Abrams : Flora of Southern California 541 



those of the upper Up 5 mm. long, j mm. broad, shallowly 

 toothed, those of the lower lip 4 mm. long, 5 mm. broad, sHghtly 

 lobed or entire. 



The peculiar calyx and long slender corolla-tube, as well as 

 the pattern of the lobes, readily distinguish this species from all 

 the other members of the genus. 



Growing on dry rocky ridges at Jacumba, near the boundary 

 monument, Abrams j6j6, May 31, 1903. 



WvETHiA ovata T. & G. Emory's Rep. 143. 184S 



W. coriacea A, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad, ii ; "JJ. 1878. 



Not [F. ovata A. Gray, Proc, Am. Acad. 7: 357. 186S. 



Emory's material, according to the label on the type in the 

 Herbarium of Columbia University, was collected on '* Dec, 4, 

 1846." Turning to Emory's notes on page 107 of the work cited 

 above, we find that the expedition of which he was a member left 

 Warner's Ranch on the morning of this date, and pitched camp, 

 "after marching I3>^ miles, in the valley of Rio Isabel, near the 

 rancheria of Mr. Stokes, formerly the mission of Saint Isabel." 

 W. coriacea was based on specimens collected by Dr. Palmer " on 

 the Mesa Grande, 70 miles north-east of San Diego." As the 

 Mesa Grande lies between Warner's Ranch and San Isabel, and is 

 traversed by the old Fort Yuma and San Diego road, it 15 clearly 

 evident that the two series of specimens were collected in the same 

 region. And a comparison of the specimens proves them to be 

 identical. 



The taking up of this name by Dr. Gray in the Synoptical 

 Flora for his own W. ovata of northern California was unquestion- 

 ably ill-advised. 



New York Botanical Garden. 





