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N,Menziesii, Field study is needed with reference to the shape and mark- 

 ings of the corolla. 



From Washington to Southern California. 



Specimens examined : Washington: Clark co., Suksdorfno. 2315 ; Klick- 



5 (co-type of N, Menzieni min\ 

 Howell : Oreeron citv. Howell 



Crook CO., Howell ; F 

 CO., Leiberg x\o, 2180. 



W. Hoop. 



M. 



N. 



alatd) ; Mohawk valley, Plumas co,, Lemmon ; Sierra valley^ 

 Sierra co., Lemmon; Stony creek, Amador co., Hanseft no. 1522 (type of N, 

 exigiid) ; Bartlett mt., Lake co,, Eastwood (type of ^V. nana)\ San Bernar- 

 dino mts., Parish nos, 1842, 3782 (co-lype), and 4908. 



The type locality is Bear valley. San Bernardino mts,, California, and the 

 type is in the herbarium of Mr. S. B, Parish, at San Bernardino. 



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II. N. pedunculata Dougl., in Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. 17: 

 ^75- ^"^17- — N, humifusa Kellogg, in Eastwood, Bull. Torr. Bot. 

 Club 28:41. 1901. A^. Atistinae Eastwood, /. c, 143. — Plant 

 prostrate, in open places spreading in dense mats, or among 

 underbrush decidedly lax: branches mostly 5 to 30''"' long, spar- 

 ingly pubescent : cotyledons mostly with oval blade and narrow 

 petiole; leaves opposite, 2 to 5*=™ long (in rare cases 8^"" long), 

 oblong (or rarely ovate) in outline, pinnate into 5 to 7 broad, 

 usually toothed or lobed divisions : peduncles shorter (or some- 

 times longer) than the leaves, strongly deflexed in age and 

 sometimes burying the capsules: calyx-lobes lanceolate, [.5 to 

 4°"° long ; appendages narrower, usually less than half as long, 

 spreading or reflexed : corolla tubular or tubular-campanulate, 

 the lobes about as long as the tube, scarcely exceeding the calyx, 

 2 to 3^°^ across, white or pale blue ; scales linear or reduced to 

 hairy lines : style from once to twice as long as the ovary,, 

 divided for a third or a half its length : capsule globose, mostly 

 2 to 4^°^ in diameter : seeds 2 to 12 (mostly 6 to 8) per capsule, 

 elongated-globose, 1. 5 to 2.5"""* long, coarsely pitted and 

 mmutely scabrous, scaly ; caruncle cap-like, often having a nar- 

 row prolongation at one side. Plate IL 



N. Austinae may prove distinct enough to become a variety. It is 



