420 Farr on British Columbian Plants. 



perennial root, about 6 inches high ; branches diffuse, attenu- 

 ate. Leaves i inch to 3 inches long, linear, mostly long- 

 petioled, a few sessile, light green. Flowers about ^ inch 

 long, solitary, nodding, borne on long, slender, pubescent, 

 green peduncles. Calyx cylindric-campanulate, slightly nar- 

 rowed at the mouth, copiously ciliate-pubescent, traversed by 

 five strong and five fine longitudinal veins. Corolla slightly 

 longer than the calyx, purplish-crimson. Petals elongate 

 wedge-shaped, bifid and bearing small appendages. Stamens 

 slightly exserted, five attached for one-third of their length 

 to the petals, five free. Ovary about 4 lines long, ovoid, 

 green with purple rim at the top. Styles about 3 lines 

 long, exserted, the style tips yellow. 



Lake Louise, near Laggan, July 16, 1904. 



The nearest species to the above are the two already found 

 and described as L. apetala, L. and L. afHnis, Vahl. The 

 present one differs in its attenuate habit, in the longer leaves, 

 mostly provided with long petioles, the diffuse pubescence 

 of the calyx, the deep attachment of five stamens to the 

 petals, the exserted styles and the ovary which is inter- 

 mediate between the two species. 



In L. afUnis the stamens are all free from the petals, in 

 L. apetala five are slightly attached, in the present one five 

 are attached through about one-third of their length; in 

 L. aMnis and L. apetala the calyx teeth are short, broad, in 

 the present one they are broadly lanceolate. 



It will thus be seen that the new form presents characters 

 that in some respects are intermediate between the other two, 

 and in others are entirely distinct. 



Pachystima Myrsinites, Raf. — i foot to 2^4 feet high, 

 branched, habit compact, internodes 2 to 4 lines long, twigs 

 striate below, striate-verrucose above, dark brown or com- 

 monly black. Leaves 3 to 8 or rarely 10 lines long, coriace- 

 ous in texture, yellowish-green in color, from broadly oval to 

 ovate, obovate and ovate-lanceolate, petioled, the petioles i 

 to i^ lines long, margins with five to nine short, blunt or 



