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ered (as Greene had done) that Audihcrtia could not hold for this 

 genus, as the name had been applied two years earHer to a section 

 of Mentha, proposed the name AiidibertieUa,^ and renamed all 

 the known species under this genus. Later he discovered that 

 Greene had proposed the name Ramona for one of the species. 

 He, however, did not agree with Greene that the genus, with that 

 species excepted, should be merged in Salvia. He therefore 

 restored the genus as understood by Bentham and Gray, adopted 

 Greene's name, and renamed the species under Ramona. The 

 writer agrees witn Greene in keeping Ramona as a distinct genus 

 for Audibertia polystachya^ but agrees with Briquet that none of 

 the species should be merged into Salvia. It is therefore neces- 

 sary to restore Andibertiella Briq. As this name was a substitute 

 for the invalid Audibertia, the type species of the latter beconies 

 the type of the former. The type is therefore Audibertia incana 



Benth. 



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The present species is a close relative to A. incana and has 

 been confused with it. It differs \n the broad rounded obovate- 

 spatulate leaves, the smaller flowers and the comparatively shorter 

 lower lip of the corolla. In A. incana the leaves are oblong-spatu- 

 late, often 3-4 cm. long, the corolla almost 1,5 cm. long, and its 

 lower lip about half longer than the upper one. A. incana ranges 

 from Washington to Idaho and Oregon. The range of A. argentca 

 is much more southerly. 



MokiaPass, 1877, Palmer ^g 



bia Univ.) ; 1 876, Palmer j^8. 



g ; 1872, Bishop 



Nevada: Monitor Valley, 1868, 5. Watson Szg; Kernan, 

 Meadow Valley Wash, April 29, 1902, Goodding 655 ; Palisade, 

 June 14, 1882, M. E. Jones 4.035 ; Miller Mountain, 1883, Shocklcy ; 

 Charleston Mountain, 1898, Purpns 60 j 2. 



California : Surprise Carion, Panamint Mountains, Coville & 

 Fimston6oi ; Panamint Canon, May 4, 1897, M. E.Jones; Provi- 

 dence Mountains, May, 1902, Brandegee ; Mojave Desert, May 

 30, 1 90 1, Parish 4gjs. 



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