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hirsute ; calyx lobes triangular-subulate, about 1.5 mm. Ijroad at 

 l)ase l>y 5 to 6 mm. long ; petals oblong-oblanceolate, tapering to 

 a l)luntly acute apex, equalling the calyx lobes; staminodia 

 none ; stamens 9 to 13, shorter than the calyx ; filaments ex- 

 panded at Ijase only, or almost to the apex, to a width of aljout 

 .-") nun.; anthers small, al»out us Ijroad as long; placentee 3, 

 broad, tleshy ; ovules al>out one-half imbedded in the placentae; 

 style cleft for al)out one-third its length, equalling the stamens ; 

 capsule oblong, 8 to 10 mm. long, its pedicel reflexed at the 

 ai)ex ; seeds about 10 or 12 in each capsule, gray, somewhat 

 compressed, angularly oljovate or pyriform, slightly constricted 

 below the middle, and with a deep transverse groove on either 

 face along this line, muriculate throughout. 



This plant apjjcars not to be closely related to any known 

 species of Mcntzelia. It reseml)les in its petals, stamens, and 

 seeds M. torreyi, and in the last of these organs 31. tricuspid and 

 its allies. Its characteiistic external features are its diffusely 

 branched Ijut stiff hal)it, its flowers scattered in the forks, of the 

 stem, and its reflexed fruiting pedicels. Its seeds resemble those 

 of M. trlcuspis. 



Type specimen in the United States National Herbarium, No. 

 709, Death Valley Expedition; collected April 21, 1891, in Sur- 

 jjrise Cafion, Panamint Mountains. California, by Frederick V. 

 Coville and Frederick Funston. 



Phacelia perityloides 8]). nov. 



Suflrutescent perennial 10 to 20 cm. high, diffusely l)ranched, 

 densely leafy; stem, as well as branches, leaves, and calyx, 

 viscid witli glandular hairs, or at the l)ase densely villous- 

 tomentose; leaves alternate; petiole 7 to lo mm. long ; blade 

 orljicular with truncate to cordate base, crenate-dentate or even 

 lobed, 7 to 12 mm. in diameter, the hairs shorter than on the 

 stem and petiole ; flowers in loose racemes terminating the 

 branches; pedicels 3 to 5 mm. long; calyx about 4 mm. long, 

 the lobes oblong-spatulate, obtuse; corolla cream-white, spar- 

 ingly glandular-hairy, twice as long as the calyx, its narrowly 

 campanulate tu1)e longei' than the calyx and its short orbicular 

 loljes abruptly spreading; appendages 10 semilanceolate vertical 

 lamella3 free from the filaments; the 3 veins of each corolla lobe 

 continuing distinct to the base of the tuljc ; stamens included 



