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baya, in scopulosis montis Chimburu, reg. alp. 4200 m. 
(Mandon 9951). 
Species habitu et characteribus valde insignis, inter ceteras 
singularis. 
9. Paronychia Jamesitl 'Torr. et Gray. 
Caules e radice lignosa plurimi, caespitosi, erecti, stricti, 
plus minusve ramosi, ramis strictis erectis, plus minusve 
scabrido-pubescentes vel canescentes, 10—%0 cm. alti. Folia 
kinearia vel lineari-subulata obtusa, superiora interdum bre- 
vissime mucronnlata, marginibus revolutis dorse quasi bisul- 
vata, hirsntiuscula, 15 —%5 mm. Ig., 1 ınm. It.;  stipulae 
lanceolatae lounge acuminatac. Flores in diehasiis multiflo- 
ris nune haxis nune confertis, subsessiles ; braeteae foliorum 
forma. Calyx e hasi ohconiea oblongo-turbinatus, infra di- 
midinm leviter constrietus, 2—3 min. 1g,, fuseus, infra me- 
dium quinquelidus, tubo plus minus dense piloso, lobis ob- 
longis glaueis glabrescentibns erassis, dorso infra apieem 
encullatum mucrenafis, muerone glaberrime tertiam quar- 
tamve lobi partem aequante. Pelala 5 alba, setacea, lobos 
ealyeinos dimidios aequantia. Stamina 5 petalorum longitn- 
dine. Ovarıum ovali-oblongum, zlabrum :- stylus ovaria lon- 
gior ad tertianmı partem bilidus.  Utrieulus glaber calycem 
vix dimidium aequans. Semen globosum, albiduan, laevins- 
calum. 
— Paronychia Jamesii 'Corr. et Gray, Flora of North Ame- 
riea 4, 170, cum var. 8. depressa (Nutt.). 
Habitat in montihus „Rocky Mountains‘ (James Nuttall); in 
Mexico Nova: in collibhus ad Aluvium San Pedro et im 
montibus prope EI Pass (Wright pl. Texano -Mexic. 27 
et 870), et in saxosis trans ‚the Pecos“ (Wright 1. c. 
