 Koeleria cristata. Kaweah, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Borag, Det. by Brandegees: varians]

1684 Phacelia purpusii. Middle Tule R, Jun, 1895. Det. by Goodman, 47. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Mimulus, Det. by Brandegees: Mimulus/Eriogonum]

1685 Eriogonum inerme hispidulum. sunny hills, Middle Tule R, Jul, 1895. Det. by Keck 38. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Potentilla, Det. by Brandegees: glandulosa]

1686 Potentilla glandulosa nevadensis. Mt Moses, Jul, 1895. Det. by Mesler 88. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Asarum, Det. by Brandegees: hartwegii/lemmonii]

1687 Asarum hartwegii. shady woods, Middle Tule R, Jun, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Sedum rhod, Det. by Brandegees: rhodiola]

1688 Sedum rhodiola. Farewell Gap, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gramineae, Det. by Brandegees: monspeliense]

1689 Polypogon monspeliensis. Dunf, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: vagans [as 1685]]

1690 Eriogonum vagans. Dunn, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Zygadenus, Det. by Brandegees: paniculatus [as 1686]

1691 Zigadenus paniculatus. Mt Moses, 1895.

1692 Monardella ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Monardella, Det. by Brandegees: !] 1895.

 

1693 Onagraceae [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: ?] 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Bigelovia, Det. by Brandegees: bloomeri]

1694 Haplopappus bloomeri. sunny slopes, sandy, Monatchy Mdw, Aug, 1895.

1695 Chrysothamnus graveolens glabrata [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Bigelovia, Det. by Brandegees: graveolens glabrata] 1895.

1696 Agrostis vassans? [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Aira, Det. by Brandegees: vassans?] 1895. Det. by Phillips 61. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Lupinus, Det. by Brandegees: breweri]

1697 Lupinus breweri. Mt Brewer, Aug, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Umbelliferae, Det. by Brandegees: Velaea parishii]

1698 Tauschia parishii. Farewell Gap, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Borag., Det. by Brandegees: circinata]

1699 Phacelia circinata. Farewell Gap, 1895. Det. by Groff 87. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gentiana, Det. by Brandegees: serrata holopetala]

1700 Gentianopsis holopetala. around the lakes, Old Mt Whitney, Aug, 1895. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Collinsia, Det. by Brandegees: bartsiaefolia]

1701 Collinsia bartsiaefolia. hillsides n., Springville, Apr, 1896. Det. by Mason 39. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Iris, Det. by Brandegees: !]

1702 Iris munzii. moist brush & rocks, Bear Creek, Mar, 1896. Det. by Smith 23. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Lupinus leptophylla, Det. by Brandegees: leptophyllus]

1703 Lupinus benthamii opimus. Bear Creek, Apr, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Borag., Det. by Brandegees: missing]

1704 Amsinckia spectabilis. North Tule R, Mar, 1896. Det. by Jepson. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Thelypodium, Det. by Brandegees: heterophyllus]

1705 Streptanthus coulteri. Bear Creek, Apr, 1896.

 

1706 blank [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Compositae] 1896. Det. by Johnston 23. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Borag, Det. by Brandegees: oxycarya]

1707 Cryptantha flaccida. Bear Creek, Apr, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Lupinus, Det. by Brandegees: chamissonis]

1708 Lupinus chamissonis. sunny grassy slopes, Bear Creek, May, 1896.

1709 Salvia columbariae [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Labiatae, Det. by Brandegees: columbariae] Bear Creek, May, 1896.

1710 Isopyrum missing [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Isopyrum, Det. by Brandegees: missing] Bear Creek, Apr, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Fraxinus oregana, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

1711 Fraxinus oregana. North Tule R, May, 1896. Det. by Lewis & Epling 40. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Fraxinus dipetala, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

1712 Fraxinus dipetala. North Tule R, May, 1896.

21713 Delphinium ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Delphinium, Det. by Brandegees: !] 1896.

 

1713 Sedum Bear Creek, Jun, 1896.

    This collection is a Type for: Echeveria purpusii K. Schum. Gartenflora 45: 608. 1896.[check date] Mount Whitney, Inyo County, California. #1415 may-jun, 1895, #1713 Jun, 1896. Comments: ?1713 Purpus 1415, 1895 See also: Havilah, California.

1714 Mimulus ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Mimulus, Det. by Brandegees: !] May, 1896. Det. by Price 86. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Arabis, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

1715 Arabis sparsiflorus. Bear Creek, Apr, 1896. Det. by Bacigalupi 63. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Sedum pumilum, Det. by Brandegees: pumilum]