kled, ovate; remotely related to P. micrantha and to ElUsia. 



Fhacelia inventista Gray Free. Am. Acad. 20 303 7l885). 



Dr. Cray in the Synoptical Flora, p. 414. savs that P. 

 caerulea and invenusta are the same, but in this' he is mi>- 

 i^^-en; both are .eood species. P. caerulea has leaves with 

 blade 2-2 inches long-, which is broadest in the middle and 

 with many lobes going nearly to the midrib; the racemes are 

 dense and with about fifty flowers when old which are con- 

 i!;-uous: the pods are oval, about 1 line Ion?, equaled by the 

 narrow calyx lobes; flowers blue; seed oblong. P. invenustx 

 has leaves with blade barely over 1 inch long. lobes fe%v and 

 only the lowest going to the midrib. leaves broadest above: 

 racemes laxer, only the upper pods contiguous, rarelv more 

 thin htteen flowered, pods spherical, nearly 2 lines long, sur- 

 passing the spatulate lobes; seeds oval, with dark center con- 

 J-picuous : flowers white. 



Phacelia ambigua n. sp. 



This closely resembles P. crenulata. but is setose-hairy 

 •ironglKun : ^ecxis favose-reticulated. No. 3H22. Needles, Cali- 

 \rVn;; / ■"-; \.;.^?- S^^^-^^- "^'^ »" the Rock, northern 

 17 K)nV Tr\"?' ^^^^- ^''■'-^"^onia. northern Arizona, April 



Gentianl g "^^' Nevada, April 29, 1904. 



Stems tufted, decumbent; whole plant bright ^reen- in- 



■'i'^-lfwMf I./ • '"f"™' '■•°"' ft' 'eaves; flowers cunen.e. I 

 ;:;^e. -Mi„csio-j''^L'™,fcarfHon"a'„/X ^i^tt^St ; 



also c' AnThem'i'';\ve,f \-"i"'^ ''^ *^' P'^"'"°" TeViore and is 

 to »hicl, planiflora belongsTavc liUa? Tti^tL°' ""' ^""^ 



