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Styles distinct. — Subgenus Neonama. 



Corolla campanulate, 4 to 6 lines long, its limb rather broad (the flowers somewhat 

 showy). 



Stems ascending; adnate portion of filaments not winged 4. N. hispidum. 



Stems prostrate ; adnate portion of filaments with a narrow margin or wing on 



each side 5. N. demissum. 



Corolla cylindric or salverform, 1% to 2 lines long, its limb narrow (the fiowers 

 inconspicuous). 

 Leaf -blades ovate, 1 to 2% lines long, abruptly attenuate into a petiole; stems 



prostrate 6. N. pusillum. 



Leaf -blades oblanceolate, about 2 to 6 lines long, gradually attenuate into a 



petiole ; stems ascending or decumbent 7. N. depressxim. 



Leaves sinuate-toothed; styles 2, distinct; perennial. — Subgenus Rothrockia 



8. N. rothrockii. 



Leaves of 2 kinds; main stems prostrate, woody at base; styles 2, distinct; capsule 4-valved.- — 



Subgenus Lobbia 9.N. lobbii. 



1. N. aretioides Brand. Stems 3 to 5 from the base, dichotomous, sparsely 

 leafy, II/2 to 4l^ iuehes long, forming a low broad plant, the terminal cymes dense, 

 conspicuously leafy ; leaves 6 to 8 lines long, the blades narrow-oblanceolate, nar- 

 rowed to a petiolar base ; fruiting calyx-lobes narrowly lanceolate or filiform-linear, 

 hirsute, 31/2 lines long, about 2% times as long as the capsule ; corolla purple or 

 rose-red, tubular-f uunelf orm, 4% to 6 lines long ; capsule narrow-elliptic, li/l lines 

 long, each placenta about 10-seeded. 



Sandy washes or flats, 3500 to 5000 feet : east of the Sierra Nevada from Inyo 

 Co. to Sierra Co. East to Nevada, north to Washington. May-June. 



Locs. — Mountain Spring Canon, Argus Mts., Furpus 5029; Independence (w. of), Inyo Co., 

 Austin 92; e. Sierra Co. (Univ. Cal. Publ. Bot. 4:225). 



Var. multiflorum (Hel.) Jepson. Densely leafy; corolla funnelform, 6 to 7% lines long, 

 the limb much expanded. — Inyo Co. to Modoc Co. East to Nevada. 



Locs. — Seven Pines, Inyo Co., Mark Kerr 114; Sherwin Hill, Mono Co., ace. Peirson; Honey 

 Lake, Lassen Co., Eisen; Red Rock, Lassen Co., BahcocTc # Steiiins 1773; Fort BidweU (Am. 

 Jour. Bot. 20:421). 



Eefs. — Nama aretioides Brand, Univ. Cal. Publ. Bot. 4:224 (1912). Eutoca aretioides 

 H. & A., Bot. Beech. 374 (1840), type loc. betw. Burnt and Malheur rivers. Ore., Tolmie; Hook., 

 Icon. PI. t. 355 (1841). Conanthus aretioides Wats., Bot. King 256 (1871). N. aretioides f. 

 calif ornicum Brand, Univ. Cal. Publ. Bot. 4:225 (1912), type loc. e. Sierra Co., Lenimon 174. 

 N. aretioides var. californicum Jepson, Man. 832 (1925). Var. multiflorum Jepson, Man. 832 

 (1925). Conanthus multiflorus Hel., Muhl. 2:238 (1906), type loc. Bishop, Inyo Co., Seller 8286. 

 JV. aretioides f. multifiorum Brand, Univ. Cal. Publ. Bot. 4:225 (1912). 



2. N. densuin Lemmon. Stems several from the base, prostrate, ascending or 

 diffuse, 1 to 4 inches long, scantily leaf 3' ; herbage and calyx hispid or hispidulous; 

 leaves 3 to 8 lines long, the blades oblanceolate, acute, gradually narrowed to a 

 petiole ; flowers in dense terminal very leafy clusters and solitary in the forks; calyx- 

 lobes filiform-linear, li/o to 2 times as long as the capsule ; corolla purple or white, 

 cylindric, l^/s to 21/2 lines long; stamens very short (about Yz length of corolla- 

 tube), inserted low in tube; styles very short (I/4 line), united % their length; 

 capsule elliptic, 11 to 14-seeded ; seeds black, angular, pitted. 



Plateau plains or mountain slopes, 3000 to 11,700 feet : east and north sides of 

 the Sierra Nevada from Inyo Co. to Modoc and Siskiyou Cos. East to Utah, north 

 to Washington. Kather rare. May-July. 



Locs. — Cottonwood Creek, w. Inyo Co., Furpus 1925 ; North Fork Crooked Creek, "White Mts., 

 Jepson 7275; Sherwin Hill, s. Mono Co., Peirson 12,421; upper Cottonwood Creek, Sweetwater 

 Range, Mono Co., Hoover 5539; Bronco, e. Nevada Co., Sonne 480; Portola, Plumas Co., E. Bran- 

 degee; Shasta Valley, Siskiyou Co., Jepson 19,991. 



Var. parviflorum C. L. Hitchc. Stems uniformly leafy, the leaves dark green, acute at 

 apex. — Modoc Co.: Alturas (plains n.), B. M. Austin. Nevada to Utah and eastern Oregon and 

 eastern Washington. 



Kefs. — Nama densum Lemmon, Bull. Torr. Club 16:222 (1889), type loc. Edgewood, Siski- 

 you Co., Lemmon; Jepson, Man. 832 (1925). Conanthus densu-s Lemmon; Hel., Cat. N. Am. PI. 



