Abrams : Flora of Southern California 539 



of 2-4, terminating the rather few ascending branches : bracts ob- 

 lanceolate or spatulate, entire above or shallowly toothed, scarious 

 below, viscid -pubescent, ciliate on the margins : hypanthium 8-10 

 mm. long : sepals triangular-lanceolate, 1 mm. long : petals obo- 

 vate, 2 mm. long. 



Much less branched than A. congesta (Nutt.) Rydb.; flower- 

 clusters not so large; bracts and calyx-lobes only half the size. 



Summit of Mt. Wilson, Abrams 2j8o, June 30, 1902 (type); 

 along canons at 1800-2000 meters altitude, San Antonio Moun- 

 tains, Hall 1228, June 18, 1899, in part. Reported from Mt. 

 Wilson by A. Davidson (Bull. So. Calif. Acad. 4: 40. 1905), 

 under the name Mentzclia congesta. 



Sphaerostigma pallidum sp. nov. 



Annual ; stems branching from the base, slender, 1-2 dm. 

 long, sparsely puberulent : leaves canescent with a fine appressed 

 pubescence, the basal ones narrowly oblanceolate, tapering to a 

 long petiole, 4-6 cm. long, 3—4 mm. broad, those of the stem lin- 

 ear-lanceolate, 2-3 cm. long : flowers scattered along the stems 

 from the very base : calyx-lobes silky, 3 mm. long : petals pale- 

 yellow, about 5 mm. long, turning reddish with age : stamens and 

 style about half the length of the petals : capsule slender, atten- 

 uate at apex into a short beak, more or less contorted, 2-2.5 cm - 

 long, 1 mm. broad. 



This species is of the S. bistortum group, but is readily distin- 

 guished by its fine appressed pubescence, being not at all hirsute. 



Apparently confined to the desert slopes, the following speci- 

 mens being before me : Palm Springs, Parish, April, 1896 ; Coyote 

 Canon, Hall 2jgi, April, 1902; Cabazon, Abrams 3228, April 6, 

 1903 (type). 



Godetia delicata sp. nov. 



Stem erect, slender, simple or branching, 3—6 dm. high : leaves 

 linear, slightly sinuate-toothed, puberulent on the margins, other- 

 wise glabrous, 2-4 cm. long, 3-6 mm. wide : flowers scattered ; 

 buds nodding, somewhat obovate when well developed, 8-10 mm. 

 long, these and the sessile hypanthium minutely puberulent : 

 calyx-lobes adherent, turning to one side, not reflexed : petals 

 pink, 15 mm. long, 8 mm. wide at the abruptly rounded apex, 

 tapering to the base, becoming narrow and claw-like below : 

 stamens opposite the petals 9 mm. long, their anthers whitish, 4 

 mm. long, those alternate with the petals 12 mm. long, their 

 anthers bright-red, 6 mm. long : style slender, 10 mm. long ; stigma- 



