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<i'<l (as Greene had done) thai Audibertia could nol hold for this 

 ■ mis, as the name had been applied i\v<> years earlier to a se< tion 

 ol Mentha i proposed the name Audibertiella,* and renamed all 

 tin known species under this genus. Later he discovered that 

 Greene had proposed the name Ramona for one of the species. 

 He, however, did nol agree with Greene thai the genus, with thai 

 species excepted, should be merged in Salvia. He therefore 



restored the genus as undersl I l>y Bentham and Gray, adopted 



Greene's name, and renamed the species undei Ramona, The 

 writei agrees witfi Greene in keeping Ramona as a distinct genus 

 for Audibertia polystachya, bul agrees with Briquet that none of 

 the species should be merged into Salvia. It is therefore neces- 

 sary to restore Audibertiella Briq. As this name was a substitute 

 for the invalid Audibertia^ the type species of the latter becomes 

 the type of the former. The type is therefore Audibertia incana 

 Benth. The type ol Ramona was Audibertia polystachya, Audi- 

 bertia grandiflora may represent a thud genus. 



The present species is a close relative to ./. incana and lias 

 been confused with it. It differs in the broad rounded obovate- 

 spatulate leaves, the smaller flowers and the comparatively shortei 

 lower hp ol the corolla. In . /. incana the leaves are oblong spatu- 

 late, often 3 .| cm. long, the corolla almost 1.5 cm. long, and its 

 lowei lip about hall longer than the upper one. ./. incana ranges 

 • 1 Washington to Idaho and Oregon. The range of A. argentea 



is much more sont hcrly. 



Arizona : Mokia Pass, 1877, Palmer jpj (type, in herb. Colum- 

 bia Univ.); [876, Palmer jjS. 



Utah: St. George, 1874, Parry rj>p; 1872, Bishop, 



Nevada: Monitor Valley, [868, 5. Watson 829 ; Kernan, 

 Meadow Valley Wash, April 29, 1902, Goodding 6jj ; Palisade, 

 June 1. 1, 1882, M. E.Jones /po .' Miller Mountain, 1883, Shockley; 

 Charleston Mountain, [898, Purpus 60J2, 



California: Surprise Canon, Panamint Mountains, Covilh • 

 Funston 601 ; Panamint Canon, May 4, 1897, M, R. Jones ; Provi- 

 dence Mountains, May, [902, Brandegee ; Mojave Desert, May 

 30, [901, Parish ■■ .• . 



Bull. Herb. Boiss. a : 7.;. 



