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seminibus glabris. — Manatee and Sarasota, S. Florida, Dr. A. P. 

 Garber, June, 1878, in flower. This striking species has the habit 

 of the little known B. ovalifolia of the Mexican border, and of B. 

 Menziesii of the Sandwich Islands. The remarkably large flowers are 

 said by the discoverer to be bright blue and very showy. 



Collinsia Rattani. Caule stricto 8-12-pollicari puberulo su- 

 perne pedicillis calyceque pi. m. glandulosis ; foliis fere glabris, cau- 

 linis angusto-linearibus (lin. 6-14 longis) plerumque integerrimis, imis 

 spathulatis parvis ; pedicellis 2-4-natis (lin. 3 longis) flore parvo 

 aequilongis ; ealycis lobis lato-lanceolatis obtusiusculis ; corolla (roseo- 

 violacea) parura declinata, labiis (lin. 1-2 longis) fauci cum tubo adag- 

 quantibus, posticos basi bicalloso ; staminodio subvdato ; ovarii loculis 

 1— 2-ovulatis ; capsula calyci asquilonga ; seminibus meniscoideis mar- 

 ginatis. — Open hillsides south of Trinity River, &c, N. W. Cali- 

 fornia, V. Rattan (1878-9), Greene (187G); also in Simcoe Moun- 

 tains, Oregon, Joseph Howell, 1879. Flowers no larger than those of 

 G. parviflora ; stem strict and mostly simple in the manner of G. 

 Parry i. 



Collinsia linearis. Pcdalis ; foliis caulinis linearibus obtusis 

 integerrimis sessilibus elongatis (poll. 1J-3 longis lin. 1-2 latis) cum 

 caule ramisque glabris, imis lanceolato-spathulatis subdentatis ; pedi- 

 cellis filiformibus 2-4-natis flore saspius asquilongis cum calyce (lobis 

 triangulari-lanceolatis acutis) glanduloso-puberulis ; corolla (dilute 

 cserulea semipollicari) maxime declinata et gibboso-saccata, labiis fauce 

 tuboque longioribus, postico basi callo prominulo nunc bilobo in- 

 structo ; filamentis glabris; staminodio filiformi-subulato ; ovarii loculis 

 3-ovulatis ; seminibus meniscoideis. — Along the Klamath and Trinity 

 Rivers, on argillaceous-rocky hills, N. W. California, 1878 and 1879, 

 V. Rattan. A taller, more branching, and larger-flowered species 

 than G. Torreyi, to be ranked in the section with G. grandijlora and 

 G. sparsijlora, yet with the inflorescence, &c. minutely and slightly 

 glandular. A form with violet corolla was gathered near Waldo, 

 Oregon, just over the State line. 



Pentstejion Rattani. Genuini ; caule 1-3-pedali, inferne gla- 

 bro, superne cum thyrso calycibusque viscoso-pubescente ; foliis mem- 

 branaceis argute saepius creberrime denticulatis oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 inferioribus basi attenuatis, superioribus sa?pe ovato-lanceolatis basi 

 subcordata semiamplexicaulibus (majoribus poll. 4-8 longis) ; thyrso 

 laxo, cymis inferioribus pedunculatis 5-8-floris ; pedicellis brevissi- 

 mis ; sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis subacuminatis laxis ; corolla pollicari 

 pallido-purpurea, fauce obliqua e tubo proprio calyce paullo breviore 



