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182 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 
Stems егесі, internodes elongated; leaves few, rounded, ovate, 
eoarsely dentate, sometimes with small lobes at the base; calyx 
tinged and spotted with red, upper tooth usually shorter than in 
the species; corolla 2.5-4.5 em. long, throat abruptly expanded 
and very wide. 
Distribution: central valley region in California. 
Specimens examined: 
California: wet meadow between Mud Flat and Bennett Spring, 
Glenn Co., 27 April, 1916, Heller 12344 (Cornell and М); 
Adobe Cañon, Sonoma Co., April, 1893, Bioletti (М and К, 
Mt.); Adobe Cañon, April, 1893, Michener & Bioletti (M); 
near Sonoma, Sonoma Co., 23 April, 1902, Heller & Brown 
5349 (Cornell, M, and Pomona); low meadows, La Lomita, 
Napa River Basin, 26 April, 1893, Jepson 8m (Calif., “Ше 
exact type" aecording to Jepson, and R. Mt.); near Sonoma, 
18 April, 1862, Brewer 974 (G and Т). S.). | 
A strikingly beautiful plant, merging into the species through 
such specimens as C. F. Baker 2608 from Mt. St. Helena. 
17b. Var. micranthus (Heller) Grant, comb. nov. 
M. micranthus Heller in Muhlenbergia 8: 132. 1912. 
Stems glabrous, weak, 3-6 dm. long; lower leaves long-petioled, 
lyrate, 6-8 em. long, upper leaves thin, sessile, broadly orbicular, 
floral leaves densely white-villous on the lower surface; flowers m 
а short raceme, pedicels usually more than twice as long 88 the 
calyx, slender; calyx puberulent, more or less tinged and spotted 
with red, 8-11 mm. long in fruit, upper tooth not always 3 tunes 
as long as the others, throat sometimes slightly constricted; 
corolla 8-13 mm. long, less than twice the length of the calyx. 
Distribution: wet places in Nevada and central California. 
Rarely collected. 
Specimens examined: 4 
Nevada: by a spring, Jarbridge, 6 July, 1912, Nelson & Macbride 
1959 (M and R. Mt.). 
California: Metcalf's Ranch, northeast base of Mt. Eddy, 3800 - 
ft. alt., 20 June, 1919, Heller 13256 (М and Cornell); Alton, 
Humboldt Co., 9 June, 1912, Tracy 3688 (М and Е. Mt); 
Yountville, Napa River Basin, 26 April, 1893, Jepson 12m 
