1924] Fernald,—Dwarf Antennarias 99 
4-5.5 mm. long: achenes glabrous, 1.2-1.6 mm. long: pits of the mature 
denuded receptacle 60-100, 0.1 mm. broad, much broader than the acute 
intermediate ridges.—hRnopona, xviii. 236 (1916). A. alpina, var. 
cana Fernald & Wiegand, Ruopona, xiii. 24 (1911), in part.—Dry 
limestone barrens, western NEWFOUNDLAND. Fl. July, early 
August. 
4. A. vexillifera, spec. nov. (Fic. 4), humifusa, stolonibus foliosis 
confertis perbrevibus (ad 2 cm. longis); foliis basalaribus late spathu- 
latis vel cuneato-obovatis apice rotundatis vix mucronatis 5-12 mm. 
longis 3-4 mm. latis supra albidis, tomento denso minuto; caule 
florifero 6-10 cm. alto gracili; foliis caulinis 5-8 subdistantibus, imis 
oblanceolatis, mediis superioribusque linearibus 5-10 mm. longis 
cum apice scarioso oblongo-lanceolato 1.5-3 mm. longo munitis; 
capitulis femineis 1-5 corymbosis hemisphaerico-campanulatis basi 
rotundatis; involucro 6-7 mm. alto basi lanato; bracteis 2—3-seriatis 
subaequalibus tenuissimis, exterioribus anguste oblongis obtusis vel 
subacutis basi castanels, interioribus lanceolatis fulvis plerumque 
acuminatis; corolla 3-4 mm. longa, lobis purpurascentibus; stylo 
purpurascenti; planta mascula ignota.—Matane County, QUEBEC: 
dry open gravel on the tableland-saddle (altitude about 1070 m.) 
between Mt. Mattaouisse and Mt. Collins, July 8, 1923, M. L. Fernald, 
Ludlow Griscom, K. K. Mackenzie, A. S. Pease & L. B. Smith, no. 
26,056 (TYPE in Gray Herb.). 
Closely simulating A. cana but at once distinguished by its cauline 
leaves. In A. cana these are 9-15, the median and upper ones tapering 
to a slender subulate tip, only the very uppermost with a scarious 
tip. In A. vexillifera the cauline leaves are fewer (5-8) and all but 
the very lowermost bear conspicuous broad pennant-like scarious tips 
(whence the specific name.) 
A. vevillifera has the cauline leaf-tips of A. alpina, but that species 
has much narrower and distinctly mucronate basal leaves, larger 
heads with narrower and more fuscous involucral bracts and longer 
corollas (4-5 mm. long). 
5. A. PYGMAEA Fernald. Fic. 5. Dwarf, 3-4.5 em. high, mono- 
cephalous, humifuse; the assurgent stolons very short, not obviously 
elongated: basal leaves oblanceolate, mucronate, 8-14 mm. long, 2.5- 
3.5 mm. wide, glabrous or glabrate above; the cauline abou! 9, crowded, 
linear-oblanceolate, 6-14 mm. long, lanate beneath, glabrous or glabrate 
above, with a lanceolate or narrowly deltoid glabrous flat scarious tip 
1.5-2 mm. long: pistillate involucre hemispherical, 7 mm. high, 12-13 
mm. broad (in the dried material), lanate at base: bracts in about 5 
series, definitely imbricated, oblong, obtuse; the outer fuscous, with a 
short stramineous tip; the inner with a long obtuse stramineous tip: 
corollas 4 mm. long: staminate plant unknown.—Rnopona, xvi. 129 
