148 Eastwood : Some small-flowered Species of 



less so on the inner : auricles very short, deflexed, greener than 

 the calyx divisions : corolla tubular-campanulate, 5 mm. long, 

 with rounded, retuse lobes extending almost half way ; appendages 

 at base very small and thin, scarcely evident : filaments equalling 

 the corolla tube, inserted above the base : anthers cordate : style 

 divided almost to the base with large, capitate stigmas : ovary 

 densely hispid : capsule 2— 3 -seeded with the seeds corrugated- 

 verrucose and having a stipe-like calyptra. 



This is close to N. micrantha but differs in the flowers as can 

 be seen by comparing the figures and also in a stouter habit and 

 more divided leaves. 



It was collected by Mr. R. A. Plaskett on Willow Creek, 

 Santa Lucia Mountains, Monterey County, February 27, 1898. 

 It is no. 32 of his distribution and is named in his honor. 



"1 1 . Nemophila exilis sp. nov. 



Stems slender, branching widely from the base, the upper 

 branches horizontal or declined, hispid throughout and cinereous 

 with numerous spreading bristles, varying in length and on the old 

 parts, pustulate at base : internodes generally longer than the 

 leaves, 1-6 cm : leaves opposite, alternate at the upper part, en- 

 tire or 2-5-lobed, often unequal on the two sides, varying ex- 

 tremely on the same plant ; lobes broadly dentate or suborbicu- 

 lar, mucronate, base cuneate, tapering to a broad margined petiole, 

 generally shorter than the blade, the upper leaves sessile ; pubes- 

 cence as on the stems and peduncles except the general direction 

 of the bristles : peduncles surpassing the leaves, slender, spread- 

 ing horizontally with the fruiting calyx nodding at the end : 

 calyx deeply divided with linear-acuminate divisions, 4 mm. long, 

 1-2 mm. wide, veiny, hairy on the outer surface only : auricles 1 

 mm. long, spreading, deflexed, linear, acute : corolla salverform 

 with campanulate tube 4 mm. long and a spreading border of sub- 

 orbicular divisions, which are obtuse, emarginate or retuse at apex, 

 between 3 and 4 mm. long and 2-3 mm. wide, slightly hairy ex- 

 ternally, and generally sparingly ciliate at apex : basal scales 

 glabrous, 3 -sided, attached by the longest side on each side of a 

 filament, the free part with the upper side longer than the lower : 

 stamens with filaments as long as the tube of the corolla, at- 

 tached at the base : anthers oblong-ovate : style slender, divided 

 to the middle : ovary densely hispid : capsule globular, hispid, 

 mottled : seeds wanting. 



This was collected on the Hog Ranch Road, Tuolumne 



County, California, by J. W. Congdon, June 9, 1897. 



