RocKv Mountain Floka JCl 



pedicels and calyx-lobes. In both specimens mentioned the calyx- 

 lobes are of the length and shape of the valves of the maturinj^ 

 capsules, while in A. puberulcnta they are much lonj^er. The 

 range of the species extends from Manitoba and the Mackenzie 

 River south to New Mexico. The type was collected in south- 

 ern Colorado near Veta Pass, 1 900, Rydbcrg & Vrccland, 5772 

 (N. Y. Bot. Garden). 



Gilia subacaulis sp. nov. 



Apparently biennial with a slender taproot : stem less than i dm. 

 high, almost leafless, diffuscl}- branched, glandular-puberulent : 

 leaves almost all basal, 1.5-3 cm. long, pinnatifid with triangular to 

 oblong divisions, glandular-puberulent, or slightly white-villous 

 when young : inflorescence open ; pedicels 2-4 mm. long : calyx 

 2-2.5 "^"^- ^o^g. puberulent, scarious between the green ribs; 

 lobes lanceolate, about half as long as the tube, acute: corolla 4- 

 6 mm. long, funnelform, fully twice as long as the calyx, its tube 

 distinctly exserted : stamens included : capsule rounded ovoid, 

 acute, 4-5 mm. long. 



This is related to 6. iiiconspuita, but differs in the almost leaf- 

 less stem, and the smaller corollas which have a comparatively 

 longer tube. The following specimens belong here. 



Wyoming : Point of Rocks, 1901, Merrill & Wilcox, 607 (type 

 in Herb. N. Y. Bot. Garden). 



Utah: St. George, 1877, Palmer, ^28 ; 1874, Parry, igg. 



Colorado: Gunnison River, 1894. 



Mertensia subpubescens sp. nov. 



Mertensia Sibirica Rydb. Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. i : 335. 

 1901 ; mainly. 



Perennial with a thick rootstock : stem simple, stout, 6-10 

 dm. high, glabrous throughout: lower leaves petioled, the upper 

 sessile; blades broadly lanceolate, 5-10 cm. long, tapering at 

 both ends, thin, glabrous or nearly so above, short-pubescent 

 beneath and ciliate on the margin : inflorescence a rather many- 

 flowered short panicle ; pedicels slightly strigose : calyx-lobes 

 oblong-linear, obtuse, ciliate on the margin, 2-2.5 rn^n- ^ong. about 

 y^-Yl as long as the corolla-tube: corolla about 12 mm. long; 

 the tube only slightly longer than the limb : filaments broad and 

 dilated, broader than the anthers and about half as long. 



This is perhaps nearest related to M. eiliata, but is easiest dis- 

 tinguished by the pubescent lower surface of the leaves. It 



