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pedicels and calyx-lobes. In both specimens mentioned the calyx- 

 lobes are of the length and shape of the valves of the maturing 

 capsules, while in A. piibcnilcnta they are much longer. The 

 range of the species extends from Manitoba and the Mackenzie 

 River south to New Mexico. The type was collected in south- 

 ern Colorado near Veta Pass, 1900, Rydbcrg & ll-celand, jyj2 

 (N. Y. Bot. Garden). 



Gilia subacaulis sp. nov. 



Apparently biennial with a slender taproot : stem less than i dm. 

 high, almost leafless, dift'usely branched, glandular-puberulent : 

 leaves almost all basal, 1.5—3 ^^^- ^ong, pinnatifid with triangular to 

 oblong divisions, glandular-puberulent, or slightly white-villous 

 when young : inflorescence open ; pedicels 2-4 mm. long : calyx 

 2—2.5 imii- lo'ig, puberulent, scarious between the green ribs; 

 lobes lanceolate, about half as long as the tube, acute: corolla 4— 

 6 mm. long, funnelform, fully twice as long as the calyx, its tube 

 distinctly exserted : stamens included : capsule rounded ovoid, 

 acute, 4-5 mm. long. 



This is related to ^S'. inconspuua, but differs in the almost leaf- 

 less stem, and the smaller corollas which have a comparativel}' 

 longer tube. The following specimens belong here. 



Wyoming : Point of Rocks, 1901, Merrill & Wilcox, 6oy (type 

 in Herb. N. Y. Bot. Garden). 



Utah: St. George, 1877, Pali/ui\ J2S ; 1874, Parry, igg. 



Colorado: Gunnison River, 1894. 



Mertensia subpubescens sp. nov. 



Mcrtciisia Sibirica R}'db. Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. I : 335. 

 1901 ; mainly. 



Perennial with a thick rootstock : stem simple, stout, 6-10 

 dm. high, glabrous throughout: lower leaves petioled, the upper 

 sessile; blades broadly lanceolate, 5-10 cm. long, tapering at 

 both ends, thin, glabrous or nearly so above, short-pubescent 

 beneath and ciliate on the margin : inflorescence a rather many- 

 flowered short panicle ; pedicels slightly strigose : calyx-lobes 

 oblong-linear, obtuse, ciliate on the margin, 2-2.5 miri- long, about 

 /i-/i as long as the corolla-tube: corolla about 12 mm. long; 

 the tube only slightly longer than the limb : filaments broad and 

 dilated, broader than the anthers and about half as long. 



This is perhaps nearest related to J/ ciliata, but is easiest dis- 

 tinguished by the pubescent lower surface of the leax'es. It 



