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Cryptanthe nevadensis sp. nov. 



Plant about 2 dm. high, branched from the base; leaves few, linear- 

 lanceolate, pilose-hispid, from 1-2 cm. long, usually one at the base of each 

 branchlet ; fruiting calyx open, segments with a strong central vein, linear, 

 5 mm. long, about twice the length of the nutlets, pilose, also beset with 

 stiff bristles ; these about 2 mm. long and swollen at the base ; corolla 

 white, 2 mm. long; corolla-lobes 1 mm. long with minute brown veins ; 

 nutlets 4, and all alike, ovate-acuminate, 2 mm. long, minutely-scabrous. 



Allied to C.geminata and C. affinis. Type (accession No. 55,039) collected 

 in a dry gulch at Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, June 16, 1893. F. H. 

 Hillman. 



Cryptanthe Hillmanii sp. nov. 



Annual, 1-2 dm. high, very slender, pilose throughout ; leaves few, linear, 

 1-2 cm. long, calyx-segments densely pilose, about 2 mm. long, ovate-lan 

 ceolate ; flowers mostly in terminal clusters at the ends of the stems and 

 branchlets ; corolla minute ; nutlets smooth, solitary, scarcely 2 mm. long. 



Distinct from any of the species in the section with smooth solitary nut 

 lets, but perhaps nearest to C. glomeriflora. 



Collected on a rocky hill opposite Huffakers ranch, near Reno, Washoe 

 County, Nevada, May 27, 1 893, F. H. Hillman. Type (accession No. 55,220) 

 in Ry." Mt. Herb. 



