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$rreen, papillately roughened on the upper side : root leaves 

 usually about 3 dm. long, including the petiole of almost 2 dm., 

 which is rough on the margin : blade broadly ovate, 6-10 cm. 

 wide abruptly acuminate, usually cordate at the base ; lower stem 

 leaves broadly ovate, abruptly acuminate, on margmed petio es 

 about 2 cm. long, the upper ones ovate-lanceolate, gradually 

 acuminate, sessile or nearly so, contracted at the base : pedicels 

 slender 5-15 mm. long, pubescent with short apprcssed hairs; 

 calyx deeply parted, the divisions narrowly linear-lanceolate, 5-7 

 mm long, ciliate : corolla bright blue or turning to rose co or, 

 10-12 mm. long, campanulate in general shape, flaring widely 

 above the insertion of the stamens, the tubular portion about 

 3 mm wide, while the width across the top is 5-8 mm ; lobes 

 1-2 mm. long, with broad sinus at base, acutish at the apex : sta- 

 mens included, anthers oblong : style slightly exsertcd. 



Our no. 3872, collected June 3, 1898, in rich moist ground, 

 near streams, at Montcsano, Chehalis county, V/ashington. 

 type specimen is in my private herbarium. 



This well-marked species is readily distinguished from the 

 eastern M. paniadata by its large, broadly ovate leaves, long calyx 

 and large flowers. 



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Stems 4-5 dm. high, smooth, branched above, the branches 

 slender sparingly pubescent with rough appressed hairs : leaves 

 rouo-hened with appressed hairs on the upper face and margins, 

 the lowest ones ovate -lanceolate, bluntish, 6--] cm. long, mclud- 



the broadly margined petiole of about half that length, 1 5 

 mm wide, the others up to the branches lanceolate, acute, 6-8 cm. 

 Ion- I 5 mm. wide, with gradually shortening petioles ; those of the 

 branches ovate-lanceolate, 3-5 cm. long, 1.5-2 cm. wide, sessile 

 by a claspin^T base : Inflorescence roughened with short appressed 



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hairs ■ pedicels slender, short, 2-4 mm. long ; calyx deeply parted, 

 the divisions lanceolate, or when the flowers are closely clustered, 

 oblong-lanceolate, 3 mm. long, i mm. wide ; corolla purplish-blue 

 almost tubular in shape, only slightly enlarged at the insertion of 

 the stamens, 8 mm. long, 2 mm. wide below the stamens, 3 mm. 

 above : stamens and style included. 



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moist soil under conifers near Hart Spring, San Francisco 

 tain," near Flagstaff, Arizona. The type Is deposited in the Her- 

 barium of the New York Botanical Garden. 



