a half, sides prcniinenUy tnangrilar-toothed. horn absent; 

 interncxles short; habit of A. speciosa; No. 318. X'olcano of 

 CoHma. July 13, 1892, and at Tapalpa, Jalisco, Mexico, June 



Amsonia iatifolia n. sp. 



Leaves ovate, shortly acuminate, nearly sessile. 1-2 inches 

 lotiar. many and overlapping, entire; follicles 2>^ inches Ions?, 

 1-2 lines wide, not torulose, linear, erect and straig-ht; calyx 

 minute, with subulate lobes longer than the tube; flowers 

 lead-purple, about 8 lines long, the linear lobes nearly as long 

 as the tube and lighter colored, flowers many in condensed 

 corymbs, the tube bearded densely at tip and less so below; 

 !)edicels short; stems many from a thick, straggling and 

 woorly root, erect 12-18 inches high; this prefers clavev and 

 alkaline soil. Monroe, Utah, May 24, 1899 ; No. .S093, Pagum- 

 i-K Northern Arizona, April 21, 1894; No. 5289aa Navajo Welt, 

 Xorlhern Arizona, Mav 24, 1894, and No. 5479q, Grand Junc- 

 tion, Colorado, June 21. 1894. 

 Nemophila Arizoruca n. sp. 



A close congener to N. aurita, but leaves much shorter 

 nnd fewer lobed and with a short petiole, lobes oblong and 

 obtuse: flowers not surpassing the calyx, 3-4 lines long; 

 peduncles about 1 inch long; calyx lobes not over 4 lines long; 

 whole plant less armed; otherwise as in N. aurita. The latter 

 species has long and narrow leaves with acute lobes and acu- 

 minate tips, the corolla being twice the calvx, peduncles 2 to 

 .^niches long. Yucca, Arizona, May 14, 'l884, Chimihuevis 

 -Mts. Arizona, April 21, 1903. 



Conanthus parviflorus var. pumilus n. var. 

 Leaves shorter than in the type, 6-9 lines long, oblanceo- 

 ate to spatulate; internodes longer; calyx lobes spatulate- 

 Imear. \\ ashoe Lake and Reno, Nevada, June 3, 1897. 

 Phaceha neglecta n. sp. > J ' 



. ^^l"'. \^f ^^6" confused by Grav with his P. pachvphvlla 

 with which It IS allied, and from which part of his description 

 ot his type was taken. Like P. pachyphylla it is a low annual 

 ;il^, T . '''■.^"c^;^^ thick stems; 'it is fleshy and leathery 

 Wpfw-! """' i"""^^"^ '^^"t P^ti«I<=S' short-pubescent 

 .nd rf 1 r^"- ^, ^^""^ ^"'^ "'^"^te blade 1-2 inches wide 

 and densely fruited racemes 2-3 inches long; seed manv; cap- 

 . .lie. oval, on pedicels J^ line long, as long as the caly'x lobe; 

 these are characters which the two species have in comn^on. 



