Henry Nicholas Bolander California Geological Survey field notes, approximately 1865-1867
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6116! Stipa Richardsonii Lein??? [He contracted penicles, long upper pales, cadness ears and short ligines do not agree with the deser. of S. Richardsonii, but do with that of S. Scirica--] Leamade. I have 2 specimens of either please compare; also with Ledeb. Leon, Fl. Altaic, t.99] Mono Pass, Alt 8000 ft. 6097! Stipa Kingii Bth. Sp. nov. In honor of Clarence King my gallant chief in the pop. of 1866 across the Sierras. [A very pretty species allied to S. nuneomatus, from which it is distinct] Upon Joeline Meadow, alt ? 700 ft 6096! Viflu [Sporol.] rannulosa J.A.B. [Spotolus rannulosus Renth.] Mono Lake. 6095! Vilfa [Sporst] asperifolius Nes et Mey. [Spotulus asperifolius, Nes & Mey - with smoother foli- cage than I have before seen ] Mono Lakes. 4836! Vifla airvides, Trin [ Sporotulus airoides Torr.] San Joaquin Valley, June 6092! Vilfa depamperatus Torr. [The form labelled by Mutt in Herb. Acad. "Sporolus andinus"] Yosemite Valley. 6091! Vifla (Sporotulus) [ Vilfa deparperata Torr., var. filiformis. Brenner collected this in the Sierra Nevada & 2 Men put it with V. depamperatu and on examining it now I can do nothing else with it. It is just the Sporotulus filiformis Mutt. Herb. Acad. Vifl deparperata was founded upon a very diminutive specimen; it varies greatly, & the largest form has been called V. latius by Forey. He must better regard the present as one of its forms, or make a half dozen or more