CONTRIBUTIONS 
to 
WESTERN BOTANY, 
No. 13 
NEW SPECIES AND NOTES. 
Cheilanthes gracillima var. aberrans Jones is a form of C. 
Fendleri with pectinate-toothed scales and approaches C. myri- 
ophylia. 
Gilia Wrightii. Gr. My No. 5247,from Springdale,Utah, is a 
low shrub having the appearance of being biennial or sho rt- 
lived. The heads are subcorymbose or single, and with leaves 
_ rarely all entire. Flowers smaller than in the variety described 
below, about 4” long, bracts wider, mostly lanceolate, other- 
wise as in the variety. This also includes my No. 52 7n from 
Pahria Canon Utah, also from LaVerkin Utah and probably 
the material from Elk Ranch on the upper Virgin river at 
_ polycladon belong in Heugilia. Gilia chess is closely allied 
to G. Wrightii Pea with linear anther 
Gilia Wrightii var. pectenisecta. n. var. This is my No. 
10464 from Mack Colorids May 27 1908, growing on shelving 
rocks among junipers. It is a low shrub, 6-12’ high, tufted 
with many slender and erect stems 4-12’ high, simple above, 
minutely woolly, leafy to the top and with a single leaf sub- — 
tending the mostly solitary and dense head. Leaves all pin- 
cy divided from the base or at least with no lobes arising 
