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ovate, subeordate to obtuse at base, irregularly double-toothed or irregularly laci- 

 niate, or sometimes merelj- dentate, % to 2 inches long, the lower long-petioled, 

 the upper eauline shortly petioled or almost sessile ; racemes loose, elongated in age ; 

 pedicels widely spreading, slender, curved a little, 14 to 1 inch long; calyx-lobes 

 linear ; corolla subrotatish or open-campanulate, cleft about half-way, royal purple 

 or deep violet with 5 tawny or whitish spots in the tube, 5 to 6 lines long, % to 1% 

 inches broad, about twice the length of the calyx -lobes ; filaments pilose, equaling 

 or slightly exceeding the corolla, bearing at base somewhat quadrangular wings or 

 dilations ; ovary a little hairy ; style sparsely hispid, cleft 1.3 to I/2 ; capsule ovate, 

 acuminate, slightly exceeding the calyx. 



Sandy ridges, "hillslopes or valley "flats, 200 to 2500 (or 4500) feet : South Coast 

 Eanges from Monterey Co. to San Luis Obispo Co.; coastal Southern California 

 from Santa Barbara Co. to San Diego Co. ; intramontane on west side of the Colo- 

 rado Desert. South to Lower California. Mar. -June. 



Locs. — South Coast Ranges: betw. King City and Jolon, Monterey Co., Easttcood ; betw. 

 San Luis Obispo and Pismo, Ferris 7530. Cismontane S. Cal.; Purisima Caiion, n. Santa Barbara 

 Co., Munz 9282 ; Los Alisos Canon, Santa Monica Mts., Filling ; Santiago Creek, Orange Co., Alice 

 King; Pala, San Diego Co., Jepson 8495; Palomar Mt., Hewlett 13; Eseondido, C. V. Meyer 2; 

 Ramona, San Diego Co., Jepson 8513 ; Mesa Grande, E. Ferguson 14 ; La Junta, near Jamul, San 

 Diego Co., Netvlon 343. West side of Colorado Desert: Coyote Creek, Santa Rosa Mts.; Carriso 

 Creek, e. San Diego Co., T. Brandegee. 



Var. celata Jepson cSL- Hoover var. n. Plants IV2 to 7 inches high, the stem (proper) stout 

 and usually short, rather densely leafy and bearing several spreading branches ending in short 

 racemes; corolla purple, V2 inch long; filaments dilated a little at base but not toothed. — (Plantae 

 l%-7 unc. altae; caulis validus, plerumque brevis, subdense foliatus; rami plures, patentes, in 

 racemis brevibus terminantes ; corolla purpurea, V2 unc. longa ; filaraenti basi paulo dilatati, non 

 dentati). — Gravelly -n-ashes or fiats, 500 to 2400 feet, west side of the Colorado Desert: White- 

 water, San Gorgouio Pass, S. B. Parish (type) ; Deep Caiion, Santa Rosa Mts., S. JValker; Sentenac 

 Canon, below San Felipe Valley, e. San Diego Co., Jepson 12,464a. 



Refs. — Phacelia parkyi Torr., Bot. Mex. Bound. 144 (1859), type loc. "mts. e. of San Diego," 

 Parry; Jepson, Man. 818 (1925). Var. celata Jepson & Hoover. 



54. P. nashiana Jepson sp. n. Plant compact, 4 to 8 inches high, the proper 

 stem or main axis stout, short (1 to 3 inches long) , densely clothed below with leaves 

 and bearing at apex several flowering branches ; flowering branches stout, bearing 

 only 1 or 2 reduced leaves and ending in short several-flowered racemes ; leaf -blades 

 orbicular and cordate at base to ovate and obtuse, crenate, thick, coriaceous, I/2 to 

 1 inch long, the petioles I/2 to 2I/4 inches long; racemes loose, 1 to 3 inches long, the 

 fruiting pedicels stoutish, 3 to 6 lines long, a little curved ; calyx-lobes linear, % 

 to Yz as long as the corolla ; corolla purple, subrotatish or turbinate-campanulate, 

 6 to 9 lines long, 7 to 14 lines broad, cleft about half-way into broad rounded lobes, 

 furnished with a deltoid whitish spot beneath each sinus midway of the tube; 

 stamens shorter than or equaling the corolla, the filaments pilose at middle and 

 dilated or winged at base, each wing bearing at apex a spreading subulate tooth ; 

 capsule with 55 to 60 seeds. (Planta compaeta, 4—8 unc. alta ; caulis proprius 

 validus, brevis (1-3 unc. longus), infra dense foliatus, supra plures ramulos flori- 

 feros gerens; rami floriferi validi, paucifoliati, in racemis plurifloribus brevibus 

 terminantes; laminae foliorum orbiculatae, basi cordatae, vel ovatae basi obtusae, 

 erenatae, crassae, coriaceae, %-l unc. longae ; petioli 'V2--Vi 'nwQ. longi ; racemi laxi, 

 1-3 unc. longi ; pedicelli subvalidi, 3-6 lin. longi. paulo curvati ; lobi calycis lineares, 

 %-% lougitudinis coroUae ; corolla purpurea, subrotata vel turbinato-campanulata, 

 6-9 lin. longa, 7-14 lin. lata, in lobis orbicularis usque ad mediam partem divisa, 

 macula deltoidea subalba in medio tubi sub quoque sinu ornata; stamina corolla 

 breviora vel aequantia ; filamenta in medio pilosa, basi dilatata vel alata ; ala quae- 

 que apice dente subulato patenti ; capsula 55-60-seminata.) 



Sand slides in caiions, 6000 to 6250 feet : Nine-mile Canon, southwestern Inyo 

 Co., in the Sierra Nevada. May. 



