T\\'0 NEW ZAUSCHNERIAS. 

 By George L. Moxlev. 



Zanscliiicria ^:j;laiuhil(>sa, sp. nov. — Stems slender, decumbent 

 to sub-erect, abcnit 2 dm. hij^b, Ijeset witb numerous short-stalked 

 glands ; leaves lanceolate, sessile, sparsely villous with soft white 

 hairs, more or less denticulate, not fascicled in the axils ; calyx- 

 tube cylindrical to narrowly funnelform, 10-14 mm. long, sparsely 

 villous and son^ewhat glandular at the scarcely globose base ; 

 petals exceedirg the calyx-lobes; stamens and style well exsert- 

 ed ; capsule about 20 mm. long, densely glandular with short- 

 stalked glands. 



Described from a specimen collected on a "ridge south of 

 Strav\'l:err}' A'alley (about 6500 ft.), San Jacinto Mountains, 

 California. September ''th. 1914," by Winifern W. Swarth, 

 No. G. L. Al. 4f')0. Tyjie in Los Angeles County Museum of 

 History, Science and Arts. 



This species in foliage somewhat resembles Z. latifoha 

 Greene, but the floral character is very different. The flowers 

 are much smaller, more slender and of a very deep scarlet. It 

 is perhaps one of the daintiest Zauschnerias. 



What seems to be very much like this specimen was col- 

 lected in Sequoia National Park, Davidson 1687. Jtdy. 1908, but 

 the plant is small and just ctjming into flower, so that it is diffi- 

 cult to place definitely. I have, however, tentatively included 

 it here. 

 I, Zauscluicn'a viscosa, sp. nov. — Stems erect, much branched, 



4 (hn. high or less, the entire plant sparsely villous with short 

 hairs, becoming almost glabrous with age, slimy viscifl. but not 

 glandular; leaves sessile, thin, broadly ovate, abrui^tly narrow- 

 ing to a more or less accuminate tip, fascicled in the axils, 

 calyx-tube glabrous. 20-25 mm. long, cylindrical about 10 mm. 

 above the scarcely glo' o'^e base, then abruptly broadening to the 

 funnelform throat; petals about 10 mm. long; stamens exserted 

 somewhat less than the length of the i)etals ; capsule sessile, some- 

 what hirsute but not glandular. 



Summit of ridge near Parley Flats. San Gabriel ^Mountains, 

 Los Angeles County, California, Geo. L. Moxley 412. July 21st, 

 1915. Type sheet in my herbarium; duplicate in herbarium of 

 Southern California Academy of Sciences. 



This is very close to Z. latifolia Greene, and perhaps may 

 prove to be only a well marked variety, but the extreme slimi- 

 ness of the entire plant seems to me sufficient to differentiate it 

 from all other species of Zauschneria, even though it were 

 otherwise identical But the calyx of I'iscosa lacks the globose 

 base of latifolia, the petals are shorter in proportion to the 

 length of the flower, and the stamens less exserted. Therefore 

 I prefer to consider it a distinct species. 



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