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Douglasia Montana : subglabra ; foliis secus ramos imbricatis 

 subulato-linearibus acutiusculis glabris ciliolatis; floribus plerisque soli- 

 tariis ; calyce basi vix truncato unibracteato, segmentis acutissimis tubo 

 paullo ilongioribus corollas tubum adasquantibus. — Rocky Mountains, 

 Montana Terr.,Winslow J. Howard, M. A. Brown. Nearer to D. arctica 

 than to D. nivalis. To Douglasia belongs Gregoria, Duby, apparently 

 founded in the same year, Lindley referring to Brande's Journal of 

 January, 1828, for his original character of Douglasia. But it is really 

 in the volume for 1827, which gives this name a clear priority. 



Primula suffrutescens : casspitosa, glabra ; caudicibus elongatis 

 humifusis incrassatis sublignosis ; foliis confertissimis spathulato-cune- 

 atis basi longe attenuatis apice 5 - 9-dentatis crassis fere aveniis ; scapo 

 foliis 2 - 3-plo longiore 3 - 7-floro ; involucri foliolis lineari-subulatis 

 pedicellis brevioribus ; calyce minutim glanduloso (cum pedicellis), 

 segmentis lato- seu ovato-lanceolatis tubo brevissimo duplo longioribus 

 corolhe rubro-purpureae tubo subdimidio brevioribus ; lobis corollas 

 leviter obcordatis. — California, Lobb, in herb. Hook. Sierra Ne- 

 vada, on Silver Mountain, alt. 10,500, near the snow, Brewer. Leaves 

 about an inch long, resembling those of Saxifraga cuneifolia, but nar- 

 rower and thicker. Lobes of the calyx varying from lanceolate to 

 almost ovate. Corolla about half an inch long. 



Plantago hirtella, HBK., var. Californica (P. Urvillei, var. 

 Californica, Fisch.), occurs along the coast at Monterey and San Fran- 

 cisco, and, more interior, at Los Angelos (Dr. Peckham). It accords 

 very well with Fendler's PI. Venez. No. 768, and perhaps was in- 

 troduced into California. 



Phelip^ea tdberosa : nana, superne pruinoso-puberula ; caule 

 basi tuberoso-incrassato squamis strobilaceis imbricantibus tecto superne 

 breviter confertissime ramoso densifloro ; calyce bibracteolato profunde 

 inasqualiter 5-fido (sinubus 2 anticis fere ad basim usque, lateralibus et 

 posticis ultra medium extensis), segmentis aequilongis lanceolatis corolla 

 lutescente tubulosa paullo brevioribus ; antheris glabris vel ad suturas 

 parce lanigeris. — On a high and dry ridge of the Gavilan Mountains, in 

 sandy soil, Brewer. A span or less in height; the much-crowded flow- 

 ers barely half an inch in length. Nearly related to 



Phelip^ea pinetortjm (Orobanche pinetorum, Geyer in Hook. 

 Kew Jour. Bot. 3, p. 297) : caule ramisque pubescentibus ; squamis 

 inferioribus angustioribus ; calyce vix ad medium asqualiter 5-fido, 

 lobis subulatis. — Char, from fructiferous specimen collected in the val- 

 ley of the Columbia by Dr. Lyall, comm. Royal Gardens, Kew. 



