I know of, in the rocky bed of a small stream that f 
natural spring. Its roots must be in the water or 
and there is very Httle soil. pcg are no other fie 
is mostly about four feet high, bat some of the busied run 
six feet. The growth is very free and loose, not stunted 
crowded at all, but wide spreading. 4 
“The spot is known as Strain’s Camp, and is a favorite mae 
camping ground in mid-summer. The elevation is about 5500 
feet. There is none of the same plant on the south side of the __ 
mountain, but probably plenty further down on the north side.” 
Its nearest relative is probably R. ascendens Eastw., but it 
differs from that species in its smooth leaves, differently shaped 
bracts, much shorter calyx tube, the glabrous calyx lobes of a 
somewhat different shape, the petals of a different shape and net 
“narrowed to a short, broad claw,” but truncate, and in the 
more rounded anthers. Miss Eastwood makes no mention of 
veins ou either calyx lobes or petals, so that character is prob- 
ably not present in her species. 
There is a possibility that it may be the same as R. Santa- 
Luciae Jancz., but that is so poorly described that its identity 
can not well be identified without having access to the type. 
But it is said to be related to R. malvacevm and glutinosum, 
plants of quite a different type from ours. 
Dr. Britton, to whom I have sent a specimen, pronounces 
it the same as R. mevadense Kellogg, but that cannot be. By 
the kindness of Mrs. Brandegee, I have examined a sheet of 
typical R. nevadense in the herbarium of the University of Cal- 
ifornia, collected by Mrs. Brandegee back of Placerville, the 
type locality. The leaf, as originally described, is pubescent on 
both sides, is truncate, not cordate at base, the petiole equals or 
exceeds the blade, and the combined length of peduncle and 
flower cluster is commonly shorter than the leaf. The floral 
