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ered (as Greene had done) that Aiidibcrtia could not hold for this 

 genus, as the name had been applied two years earlier to a section 

 of Mentha, proposed the name Aiidibertiella^^ and renamed all 

 the known species under this genus. Later he discovered that 

 Greene had proposed the name Raviona for one of the species. 

 He, however, did not agree with Greene that the genus, with that 

 species excepted, should be merged in Salvia. He therefore 

 restored the genus as understood by Bentham and Gray, adopted 

 Greene's name, and renamed the species under Ranwna. The 

 writer agrees with Greene in keeping Rainona as a distinct genus 

 for Audibcrtia polystacJiya, but agrees with Briquet that none of 

 the species should be merged into Salvia. It is therefore neces- 

 sary to restore Aitdibcrtiella Briq. As this name was a substitute 

 for the invalid Audibcrtia, the type species of the latter becomes 

 the type of the former. The type is therefore Aiidibej'tia i)icana 

 Benth. The type of Rainona was Aiidibertia polystacJiya. Audi- 

 bertia grandiflora may represent a third genus. 



The present species is a close relative to A. incana and has 

 been confused with it. It differs in the broad rounded obovate- 

 spatulate leaves, the smaller flowers and the comparatively shorter 

 lower lip of the corolla. In A. incana the leaves are oblong-spatu- 

 late, often 3-4 cm. long, the corolla almost 1.5 cm. long, and its 

 lower lip about half longer than the upper one. A. incana ranges 

 from Washington to Idaho and Oregon. The range of A. argentca 

 is much more southerly. 



Arizona : Mokia Pass, 1877, Palmer j<^§{\.y^Q, in herb. Colum- 

 bia Univ.) ; 1876, Palmer j ^8. 



Utah: St. George, 1874, Parry ijg ; 1872, Bishop. 



Nevada: Monitor Valley, 1868, 5. Watson 82g; Kernan, 

 Meadow Valley Wash, April 29, 1902, Goodding djj ; Palisade, 

 June 14, 1882, M. £. /ones 40JJ ; Miller Mountain, 1883, Shockley ; 

 Charleston Mountain, 1898, Pnrpus 6oj2. 



California: Surprise Canon, Panamint Mountains, Coville & 

 Fitnston 601 ; Panamint Canon, May 4, 1897, M. E.Jones; Provi- 

 dence Mountains, May, 1902, Brandegee ; Mojave Desert, May 

 30, 1 901, Parish 4^35. 



* Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2 : 73. 



