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erect, branching stems, inclined to be decumbent. Undoubtedly 

 when it grows older the stems elongate and trail over the ground 

 or are supported by the stems of other plants. 



1 8. Nemophila divaricata sp. nov. 



Stems slender, divaricately forking, weak, retrorsely hispid with 

 white hairs, ribbed, erect or decumbent, becoming 2 dm. or more 

 in height : internodes longer than the leaves, 1-10 cm.: leaves op- 

 posite, oblong to ovate in outline, 1-3 cm. long, 5 mm.-i.5 cm- 

 wide, divisions 5-7, the 3 upper generally confluent, the lower 

 petiolulate, ovate-orbicular, entire or lobed : petiole about as long 

 as the blade, hispid-ciliate, broadening towards the connate-clasp- 

 ing base : pubescence hispid with appressed hairs on both surfaces, 

 veining not evident on upper surface, faint on lower : divisions of 

 the calyx triangular-ovate or subulate, about 1 mm. long, glabrous 

 on the inner surface, hispid on the outer and on the margin : the 

 appendages very small, 1-3 mm., strongly deflexed : corolla rotate - 

 campanulate, 7.5 mm. long with tube as long as the divisions, 

 white, tinged with blue, hairy on the outside : divisions retuse or 

 emarginate at apex, 4 mm. wide : appendages attached by the 

 side next the stamens, folding towards each other, the free side 

 ciliate or fringed, 2 mm. long : stamens with filaments a little 

 longer than the tube inserted at its base : anthers oblong : ovary 

 hispid to the base with white hairs : style divided half way, in fruit 

 much surpassing the calyx : fruit not seen. 



This was collected on Mount St. Helena by the writer, 

 April 21, 1900, also by Mr. Brandegee in 1889. The figures 

 show some variation between the plants of the two collections : 

 but in all essential points they are alike. This is nearest to N. 

 hispida from which it differs in having larger flowers and the ap- 

 pendages on the corolla differently attached. These two may be 

 geographical varieties of the same species : but it seems better for 

 the present to leave them as distinct species. 



19. Nemophila tenera sp. nov. 



Stems divaricately branching from the base and dichotomously 

 above, 1-2 dm. high : branches slender, hispid with fine retrorse 

 bristles which are minutely pustulate at base, ribbed : internodes 

 m °re than twice as long as the leaves, 1-5 cm : leaves except 

 n ear the top of the stem opposite, oblong-ovate in outline, . 5-2 

 cr n. long, 5_io mm. broad, 5-7-lobed with the divisions confluent 

 at apex, orbicular mucronulate, elliptical, entire, lobed or toothed 



