96 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



Hedeoma hyssopifolia. (Euhedeoma, ante IT. pi'peritam.) Gla- 

 bella; canlibus e caudice perenni ramoso erectis gracilibus subpedali- 



calyce basi mox valde gibboso ; corollae labio inferiore superiore erecto dimidio 

 breviore ; capsula lineari-oblonga subcurvata lateribus sulcata ; seniinibus 

 prajcedentis. — Guadalupe Island, Lower California, Dr. E. Palmer, 1875. A 

 near relative of the preceding, but caulescent from the first, flowering only from 

 about tlie fourth node. Leaves about an inch long ; corolla two-thirds of an 

 inch long, the narrow tube little if at all exceeding tlie longer tooth of the 

 calyx ; stamens not very unequal ; stigma of two ample ovate-oblong lips, 

 sometimes united into a funnelform body ; capsule 5 lines long, somewhat lat- 

 erally compressed, the posterior edge acute, and the anterior not sulcate. 



* * Capsula eoriacea vel membranacea, symmetrica : calyx basi aequalis, cam- 

 panulatus vel breviter oblongus : stigma sajpissime peltatum. 



+- Corolla parvula, tubo tenui exserto : calycis dentes subaequales. 



4. M. LEPTALECS. Caulc ramoso 1-3-pollicari ; foliis e spathulato oblongis 

 ad lanceolata vel linearia (parum semipoUicaribus) ; calycis campanulati denti- 

 bus ovatis seu triangularibus tubo suo multo capsula oblongo ovata obtusa 

 paullo brevioribus; corolla rubra, tubo filiforrai sursum parum ampliato (lin. 

 3-5 longo), limbo obliquo (lin. 1^-3 lato). — Gravelly soil, in the Sierra Ne- 

 vada, California, at 5000 feet and upwards, south of the Yosemite, Miss Dix, 

 A. Gray, and in Sierra County, Lemmon. A tin}' species. Capsule 2 line.<« 

 long. 



1- M- Corolla majuscula, infundibuliformis, lin. 7-11 longa, tubo proprio e 

 calyce subfequali vix parumve exserto. Species nimis affines; caule uiuiali 

 ad spithamaeum. 



5. M. BiGELOVii. Foliis oblongis, superioribus ovatis acutis vel acuminatis; 

 calycis dentibus e basi lata subulatis acutissimis (lin 2 longis) tubo lato-cam- 

 panulato dimidio brevioribus, anticis minoribus ; corolla fauce cylindracea limbo 

 amplo rotato-patente ; capsula membranacea. — Eunaniis BigdovH Gray in Pacif. 

 R. Kep. 4, p. 121. — Southern part of California, and adjacent parts of Xevaiia 

 to Southern Utah. 



G. M. NANUS Hook. & Arn. (var. a. plurlflorua). Foliis obova'tis ovatis ob- 

 longisve nunc lanceolatis; calj'cis dentibus lato-lanceolatis vel triangularibus 

 acutis (liiioam longis) tubo quadruplo brevioribus; corolla inmc rubro-purpurea 

 nunc flava, tubo e calyce parum exserto sensim in fauccm amplam diiatato; 

 capsula chartacea. — Eunanns Tnlmnvi Benth. I.e. E. Firmoiifi Watson, Rut. 

 King, p. 22G, non Benth. — California, especially its eastern borders, Nevada, 

 and through the interior to the eastern borders of Oregon and the western part 

 of Wyoming. Hooker and Arnott's specific name is retained ; but most of their 

 characters relate to M. Douglasii. 



Var.? BicoLOR (Eunanns bicolor Gray, 1. c. 7, p. 381), fauce corollre subito 

 obconica intus atro-purpurea, limbo luteo. 



7. M. Fri.monti. Foliis angusto-oblongis imisve spathulatis obtusis : calycis 

 dentibus ovatis obtusis vel acutiusculis fere a'qualibus (vix liiream longis); 



