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Eriogonum chrysocephaluji. {E. Kingii var. laxifolium Gray, 

 Proc. Am. Acad. 8, p. 164.) E. paucijloro affinius, diti'ert perigoniis 

 aureis basi aunulo magis promiaente articalatis, involucri deutibus 

 minus latis ; foliis pauUo latioribus iucanis E. multicipitis. — Utah, 

 ill the Wahsatch Mountains, AYatson, and above Spring Lake, Parry ; 

 by the latter, in full flower. 



-^ Gratia Brandegei. Inermis, sesquipedalis, leviter fuifuraceo- 

 cinerea ; foliis spathulato-linearibus ; thecis miuoribus flavidulis oblato- 

 orbiculatis quandoque trialatis basi latissime retusis, alls subundulatis ; 

 ovario basilari papuloso. — Hillsides, among fragments of cretaceous 

 sandstone, on the San Juan River, near the boundary between Col- 

 orado and Utah, T. S. Brandegee in Hayden's Exploration, August, 

 1875. — AVhile pleased with an accession to this genus, and with the 

 opportunity of associating it with the name of an excellent correspond- 

 ent who discovered it, I must add that it does not much strengthen the 



ovatis oblongisveobtusis tenui-membrauaceis subscariosis cum calycibus villoso- 

 pubescentibus ; corolla sesquipollicari aurantiaco-piinicea, tubo calyce cliiplo 

 longiore, lobis lanceolatis. — Southern part of California, on tlie Cuiamaca 

 Mountains and near Julian City, D. Cleveland, E. Palmer. The calyx is three- 

 fourths or in fruit a full inch long; the corolla sometimes two inches long. This 

 would be very ornamental in cultivation. 



'^'^ 2. M. NANA. Prajcedenti sat similis, magis hirsuta ; tioribus minoribus ; 

 corolla pallida, tubo pubescente ultra calycem pauUo exserta ; bracteis albidis 

 roseisve. — S. California, in the mountains behind San Diego, D. Cleveland. 

 Calyx barely two-thirds of an inch long ; the corolla-tube only a line or two 

 longer. 



§ 2. DensiJlorcB et multiflorce : calyce i-^pollicari : antherae loculis brevioribus 

 minis divaricatis. 



* Perennes, basi nunc lignescentes : corolla incarnata vel purpurea nunc pal- 

 lidiore tubo calycem parum superante. 



■*- Pubescens sen villosa, foliis ovatis nunc oblongis. 



3. M. VILLOSA Benth., cum varietatibus. 



••- -1- Pube minuta canescens vel fere glabra ; foliis angustioribus, venis in- 

 conspicuis. 



4. M. ODORATissiMA Beuth. Humilis ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis brevi-peti- 

 olatis ; brajcteis villosis vel ciliatis ; calycis dentibus brevibus triangularl-lan- 

 ceolatis intus extusque hirsutis. — Also in Oregon. 



'' 5. M. LiNOiDES. Pedalis, gracilis, pube imperceptibili cinerea ; foliis lan- 

 ceolatis seu linearibus sessilibus imisve oblongo-spathulatis; bracteis i)arura 

 ciliatis ; calycis dentibus angusto-lanceolatis tantum pubescentibus. — S. Cali- 

 fornia, in tlie mountains east of San Diego, Dr. Palmer. 



