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his opinion that they are not valid. He is equally doxbtful as 
to the validity of the proposed species, but they seem to be 
good. 
Krynitzkia mensana n sp. (Oreocarya). This may be a 
Krynitzkia oblata n sp. (Oreocarya). Tufted perennial, 
1-144° high. Leaves oblanceolate, acute, 3-5” long, on mar- 
gined petioles longer than the blades, papillate, green, shortly 
pubescent with some fine and some coarse short and appressed - 
lairs, stems and inflorescence shortly hispid with widely 
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, +-0” long. Corolla about a quarter longer 
than the calyx, limb 2” wide, tube 4-6” long. Fruiting calyx 
broadly ovoid, 3-4” long, lobes triangular, not reflexed nor 
Opening. Nutlets abruptiy arched in the middle to 80° (like - 
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those of O. suffrutescens), 1” high, forming an oblate sphere, 
) ivex, very tuberculate and somewhat rugose in 
the middle, shining, angles very sharp and thin with a rudj- 
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No. 3759 El Paso Texas, April 23, 1884. Peach ‘Springs, Ari- 
zona, No. 6684, May 26, 1884 ; 
multicaulis yar. setosa n var. Pedice!s stout.’ 
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