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pedicels and calyx-lobes. In both specimens mentioned the calyx- 
lobes are of the length and shape of the valves of the maturing 
capsules, while in A. puberulenta they are much longer. The 
range of the species extends from Manitoba and the Mackenzie 
River south to New Mexico. The type was collected in south- 
ern Colorado near Veta Pass, 1900, Rydberg & Vreeland, 5772 
(N. Y. Bot. Garden). 
“ Gilia subacaulis sp. nov. 
Apparently biennial with a slender taproot : stem less than 1 dm. 
high, almost leafless, diffusely branched, glandular-puberulent : 
leaves almost all basal, 1.5—3 cm. long, pinnatifid with triangular to 
oblong divisions, glandular-puberulent, or slightly white-villous 
when young: inflorescence open; pedicels 2-4 mm. long: calyx 
2—2.5 mm. long, puberulent, scarious between the green ribs; 
lobes lanceolate, about half as long as the tube, acute: corolla 4— 
6 mm. long, funnelform, fully twice as long as the calyx, its tube 
distinctly exserted: stamens included: capsule rounded ovoid, 
acute, 4-5 mm. long. 
This is related to S. zxconspicua, but differs in the almost leaf- 
less stem, and the smaller corollas which have a comparatively 
longer tube. The following specimens belong here. 
Wyominc: Point of Rocks, 1901, Merrill & Wilcox, 607 (type 
in Herb. N. Y. Bot. Garden). 
Urau: St. George, 1877, Palmer, 328 ; 1874, Parry, 199. 
Cotorapvo: Gunnison River, 1894. 
-Mertensia subpubescens sp. nov. 
Mertensia Sibirica Rydb. Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 335- 
1901 ; mainly. 
Perennial with a thick rootstock: stem simple, stout, 6-10 
dm. high, glabrous throughout: lower leaves petioled, the upper 
sessile; blades broadly lanceolate, 5-10 cm. long, tapering at 
both ends, thin, glabrous or nearly so above, short-pubescent 
beneath and ciliate on the margin: inflorescence a rather many- 
flowered short panicle; pedicels slightly strigose: calyx-lobes 
oblong-linear, obtuse, ciliate on the margin, 2-2.5 mm. long, about 
1%—¥% as long as the corolla-tube: corolla about 12 mm. long; 
the tube only slightly longer than the limb: filaments broad and 
dilated, broader than the anthers and about half as long. 
This is perhaps nearest related to JZ ciliata, but is easiest dis- 
tinguished by the pubescent lower surface of the leaves. It 
