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those of the upper lip 5 mm. long, 7 mm. broad, shallow!}- 

 toothed, those of the lower lip 4 mm. long, 5 mm. broad, slightly 

 lobed or entire. 



The peculiar calyx and long slender corolla-tube, as well as 

 the pattern of the lobes, readily distinguish this species from all 

 the other members of the genus. 



Growing on dry rocky ridges at Jacumba, near the boundary 

 monument, Abrams j 6 56, May 31, 1903. 



Wyethia ovata T. & G. Emory's Rep. 143. 1848 

 jr. coriacea A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 11 : 77. 1878. 

 Not W. ovata A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 7: 357. 1868. 



Emory's material, according to the label on the type in the 



Herbarium of Columbia University, was collected on " Dec. 4, 



1846." Turning to Emory's notes on page 107 of the work cited 



above, we find that the expedition of which he was a member left 



Warner's Ranch on the morning of this date, and pitched camp, 



"after marching 13^ miles, in the valley of Rio Isabel, near the 



rancheria of Mr. Stokes, formerly the mission of Saint Isabel." 



W. coriacea was based on specimens collected by Dr. Palmer " on 



the Mesa Grande, 70 miles north-east of San Diego." As the 



Mesa Grande lies between Warner's Ranch and San Isabel, and is 



traversed by the old Fort Yuma and San Diego road, it is clearly 



evident that the two series of specimens were collected in the same 



region. And a comparison of the specimens proves them to be 



identical. 



The taking up of this name by Dr. Gray in the Synoptical 

 Flora for his own IV. ovata of northern California was unquestion- 

 ably ill-advised. 



New York Botanical Garden. 



