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then, in 1848, by Gen. C. G. Loring (along with a narrower-leaved 

 form, which I referred to var. lanceolata) ; afterwards, in 1863, by the 

 late Dr. Robbins, in very broad-leaved specimens. 



Frasera Cusickii. F. nitidce soror, pariter glabra, humilior; 

 caulibus subscapiformibus 3-8-pollicaribus quandoque folia radicalia 

 baud superantibus ; thyrso aut simplici capituliformi aut spiciformi in- 

 terrupto ; corolla majori caerulescente ; lobis fere semipoUicaribus 

 ovalibus obtusis cum apiculo glandula viridi linear! instructis ; squa- 

 mis inter stamina pro genere maximis orbiculatis concavis ca^ruleis 

 fere integerrimis ovarium superantibus. — Hillsides of Grande Ronde 

 Valley, N. E. Oregon, Cusick, 1886. 



Phlox dolichantha. P. longifolice var. Stansburyi proxima ; co- 

 roUiB (pariter roseo-purpurete et albescens) tubo sesquipollicari calyce 

 triple longiore, lobis rotundatis integerrimis ; stamiuibus altioribus 

 faucialibus ; stylo capillari ; stigmatibus ad antheras imas attingenti- 

 bus. — S. E. Nevada in the Pahranagat Mountains, Miss Searls, 1871. 

 S. E. California, station not recorded, probably in the Mohave region, 

 Parry & Lemmon, 1876. Bear Valley in the San Bernardino Moun- 

 tains, at 6,000 feet, Parish, June, 1886. 



Phacelia hirtuosa. Eutoca, hinc P. loasafolice illinc P. brachy- 

 lobce affinis, cinereo-puberula et more prions setis patentissimis pi. m. 

 pungentibus hispida ; caule pedali e radice annua; foliis oblongis sinu- 

 ato-pinnatifidis imisve subpinnatisectis, lobis vel segmentis inciso-denta- 

 tis ; floribus in spiels cymse densis vix elongandis subsessilibus : corolla 

 infundibuliformi-campanulata (lin. 3-4 longa) albido-coerulescente, 

 squamulis internis semi-ovato-lanceolatis prorsus adnatis ; staminibus 

 inclusis ; capsula oblonga 25-30-sperraa sepalis fructiferis lineari- 

 oblanceolatis (nunc uno latiore 4-5 lin. longis) subdimidio breviore ; 

 seminibus rugoso-tuberculatis. — San Telmo, Lower California, Orcutt, 

 May 17, 1886. 



Ortctes Nevadensis, "Watson. Mr. W. H. Shockley has recently 

 supplied to us, from the neighborhood of Candelaria, Nevada, copious 

 and good specimens of this rare Solanacea; from which the generic 

 character may be improved as to the seed and embryo, but hardly in 

 any other particulars. — Calyx herbaceus, alte 5-partitus, fructifer 

 parum accrescens, lobis lanceolatis. Corolla (flavida) suburceolato- 

 tubulosa, calycem parum superans, lobis 5 brevissimis fere deltoideis 

 aestivatione subinduplicatis per anthesin vix jiatentibus. Stamina 5, 

 basi corolljB inserta: filamenta filiformia, tria coroUfe a^quilonga, duo 

 breviora : antheras didymse, loculis ovalibus. Stylus filiformis elonga- 



