18 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLumME 29 
1. Newberrya congesta (A. Gray) Torr.; A. Gray, 
Bot. Calif. 1: 464. 1876. 
Hemitomes congestum A. Gray, in Newb. Pacif. R. R. Rep. 63: 81. 1858. 
Plants with a stem 1.5 dm. tall or less, terminated by a corymbiform glomerule; scales 
ovate, the lower ones broadly so, the upper ones narrower, all obtuse, irregularly erose; sepals 2, 
linear or nearly so, entire or nearly so; corolla urceolate, the lobes ovate, about one third 
as long as the tube; anthers narrowly oblong, the sacs opening near the connective. 
TYPE LocaLiry: Upper Des Chutes Valley, Oregon. 
DISTRIBUTION: Oregon and northern California. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Pacif. R. R. Rep. 6°: pl. 12; Bull. Torrey Club 20: pl. 142. 
2. Newberrya spicata A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 15: 44. 1879. 
Hemitomes spicatum A. Heller, Cat. N. Am. Pl. 5. 1898. 
Plants with a stem mostly less than 1 dm. tall, terminated by a compact spike; scales 
oblong, or the lower ones spatulate-oblong, sometimes acutish, erose-fimbriate; sepals 2, spatu- 
late, erose-fimbriate; corolla oblong-campanulate, the lobes oblong-ovate, about one half as 
long as the tube; anthers broadly oblong, the sacs opening remote from the connective. 
Type Locarity: Humboldt County, California. 
DIstRIBUTION: Washington to northern California. 
3. Newberrya pumila (Greene) Small. 
Hemiiomes pumilum Greene, Erythea 2: 121. 1894. 
Plants cushion-like, with a stem 0.5 dm. tall or less, at least in anthesis; scales closely 
imbricate, the lower deltoid-ovate, the upper ones lanceolate, all acute; inflorescence congested, 
a terminal corymbiform glomerule which together with the rest of the plant forms a structure 
resembling a thistle-head, the middle-flower 6-merous, the others 4-merous; sepals 4, linear, 
ciliate; corolla pale-pink, the lobes ovate, about as long as the tube. 
Tyr LOCALITY: Mendocino County, California. 
DiIstRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
No specimens of this species and the following one have been seen; these descriptions are 
compiled from the original ones. 
4, Newberrya subterranea Eastw. Proc. Calif. 
Acad. III. 1: 80. 1897. 
Hemitomes subterraneum A. Heller, Cat. N. Am. PI. 5. 1898. 
Plants subterranean (always?), with the stem bulbous at the base; scales imbricate, 
broadly ovate or orbicular, or narrower above, the upper ones oblong-lanceolate and acuminate; 
inflorescence congested, a terminal corymbiform glomerule, the middle flower 5-merous, the 
others 4-merous; sepals 4, the 2 outer linear-lanceolate, brown, about equaling the corolla, 
the 2 inner white, variable in length; corolla white, the lobes oblong, about as long as the tube. 
Type LocaLity: Willow Creek Cafion, California. 
DIstRiBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
5. Newberrya longiloba Small, sp. nov. 
Plants not subterranean, with relatively slender stems mostly less than 1 dm. tall; scales 
imbricate, ovate to oblong, the lower ones obtuse or acute, the upper acute orslightly acuminate, 
all, especially the upper ones, erose; inflorescence congested, a terminal corymbiform glomerule, 
the middle flower 5-merous, the others 4- or 5-merous; sepals 2, oblong-spatulate, shorter than 
the corolla; corolla white, 11-13 mm. long, the lobes oblong, longer than the tube. 
Type collected in woods, Skamania County, Washington, August 19, 1892, Suksdorf 2168 
(herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). ; 
DIstRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
