296 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Pelozia clavata (Brandeg.) Rose. FI@ureE 37. 
Lopezia clavata Brandeg. Proc. Cal. Acad. II, 2: 157. pl. 4. 1887. 
Known only from southern Lower California, first collected by Mr. Brandegee and 
recently by Nelson and by Goldman. 
Fig. 37.—Flower and fruit of Pelozia clavata. a,b, Two views of flower; c, capsule. Scale 2. 
Pelozia laciniata Rose, sp. nov. Figure 38. 
Stems 40 to 50 cm. high, scantily pubescent; leaves on slender petioles, lanceolate, 
thin, with shallow distant teeth; pedicels slender, 2 to 3 cm. long; sepals 4, acute; 
Fi. 38.—Flower of Pelozia laciniata. a,b, Two views, Scale 2. 
petals pinkish purple, the two lower narrow, entire, the two upper broad, laciniate 
above, toothed below; sterile stamen narrow; ovary shortly oblong. 
Collected by E. W. Nelson in mountains near Talpa, Jalisco, altitude 1,820 to 1,500 
meters, March 7, 1897 (no. 4035). 
Type in U. 8. National Herbarium no. 327105. 
PSEUDOLOPEZIA. 
Lopezia insignis Hemsley is very different from true Lopezia and 
clearly deserves generic rank. Mr. Hemsley has called attention to 
some of its peculiarities and to its resemblance to Semeiandra grandi- 
flora. Lopezia longifiora Decaisne seems to be congeneric. 
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