cacspitosa n. sp. 



Caespitose from a thick and 



le plant densely 



vvhite-siellate-pubescent ; the 





!-6 inches Ion- unbranched ; 



per axifs !wl 2-3 



; in a short cluster at the end 



are reduced to ;= 



imall and leafy bracts ; lower 



!i>np and at least equalincr the stout petiole, incisely serrate, 

 rarely obscurely 3-lobed, palmately veined : stipules long-linear, 

 entire. 6 lines long, caducous; bractlets filiform, nearly 6 lines 

 long, on base of calyx; calyx nearly 1 inch long, when fresh 

 f^harply angled and pyramidal, due to the rigid and subulate 

 and erect lobes, cleft nearly to base; corolla red, about as long 

 he calyx or less; fruit densely hoary, depressed-globose, 



bout 3 lines high. 



of many 



carpels which open on 



the back 



t the top ■< 



md are 2- 



■seeded ai 



nd are scabrous on the i 



nner face 







-meshed 





and with- 



ut cusps. 



'^This'^is^ 



very remarkable from the few 



and verv 



irge flowe 



■rs and peculiar hj 



ibit. Related to S. Em 



loryi. Wa 



Va, West< 



.rn Utah, 



west of Frisco, at Dry Station, 



June 25, 



906. grow 



ing on ve 



ry poor > 



volcanic soil covering la 



va with a 



5 of the rocks where there i 

 little soil, along with Aplopappus, Cymopterus, n. sp., etc. in 

 nearly bare places. 



Sidalcea Neo-Mexicana var. Diehlii n. var. 



Carpels reticulated on the back and meshes running down 

 on the sides, fruiting pedicels 6-12 lines long; calyx hispid; 

 plants 18-30 inches high. Round Valley, Chihuahua. Alex., 

 Sept. 17. 1903, 7,000 feet alt., and Pleasant Valley, near Colo- 

 rado Springs, Colorado, Sept. 2S, 1878, Jones. 



Hibiscus Coulteri var, brevipedunculata n. var. 



Peduncles none to 1 inch long; flowers smaller; shrubs 

 woody to the top. Congress Junction, Ariz., May 4, 1903. 



Kosteletzkia Madrcnsis n. sp. 



Shrubby below, about 8 feet high, stems tufted and wil- 

 low-like, paniculately branched above ; leaves hastate, 3-4 inch- 

 es long, \-\y2 inches wide, closely and doubly crenate, sparsely 

 roug-h-pubescent, acuminate, on petioles l)^ inches long; 

 flowers brdhant-purple ; petals fully 1 inch long, not opening, 

 about half the stamineal column ; calyx about 4 lines long, with 

 triangular and acute lobes over half the whole, longer than the 



