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It is perhaps worthy of note that the leaves which are least divided are 

 most often alternate. This tendency is shown on very many specimens, and 

 is extreme in the forms separated as N.flaccida and N. inaeqtialis. 



From southern Okegox through northern and central 

 California. 



Specimens examined : Oregon : Rogue river valley, HowelL 

 California : Hupa, Humboldt co., Mrs. Manning / Mendocino co., Bol- 

 anderxiQ. 4647, Brandegee, Chandler nos, 1035 and 1065, Eastwoods Purdy, 

 Westerman; Solano co, ^ Setchell; Napa co,, /(?/^^«/ Rutherford, Chandler 

 no. 630 ; Sonoma co., M. S. Baker, Bolander nos. 3802 and 381 1, Samtielsno, 

 174; Windsor, Mrs. Swett; between Clear lake and Bartlett springs, East- 

 wood (type of N, hispida) ; Mt, St. Helena, Eastwood (type of X. divaricata) ; 

 Russian river, Brandegee (type of N, inaequalis) ; Marin co.. Brewer no 938 ; 

 f'airfax, Eastwood {^y^^ of A^. nemorensis), Michener &^ Bioletti; Mt. Tamal- 

 pais, Chandler nos. 256, 76S, etc., Davy no, 143, Eastwood, Michener &* 

 Bioletti etc.; Sausalito, Kellogg &^ Harford no, 785 ; Angel island, San 

 Francisco h-^y.Davy no. 6885, McLean, Michener <S-' Bioletti; Berkeley, 

 Chandler nos, 554, 567, 1802, 1803, 1804, etc., Davy nos. 6920, 6922, etc., 

 Greene, Hall, etc., and fresh material; Oakland, Chestnut, Holder y\o,2^Zc); 

 Moraga valley, Contra Costa co., Hall no. 1625 ; Mt. Diablo, Chandler nos, 

 948, 949, and 985; Briones valley, Contra Costa co.. Chandler nos. 580 and 

 580A; Antioch, Davy nos. 907 and gr6; Martinez, Chandler no. 850; Stan- 

 ford University, Dudley, Rutier no. 6; Loma Prieta mt., Santa Clara co., 

 Davy no. 72a; Evergreen, Santa Clara co., Davy nos. 532 and 608; Pitt 

 iver, Shasta co., Brown no. 261 (type of N, flaccidd) ; Iron canon, Butte co., 

 Mrs. Austin no. 272; Chico, Winifred Paine ; Big Chico creek, Austin no. 

 2037 (types of both N.glauca and N.fallax); Stites, Colusa co., Brandegee; 

 Applegate. Placer co., Helen Smith (type of .V. lenerd); Stockton, Sanford; 

 Rose springs, Eldorado co.. Gates; Amador co., Hansen nos. 1377 and 2064; 

 Gwin mine, Calaveras co., Jepson no. 1785; Milton, Calaveras co., Davy 

 no. 1390; Yosemite, Bolander no. 4820; Fresno, Btickmi^tster {iy^^ ol N. 

 gracilis); Kaweah, Hopping no. 8; Grapevine spring, Tulare co., Woolsey ; 

 " California," Bigelow {Whipple expedition). 



Type in the herbarium of the California Academy of Sciences, San 

 "Francisco ; collected "on the Hog ranch road, Tuolumne county, California, 

 by J. W. Congdon, June 9, 1897." 



^ 18. N. ExiLis pulchella (Eastwood) Chandler, comb. nov. 

 N.pulchella Eastwood, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 28: 157- ^9^^' 



, Calyx-lobes linear, extending almost to the base ; the appen- 

 dages very minute or more often entirely wanting: corolla 



•Totate-campanulate, mostly deep blue ; scales linear, ciliate. 



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