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on the outside, of thin texture, no hairs or appendages at base ; 

 divisions retuse or emarginate at apex, 3 mm. wide : stamens 

 with filaments longer than the tube of the corolla inserted at the 

 base : ovary globular with the style branches surpassing the calyx 

 forked half way down : fruit not seen. 



This is similar in general appearance to N. glanca with which 

 it was included by the collector. The pubescence is more spread- 

 ing, the branching is more open, the leaves thinner and more 

 openly divided while as can be seen in the figures the flowers are 

 quite different in the shape and size of calyx and corolla which are 

 also much thinner in texture ; and lastly the corolla is without 

 any hairs or appendages in the throat or at the base. 



It was collected by Mrs. C. C. Bruce on Big Chico Creek, 

 May, 1897. It is part of her no. 2037. 



24. Nemophila exigua sp. nov. 



Stems simple or branching from the base, slender, erect, al- 

 most glabrous ; internodes 2-3 times as long as the leaves, about 

 3 cm. : leaves opposite, about 1 cm. long, broadly oblong to 

 orbicular in outline, simply 5-7-lobed with the lobes generally 

 opposite regular, entire and mucronulate, hispid with appressed 

 hairs , petiole from almost none to slightly longer than the blade, 

 broad, dilated and clasping at base : peduncles rather stout, 

 spreading with the fruiting calyx nodding : calyx with triangular- 

 subulate divisions, 2 mm. long, glabrous except near the bristly- 

 ciliate margin : auricles linear, more than half as long as the divi- 

 sions : corolla white, dotted with violet, rotate-campanulate, 3 

 mm. long, with divisions as long as the tube, somewhat hairy on 

 the outside ; appendages at base of 2 narrowly linear scales which 

 are hairy on the free side : stamens a little longer than the tube 

 of the corolla, inserted at its base ; anthers cordate : ovary hispid, 

 ovate : style divided above the middle, shorter than the calyx : 

 pod purple, orbicular, 1-2-seeded : seeds orbicular, covered with 

 scattered scales, irregularly pitted with the calyptra, stipe-like. 



This was collected by George Hansen, at Stony Creek, Am- 

 ador Countv. March 26. 1806 (no. 1*22). 



^25. Nemophila pulchella sp. nov. 



Stems widely branching from the base and above, slender, 

 weak, decumbent or supported by other plants, becoming 3 dm. 

 long, cinereous with retrorsely spreading, stiff, white hairs, ribbed 

 with the ribs on the lower part becoming winged ; longest inter- 



