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mucroiiate or acerose divisions, 6-9" long ; flowers crowded into a leafy clus- 
ter; corolla wliite with a yellow throat, fragrant, salverforni with a very short 
dilated fnnnelform throat, the tube puberulent, not exceeding the narrow 
calyx, rather longer than the oblong-ohovate (2-3") lobes ; filaments short, 
inserted in the throat, slightly exserted ; anthers ovate-oblong; cells 2-ovuled. — 
From Colorado and Utah to the Sierras ; near Carson City, Nevada, (Ander- 
son.) On rocky ridges in the East Humboldt Mountains, and AVahsatch ; 
8,500-9,000 feet altitude; July, August. Plate XXVI. Fig. 8. A l)i-anch ; 
natural size. Fig. 9. Calyx; and Fig. 10. Corolla; enlarged two diame- 
ters. (907.) 
GriLTA AYatsoni, Gray; I.e., p. 267. Roughish-jiulK^rulcut and alandn- 
laror at length smoothish ; stems short (3-5') and tufted, slcnih-r and ahnosf 
herbaceous, from a woody perennial base ; leaves all opposilc, not nuu-h liisci- 
cled, widely spreading, palmately 3-5-parted, the slcinhT entire acerosc seg- 
ments (6-8" long) often shorter than the internodes; calyx-lobes acerose, 
barely half the length of the tube; flowers solitary or few in a clnslcr al the 
extremities of the branchlets ; corolla dull pinldsli-white with purplisli throat, 
salverforni, the tube and lobes each i' long; filaments short, inserted on or 
below the somewhat funnelform throat ; anthers at the orifice, short ; cells 
10-ovuled; the close seed-coat not developing spiricles nor mucilage wlien 
^vetted. — On rocky ridges upon Stansbury Island, SaU Lake, an<l in the AVah- 
satch and Uintas ; 5,500-8,000 feet altitude; June-Auirusf. 1»late XX\'1. 
Fig. 1. A stem with a portion of the base; natural size Fig. 2. The calyx ; 
enlarged two diameters. Fig. 3. Corolla ; natural size. Fig. 4. Ovary. Fig. 
5. Capsule ; each enlarged two diameters. (908.) 
GiLiA PUNGENS, Benth. Gray, I. c, p. 268. Perennial, witli deeid-Mlly 
woody stems, the branches and mostly erectish or litlle-spn>a<ling leaves 
viscid-pubescent or glabrate ; leaves alternate, somewhat riirid, thickly fas- 
cicled in the axils, palmately 3-7-parted, the se-rnients entire an.l with the 
calyx-lobes acerose or subulate and pungent; flowers sessih-, solitary or few 
in a terminal cluster; corolla pink, white or yellow, salverlorn., the tube 
at length more or less exceeding the calyx, the we.k..-oiM>vale h.bes 2-1" 
long; anthers in the somewhat funnellorni throal oblon- cells s-1 0-ov.ded ; 
seed-coat close, without mucilage or si.irieh^s.-Very variable. I-nwn the 
Upper Platte to the Columbia and soutli to Arizona an.i California. 1 nmty 
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