548 Heller: Plants from Western North America 



particulars from that species : It branches not from tlic root, but 

 at a distance of 5 cm. or more above the root ; in the rectano-ular 

 mstcad of acute angled system of leaf branching ; shorter pedun- 

 cles ; styles about one third shorter, with yellower plumes. 



Aragallus pinetorum sp. no v. 



Plant 3-4 dm. high, floccose or lanate throughout, especially 

 at the base of the stems and in the inflorescence : stems multici- 

 pital from a long stout deep-seated root, their bases clothed with 

 thm woolly acuminate scales : leaves all radical, extending to the 

 mflorescence, petioles about one third the length of the blade, 

 dilated at base ; on fully developed leaves, the leaflets in 7-9 sub- 

 opposite pairs, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, cuspidate, very 

 shortly petiolulate, about 2 cul long, 5 mm. wide, midvein promi- 

 nent : bracts at base of the flowers lanceolate, acuminate, 7 or 8 

 mm. long, chaffy in texture: calyx i cm. or slightly niore in 

 length, the lobes lanceolate, 2 mm. long, except the middle lower 

 one, which is often double the length of the others : flowers white, 

 unspotted : pods ovate, when mature 2 cm. long, including the 

 acuminate curved point : seeds pale brown, smooth. 



Our no. 3751, collected on gravelly hills thinly clothed with 

 pine trees, at a point eleven miles southeast of Santa Fe, New 



Mexico, June 23, 1897. The t}-pc .specimen is in my private her- 

 barium. 



S/^icsia alhijli 



a short time before the fact was ascertained that Aragallus is the 

 proper name for our American plants. Publication was deferred 

 until an opportunity offered for further study of the group to 

 which the species belong.s. In the meantime, without having con- 

 sulted me, Prof Aven Nelson described '' Anvmllii<^ . 



llujlc 



basing his description upon a plant from Wyoming, but using the 

 specific name applied by me to this New-Mexican plant, and cit- 

 ing my number as a part of his species. A very cursory exami- 

 nation of the two plants, shows them to be distinct. My plant is 

 more nearly related to Aragallus collinus Aven Nelson, published 

 in the same paper, 



Mertensia platyphylla sp. no v. 



Plant large but weak, 4-7 dm. high, branched above, the 

 branches slender and spreading, glabrous : leaves all thin, light 



*Erjllica 7: 57. 1899. '■ '. 



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