(b) "vSierra Nevada." 



This is very much hkc the Shadow Lake specimen men- 

 tioned al)ove. exce]3t fur the inflorescence, the flc^wers lieing 

 smaller and much lighter in color. 



(c) "San Bernardino Mountains." 



Alm(-)st glabrous, with a few short white hairs; leaves 

 broadly ovate, terminating in a short accuminate tip. 15-20 mm. 

 long, (S-l.S mm. wide: flowers not yet opened, hut the calyx 

 much resembles (a) above. 



From Dr. Davidson's Herbarium i have examined the fol- 

 lowing specimens : 

 ^ "Zatischncna Calif ornica I'resl. var. niicrof^Iiylla. Foothills. 



Los Angeles. Aug. 188'T Dr. A. Davidson." 



Entire plant grayish with a minute ap])ressed pubescence ; 

 leaves linear, entire, 5-1? mm. long, 1-2 mm. wide, tipjied with 

 a small dark brown mucro ; calyx-tube about 20 mnV.' long, fun- 

 nelform above the globose base; ])etals about 10 mm. long; 

 stamens exserted about the length of the ])etals and the style as 

 much more ; mature capsule 25-30 mm. long. The flowers in 

 this specimen are somewhat faded, so that it is difficult to tell 

 their original color, but it was likely a brilliant scarlet. 

 y "Z.' Calif ornica. Catalina Island. Cal.. June. 1801. Dr. A. 

 Davidson." 



Plant gray with an ajjiiressed i)ubescence ; leaves 5-30 mm. 

 long. 2-5 mm. wide, mucronate and more or less remotely dent- 

 ate ; calyx-tube cylindrical, about 10 mm. above the pronouncedly 

 globose base, then narrowlv funnelform, total length about 25 

 mm. ; flowers nuich faded. 



k "Z. lafifolia Crcciic. Kock Creek, Los Angeles, Aug.. 

 1901." 



Heritage onlv slight!\- villous; leaves lanceolate. mostl\' 

 slightly dentate. 15-25 mm. long. 5-10 mm. wide. This speci- 

 men is in fruit, and there are no flowers. Ca])sule about 20 mm. 

 long. 

 l/ "Zansclnicj-ia .lri.::(niiLa Davidson. Aletcalf. .\ri/,. In creek 

 bottom. 5000 ft. alt. Oct. 10. 1900. A. Davidson 365. Type 

 specimen." 



For this s]iecimen I w ill give the original description : 

 "Stems one to two feet high, decumbent, branching from the 

 base; whole plant villous, not at all tomentose ; leaves ovate, 

 one to one and a ([uarter inches loug and half an inch broad, 

 broadly sessile and usualh- strongl)- flenticulate. feather-veined 

 and markedly villous on midrib, veins and edges; lower leaves 

 frequently obovate ; flowers scarlet, large, one and a half inches 

 long above the ovary; calyx-tube cvlindrical for three lines above 

 the globose base, minuteh' villous, lobes three lines shorter than 

 the corolla; style exserted one inch or more; stamens somewhat 



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