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… Authors' comments go here … [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Oenothera xylocarpa, Det. by Brandegees: xylocarpa]

1987 Oenothera xylocarpa. Whitney Mdw, 1896. Det. by Thompson 92. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Mimulus, Det. by Brandegees: whitneyi]

1988 Mimulus whitneyi/leptaleus interm. open woods n., Old Mt Whitney, Aug, 1896. Det. by Thompson 92. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Mimulus, Det. by Brandegees: whitneyi]

1989 Mimulus whitneyi/leptaleus interm. open woods n., Old Mt Whitney, Aug, 1896.

1990 Veronica missing [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Veronica, Det. by Brandegees: missing] Old Mt Whitney, 1896. Det. by Reveal 78. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: vimineum]

1991 Eriogonum pedunculatum. gravelly slopes n., Kern R, Aug, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Bigelovia, Det. by Brandegees: bloomeri]

1992 Haplopappus bloomeri. open woods, crater, Whitney Creek, Aug, 1896.

1993 Calandrinia ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Calandrinia, Det. by Brandegees: !] Owens Lake, Aug, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Draba eurycarpa, Det. by Brandegees: eurycarpa]

1994 Anelsonia eurycarpa. num missing on UC, Old Mt Whitney, Aug, 1896.

1995 Polemonium confertum [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Polemonium confertum, Det. by Brandegees: confertum] Old Mt Whitney, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Pedicularis, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

1996 Pedicularis attollens. wet mdws n., Old Mt Whitney, Aug, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Mimulus, Det. by Brandegees: dentatus]

1997 Mimulus dentatus. Old Mt Whitney, 1896. Det. by Beaman 61. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Erigeron, Det. by Brandegees: compositus trifidus]

1998 Erigeron compositus. gravelly places, Mt Whitney, Aug, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Lupinus, Det. by Brandegees: breweri]

1999 Lupinus breweri. Mt Whitney, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Mimulus, Det. by Brandegees: primuloides]

2000 Mimulus primuloides. Cottonwood Cr-label, Mt Whitney, Aug, 1896. Det. by Groff 87. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gentiana serrata holosep, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

2001 Gentianopsis holopetala. wet mdws, Old Mt Whitney, Aug, 1896.

2002 Eriogonum ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: !] Old Mt Whitney, Aug, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Primula suffrutescens, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

2003 Primula suffrutescens. Old Mt Whitney, Aug, 1896. Det. by Hitchcock 39. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Draba, Det. by Brandegees: lemmonii]

2004 Draba lemmonii. ar. snowfields, Mt Whitney, Aug, 1896.

2005 Senecio ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Senecio, Det. by Brandegees: !] Mt Whitney, 1896.

2006 Castilleja ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Castilleja, Det. by Brandegees: !] Olancha Pk, Jul, 1896.

2007 Cryptantha glomerata humile [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Borag, Det. by Brandegees: K. glomerata humile] Olancha Pk, Jul, 1896.

2008 Potentilla ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Potentilla, Det. by Brandegees: !] Old Mt Whitney, 1896.

2009 Draba ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Draba, Det. by Brandegees: !] Old Mt Whitney, 1896.

2010 Senecio aureus [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Senecio, Det. by Brandegees: aureus] Old Mt Whitney, 1896.

2011 Gentiana missing [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gentiana, Det. by Brandegees: missing] Old Mt Whitney, 1896. Det. by Reveal. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: nivale]

2012 Eriogonum incanum. rocky places, Old Mt Whitney, Aug, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Primula suffrutescens, Det. by Brandegees: suffrutescens]

2013 Primula suffrutescens. Old Mt Whitney, 1896.

2014 Draba missing [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Draba, Det. by Brandegees: missing] Olancha Pk, 1896. Det. by Hinton 72. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Spraguea, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

2015 Calyptridium umbellatum. gravelly spots, Olancha Pk, Jul-Aug, 1896.

2016 Erigeron ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Erigeron, Det. by Brandegees: !] Olancha Pk, 1896. Det. by Reveal 78. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: marifolium]

2017 Eriogonum ovalifolium nivale. rocky places, Olancha Pk, Aug, 1896. Det. by Hoch 82. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Epilobium, Det. by Brandegees: alpinum]

2018 Epilobium hornemannii hornmann. wet rocks n., Soda Creek, Jun, 1896.

2019 Mimulus ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Mimulus, Det. by Brandegees: !] Soda Creek, Jun, 1896.

2020 Sisyrinchium missing [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Sisyrinchium, Det. by Brandegees: missing] Little Kern R, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Parnassia californica, Det. by Brandegees: californica]

2021 Parnassia californica. Little Kern R, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Tetradymia canescens, Det. by Brandegees: canescens]

2022 Tetradymia canescens. gravellys lopes, Little Kern R, Aug, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Castilleja, Det. by Brandegees: miniata]

2023 Castilleja miniata. moist pl. al. brooks, Little Kern R, Aug, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eupatorium occidentale, Det. by Brandegees: occidentale]

2024 Eupatorium occidentale. Little Kern R, Aug, 1896. Det. by Gruezo 86. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Arnica, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

2025 Arnica longifolia. wet places, Little Kern R, Aug, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Senecio, Det. by Brandegees: fremontii]

2026 Senecio fremontii. gravelly mtn slopes, Little Kern R, Aug, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Linum lewisii, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

2027 Linum lewisii. gravelly slopes, Little Kern R, Aug, 1896. Det. by Reveal. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: incanum]

2028 Eriogonum incanum. rocky slopes, mts n., Farewell Gap, Aug, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gentiana calycosa, Det. by Brandegees: calycosa]

2029 Gentiana calycosa. Little Kern R, Aug, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Compositae, Det. by Brandegees: scaposa]

2030 Raillardella scaposa. Farewell Gap, 1896. [Det. by Brandegees: whitneyi]

2031 Haplopappus whitneyi. Little Kern R, 1896. [Det. by Brandegees: macronema]

2032 Haplopappus macronema. Little Kern R, 1896. [Det. by Brandegees: macronema]

2033 Haplopappus macronema. rocky slopes =2032?, Kaweah Mdws, Aug, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Lophanthus urticifolia, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

2034 Agastache urticifolia. Mineral King, 1896.

2035 Mimulus ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Mimulus, Det. by Brandegees: !] Farewell Gap, 1896. Det. by Reveal 74. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: nudum]

2036 Eriogonum nudum pubiflorum. mountain slopes, Farewell Gap, Aug, 1896. Det. by Epling 25. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Monardella, Det. by Brandegees: odoratissima]

2037 Monardella odoratissima pallida. Little Kern R (label, Farewell Gap, Aug, 1896.

2038 Aquilegia missing [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Aquilegia pubescens, Det. by Brandegees: missing] Farewell Gap, Aug, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Umbelliferae, Det. by Brandegees: lineariloba]

2039 Angelica lineariloba. Little Kern R, 1896.

 

2040 missing [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Bigelovia] Little Kern R, 1896.

2041 Lupinus ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Lupinus, Det. by Brandegees: !] Farewell Gap, Aug, 1896. Det. by Mason 81. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gentiana propinqua, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

2042 Gentiana calycosa californica. little mdws mtns n., Farewell Gap, Aug, 1896.

2043 Aster ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Aster, Det. by Brandegees: !] S of Farewell G, 1896. Det. by Thompson 88. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Mimulus, Det. by Brandegees: !]

2044 Mimulus whitneyi. gravelly places, Little Kern R, Aug, 1896. Det. by Cronquist 47. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Aster, Det. by Brandegees: andersonii]

2045 Aster alpigenus andersonii. mdws mtns n., Farewell Gap, Aug, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Ribes cereum, Det. by Brandegees: cereum]

2046 Ribes cereum. rocky places, mts, Farewell Gap, Aug, 1896.

 

2047 Comp [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Compositae] Kaweah Mdw, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Mentzelia laevicaulis, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

2048 Mentzelia laevicaulis. Whitney Cr, 1896.

2049 Gentiana missing [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gentiana serrata holopeta, Det. by Brandegees: missing] Little Kern R, 1896. Det. by Reveal 78. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum saxatile, Det. by Brandegees: stellatum]

2050 Eriogonum umbellatum nevadense. rocky places, Little Kern R, Aug, 1896. Det. by Cox 72. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Lupinus, Det. by Brandegees: covillei]

2051 Lupinus covillei. moist grav. sl. belo, Farewell Gap, Aug, 1896.

2052 Carex ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Carex, Det. by Brandegees: !] 1896. Det. by Deardorff 75. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Hieracium, Det. by Brandegees: horridum]

2053 Hieracium horridum. rocks & rocky places, Little Kern R, Aug, 1896.

2054 Epilobium hornemannii [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Epilobium, Det. by Brandegees: hornemannii] Little Kern R, 1896.

 

2055 missing [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Bigelovia] Little Kern R, 1896.

 

2056 missing [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gramineae] Little Kern R, Aug, 1896. Det. by Beetle 46. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Poa, Det. by Brandegees: pauciflora]

2057 GLYCERIA californica. ponds, Mt Farewell, Aug, 1896.

    This collection is a Type for: Glyceria californica Beetle, Madroño 8:161. 1946. Mount Farewell, Tulare County, California. #2057 Aug, 1896. Comments: Collected August 1896, #2057
 

2058 missing [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: ?Gramin] l R, Aug, 1896.

 

2059 missing [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Poa] Monatchy Mdw, 1896.

 

2060 missing [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Agrostis] Monatchy Mdw, 1896. Det. by Every 77. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Penstemon, Det. by Brandegees: davidsonii]

2061 Penstemon davidsonii davidsonii. Farewell Gap, Aug, 1896. Det. by Patterson 74. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Penstemon confert, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

2062 Linanthus pachyphyllus. Farewell Gap, Aug, 1896.

2063 Erigeron ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Erigeron, Det. by Brandegees: !] Kaweah Mdw, 1896.

 

2064 Comp [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Compositae] Kaweah Mdw, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Aster, Det. by Brandegees: integrifolius]

2065 Aster integrifolius. dry meadows, Little Kern R, Aug, 1896.

2066 Mimulus lutens depauperatus [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Mimulus, Det. by Brandegees: lutens depauperatus] Little Kern R, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Swertia perennis, Det. by Brandegees: ]

2067 Swertia perennis. Little Kern R, 1896.

2068 Mimulus ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Mimulus?, Det. by Brandegees: !] Little Kern R, 1896.

2069 Polygonum missing [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Polygonum, Det. by Brandegees: missing] Little Kern R, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Compositae, Det. by Brandegees: argentea]

2070 Raillardella argentea. Kaweah, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gramineae, Det. by Brandegees: Eriocoma cuspidata]

2071 Oryzopsis hymenoides. rocky places n., Little Kern R, Sep, 1896.

 

2072 Raillardella Farewell Gap, 1896. Det. by Keck 38. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Potentilla, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

2073 Potentilla glandulosa nevadens. rocky places, Farewell Gap, Aug, 1896. Det. by FJS 16. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gramineae, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

2074 Calamagrostis breweri. dry mdws M. n., Little Kern R, Aug, 1896. Det. by Crins 1990. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gramineae, Det. by Brandegees: aristulatus]

2075 Alopecurus aequalis. rocky dry mdws nr, Farewell Gap, Aug, 1896.

2076 Carex ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Carex, Det. by Brandegees: !] Little Kern R, 1896. Det. by Reveal. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: wrightii]

2077 Eriogonum wrightii subscaposum. rocky slopes Mts., Little Kern R, Aug, 1896. Det. by Whitkus 89. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Carex, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

2078 Carex proposita. meadows n., Farewell Gap, Aug, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Arenaria, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

2079 Arenaria nuttallii. (Farewell Gap in not, Little Kern R, Aug, 1896. Det. by Jacobsen 78. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Allium, Det. by Brandegees: !]

2080 Allium brevistylum. wet meadows n., Farewell Gap, Aug, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gramineae, Det. by Brandegees: purpurascens]

2081 Calamogrostis purpurascens. rocky slopes, Mt n., Farewell Gap, Aug, 1896.

 

2082 missing [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Poa] Monatchy Mdw, 1896.

 

2083 Gram [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gramineae] Monatchy Mdw, 1896.

2084 Carex missing [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Carex, Det. by Brandegees: missing] Old Mt Whitney, 1896.

2085 Ivesia missing [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Ivesia gordonii, Det. by Brandegees: missing] ?=1409, 1408, Farewell Gap, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Solidago, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

2086 Solidago multiradiata. Farewell Gap (notes), Little Kern R, Aug, 1896. Det. by Reveal 78. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: stellatum]

2087 Eriogonum umbellatum nevadens. rocky places n., Farewell Gap, Aug, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Epilobium obcordatum, Det. by Brandegees: obcordatum]

2088 Epilobium obcordatum. Farewell Gap, 1896. Det. by Jones 85. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Aster, Det. by Brandegees: douglasii]

2089 Aster occidentalis. infl. of other spp., Little Kern R, Aug, 1896.

2090 Aster ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Aster, Det. by Brandegees: !] Hockett Mdw, 1896. Det. by Dean 64. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Aster, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

2091 Aster foliaceus parryi. 7-8000, Hockett Mdw, Sep, 1896. Det. by Keck. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Compositae, Det. by Brandegees: bolanderi]

2092 Madia bolanderi. wet places, Hockett Mdws, Sep, 1896. Det. by Maguire 42. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Silene, Det. by Brandegees: !]

2093 Silene verecunda platyota. open woods, Soda Creek, Sep, 1896.

 

2094 Umb. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Umbelliferae] Farewell Gap, 1896. Det. by Keck 39. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Artemisia, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

2095 Artemisia douglasiana/michauxi. Hockett Mdw, LKR-lab, Soda Creek (lis, Aug, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Poa, Det. by Brandegees: missing]

2096 Torreyochloa pauciflora. ponds, Kaweah Mdw, Sep, 1896.

2097 Carex ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Carex, Det. by Brandegees: !] Kaweah Mdw, 1896.

 

2098 Chrysothamnus Crater, Aug, 1896.

 

2099 Chrysothamnus Cottonwood Cyn, Aug, 1896.

 

3000 missing [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gramineae] Little Kern R, Aug, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Antennaria, Det. by Brandegees: exigua]

3001 Stephanomeria exigua. Mt Moses, Sep?, 1896.

3002 Senecio clarkeanus [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Senecio, Det. by Brandegees: clarkeanus] Hockett Mdw, Sep, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Erigeron, Det. by Brandegees: salsuginosus]

3003 Erigeron salsuginosus. Soda Creek (label), Hockett Mdw, Sep, 1896. Det. by Bacigalupi 56. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Castilleja, Det. by Brandegees: Orthocarpus pilosus]

3004 Castilleja nana. rocky places below, Farewell Gap, Aug, 1896.

3005 Chrysothamnus gravelens glabrata [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Bigelovia, Det. by Brandegees: gravelens glabrata] Cottonwood Cr, 1896.

 

3006 Chrysothamnus Cottonwood Cr, 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Chenopod., Det. by Brandegees: Atriplex]

3007 Atriplex truncata. =1910; alkali flats, Monatchy Mdw, jul, 1896.

3007 Artemisia missing [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Artemisia tridentata, Det. by Brandegees: missing] [other 3007], Little Kern R, Aug, 1896. Det. by Sharsmith 50. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Erigeron, Det. by Brandegees: !]

3008 Erigeron pygmaeus foliatilis. rocky places, Olancha Pk, Jul, 1896.

 

3009 missing [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Chenopod] 3009 also Silene, Monatchy/Kaweah, 1896. Det. by Showers 82. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Silene, Det. by Brandegees: watsonii]

3009 Silene sargentii. mount. ar., Kaweah, Aug, 1896.

3010 Lygodesmia ! [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Lygodesmia, Det. by Brandegees: !] 1896. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Compositae, Det. by Brandegees: exigua]