90 ERYTHEA. 



been noted by Dr. Gray in the supplement to the Synoptical Flora. 

 The innovations are by buds appearing in early spring at the base 

 of the old stem. 



Philibertia linearis hirtella Gray, Syn. Fl. ii. 1. 88. In 

 canons at Palm Springs in the Colorado Dessrt, March, 1896. 

 Growing with the variety heterophylla, but much less abundant; 

 equally climbing, and differing only in its dense pubescence. 



Gilia tenuiflora Benth. var. altissima. One to three ft. 

 high, much branched ; branches of the inflorescence beset with 

 tack-glands; corolla 1 inch long, lilac, with darker throat; capsule 

 oblong. 



Common in the foot-hills near San Bernardino: Canon Diablo; 

 Waterman Canon, etc. Flowers in May to July. 



Gilia tricolor Benth. Hort. Trans, viii. t. 18. Antelope 

 Valley, Dr. Davidson, Miss Stevens. 



Phacelia brachyloba Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. x. 324. P. 

 Orcuttiana Gray, Proc. Am. Acad, xix. 88. P. leucantha Lemmon; 

 in Greene, Pitt. i. 175. Common in damp, sandy soil, usually in 

 canons, or in washes, throughout the intra-montane region below 

 2,500 ft. alt. Pasadena, McClatchie. Los Angeles, Davidson. 

 Newhall, Hasse. Del Mar, Miss Angler (type station of P. 

 leucantha), Jacumba, Cleveland. Yucaipe; Santa Ana River and 

 foot-hills near San Bernardino. In all the specimens I have exam- 

 ined the corolla is without appendages. 



Phacelia Davidsonii Gray, var. macrantha. Stem stout, 

 assurgent or erect, foot or more long, corolla one-half inch or more 

 high, dark purple, the white of the throat extending into the base 

 of the limb. 



San Bernardino Mountains at 5,000-6,000 ft. alt. , rarely descend- 

 ing along streams to 1,000 ft. (Colton). Waterman Caiion, Long 

 Point. The species has slender decumbent stems; corolla not over 

 three lines high, lighter purple, only the throat white. The allied 

 P. Douglasii has corresponding large and small flowered varieties. 



Phacelia tanacettfolia Benth. Bot. Reg. t. 1696. Mouth of 

 Rechi Canon, near the Gage Canal, San Bernardino Valley, May ; 

 1897. Apparently one of the rarest plants of our region, the single 

 specimen above recorded being the only one I have seen. The 



