58 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [JANUARY 
the sessile cordate semiclasping base of the cauline leaves and long fruits are 
distinguishing characters of A. mevadense. 
The type no. 986, was collected at Calientes, Nevada, by the writer, 
May 29, 1902. : 
- Cressa depressa, n. sp.—A depressed, spreading, many- 
branched, very leafy perennial 10-15% high, usually much 
broader, widely divaricately branched from the base up and 
canescently villous throughout: leaves oblong, subacute at both 
ends, subpetiolate, 5-10™™ long, 3-4™™ wide: flowers pediceled 
(pedicel 2-4™™ long) in the axils of the leaves, forming long 
narrow racemes, the branches being floriferous nearly to the 
base: calyx composed of 4 or 5 equal, oblong to nearly oval 
sepals 5™ long, subtended by two small (usually half the length 
of the sepals) foliar bracts: tube of the corolla campanulate, the 
length of the sepals; lobes 5, oblong, subacute, reflexed, clothed 
exteriorly with long silky pubescence: filaments scarcely exserted, 
broadly subulate, inserted on the middle of the corolla tube and 
united a little below the insertion by their expanded bases, form- 
ing nectariferous pits: styles filiform, nearly twice the length of 
the corolla tube; ovary broadly ovate, copiously silky-lanate at 
summit, four-ovuled. 
C. depressa is most closely related to C. éruxillensis. The latter appat- 
ently differs little from the foreign C. cretica, resembling it in habit and 
character of the inflorescense. The generic description and figure in Engler 
and Prantl’s Wat. Pflanz. 4:15 show the Spicate or even nearly capitate 
character of the inflorescence which forms a great contrast to the raceme of 
C. depressa. The generic description in Benth. and Hook. Gen. P?. 2: 881 
calls for the inflorescence as described by Engler and Prantl, The generic 
descriptions all show that the previously described species have filiform fila- 
ments, whereas C. depressa has remarkably dilated filaments. 
Collected by the writer (no. 726) from the salt swamp along the Virgin 
River of southern Nevada. 
- Langloisia punctata (Coville) —Navarretia setosissima punctata 
Coville, Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. q: 154. 
The distinctions between Z. punctata and L. setossissima are well brought 
out by Dr, Coville, and in the light of his discussion, in connection with good 
specimens of L. functata recently collected by the writer at Rioville, Nevada, 
it seems proper to raise it to specific rank. 
- Phacelia foetida, n. sp.— Densely glandular-hispid throughout, 
