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(2 mi. n.), Jepson 18,384. Colorado Desert: Cottonwood Spr., Eagle Mts., Jepson 12,600; Indian 

 Canon, Collins Valley, ne. San Diego Co., Jepson 8841. The foregoing variety passes by inter- 

 grades into the : 



Var. speciosa Jepson var. n. Similar to var. latiflora; flowers mostly in rather close clusters; 

 corolla-tube 5 to 11 lines long (4 to 8 times as long as calyx), the limb (4 or) 5 to 8 lines wide. — 

 (Var. latiflorae similis; flores glomerati, plerumque subdensi ; corollae tubus 5-11 liu. longus, 

 calyce 4-8-plo longior; corollae limbus 4-8 lin. latus.) — Eastern Mohave Desert: Granite Mts. 

 (near Avawatz Mts.), Jepson 17,295; Garlic Spr. (4% mi. sw.), near Tiefort Mt., Jepson 20,338; 

 Red Rock Canon, w. end El Paso Mts., Allison Krames (type) ; Paradise Spr. (mesa near). Para- 

 dise Mts., Jepson 17,311; Calico Mts., Mary Beal; Ord Mt., Mary Beal 114. 



Var. davjrl Mason. Stems 1 or several from the base, 8 to 13 inches high, glabrous but often 

 glandular-puberulent above, or sometimes nearly throughout; basal leaves 1 to 3 inches long, 

 puberulent, tomentulose or glabrous, the blades pinnately parted, the segments short (2 to 3 lines 

 long), toothed or cleft; cauline leaves few, scattered and reduced or bract-like; flowers clustered 

 at the ends of the branches, the clusters usually rather compact; calyces and pedicels glandular- 

 pubescent; calyx 2 lines long; corolla 9 to 11 lines long, blue, purple or lavender, the tube equal- 

 ing calyx to 2 times as long, abruptly expanded into the throat, the throat very wide; corolla-limb 

 6 to 9 lines wide; corolla-throat usually ysit\\ 5 yellow spots iu lower part opposite the lobes, with 

 5 purple spots below them in mouth of tube, or sometimes the throat merely pale or whitish. — 

 Sandy flats and plains, 2100 to 3200 feet: Mohave Desert; southern Inyo Co. Apr. The flowers 

 are sometimes fragrant. 



Locs. — Mohave Desert: Palmdale, Hoffmann ; Big Rock Creek, San Gabriel Mts., Craig 1043; 

 Leona School, Leonis Valley, n. Los Angeles Co., Jepson 19,227 ; Lancaster, Jepson 17,047 ; 

 Amargo, Jepson 15,591; Kramer, Jepson 17,328; Hicks sta., Newlon 493; Hinkley, Mary Beal; 

 Rabbit Sprs., Jepson 5943; Barstow, Jepson 6620; Daggett, Mary Beal; Calico Wash, near 

 Calico Mts., Jepson 20,324; Kelso Sand Dunes, Jepson 20,549. Inyo Co.: Slate Range, Allison 

 Krames; pass between Coso Range and Inyo Range, Jepson 19,537 (iutergrade to G. tenuiflora 

 var. latiflora Gray). 



Refs.— GiLlA TENUIFLORA Benth., Bot. Reg. sub t. 1622 (1833), type from Cal. (probably 

 Monterey Co.), Douglas (typ. vidi) ; Bot. Reg. t. 1888 (1836). G. splendens T)oug\. ; Paxton, Mag. 

 Bot. 3:260 (1837), type from Cal., Douglas. G. latiflora Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 426 (1901), 

 ed.2,331 (1911) in part. G.tenuiflorasuhsp. eu-tenulfioraBrand; Engler, Pflzr. 4=50:102 (1907). 

 G. tenuiflora var. genuina Brand, I.e. 102. G. inconspicua var. milesii Brand, I.e. 105, type loc. 

 San Luis Obispo Co., Miles. G. arenaria var. alieiae Brand, I.e. 103, type loc. Santa Lucia Mts., 

 Eastirnod 12, perhaps belongs here. G. hoffmannii Eastw., Lflts. W. Bot. 2:283 (1940), type loc. 

 Santa Rosa Isl., Hoffmann (typ. vidi). Var. akenasia Jepson. G. arenaria Benth. I.e., type from 

 Cal., Douglas, probably in the sand dunes of Monterey Bay, since it has not been collected else- 

 where. G. arerean'a var. fit-arf nana Brand, Pflzr. 4-^": 103 (1907). Var. EXiLis Jepson. G. lati- 

 flora var. exilis Gray, Syn. Fl. ed. 2, 2:411 (1886), "S. Cal. and e. to Nev." (typ. vidi). G. arenaria 

 subsp. exilis Brand; Engler, Pflzr. 4-'™:104 (1907). G. exilis Abrams, Fl. L. Ang. 289 (1917). 

 G. latiflora Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 426 (1901), ed. 2, 331 (1911), Man. 798 (1925) in part. 

 G. leptantha Parish, Zoe 5:74 (1900), tyjje loc. Seven Oaks, San Bernardino Mts., Grout. G. are- 

 naria subsp. leptantha Brand, I.e. 103. G. inconspicua var. oreophila Brand, I.e. 105, as to Cal. 

 plant cited. G. inconspicua var. variegata Brand, I.e. 105, type loc. Mt. Pinos, Ventura Co., Grin- 

 nell 8. G. inconspicua var. diegensis Munz, Man. 599 (1935), Laguna Mts., Mnns 9694. Var. 

 GRiNNELLii Jepson. G. grinnellii Brand, I.e. 101, type loc. Mt. Wilson, San Gabriel Mts., Grinnell. 

 G. collina var. grantii Brand, I.e. 101, type loc. Mt. Wilson, San Gabriel Mts., Grant 503. Var. 

 ALTISSIMA Parish, Erythea 6:90 (1898), type loc. Canon Diablo, foothills near San Bernardino, 

 Parish 1592. G. tenuiflora var. genuina subvar. altissima Brand, I.e. 102. G. tenuiflora var. triceps 

 Brand; Engler, Pflzr. 4='''>: 102 (1907), type loc. near San Bernardino, Paris/i 1592 ; as to the type 

 only which is same collection number as the type of var. altissima ParLsh. Var. CARUiroi.lA Munz, 

 Man. 394 (1935). G. caruifolia Abrams, Bull. Torr. Club 32:540 (1905), type loc. Cuyamaca 

 Mts., between Cuyamaca Lake and Oriflamme Canon, Abrams 3940. G. arenaria var. caruifolia 

 Brand; Engler, Pflzr. 4=^0:104 (1907). G. latiflora var. caruifolia Jepson, Man. 798 (1.925). 

 Var. NEWLONiANA Jepson; type loc. San Andreas Cafion, San Jacinto Mts., Newlon 433. Var. 

 SINUATA Jepson. G. sinuata Dougl., Benth. in DC, Prodr. 9:313 (1845), type loc. near Oakanagon 

 on the Columbia River, Douglas (typ. vidi) ; (Asa Gray has pencilled on the type sheet at Kew, 

 "longer and shorter corollas on the same plant"). G. inconspicua sulisp. sinuata Brand; Engler, 

 Pflzr. 4"<>:105 (1907). G. inconspicua Dougl.; Hook., Bot. Mag. t. 2883 (1829), "sandy barren 

 on the southern branches of the river Columbia on the northwest coast of America, growing under 

 the shade of Purshia tridentata and some species of Artemisia," Douglas ; not Gilia inconspicua 

 Sweet (1827). G. inco7ispicua subsp. cuinconspicua Brand, I.e. G. latiflora Jepson, Man. 798 

 (1925) in part. G. modoccn.<^is Eastw., Lflts. W. Bot. 2:283 (1940), type loc. betw. Likely and 

 Jess Valley, Modoc Co., Eastwood 4" Howell 8073 (typ. vidi). Var. cana Jepson, Man. 798 (1925). 

 G. latiflora var. cana Jones, Contrib. W. Bot. 8:35 (1898), type loc. Lone Pine, Inyo Co., Jones. 

 G. cana Hel., Muhl. 2:266 (1907). G. tenuiflora subsp. cana Brand, Ann. Conserv. et Jard. Bot. 

 Gen&ve 15 & 16:330 (1913). G. collina var. coronata Brand; Engler, Pflzr. 4=-'"):101 (1907), type 



