“tea 
Sg The Botanical Gazette. [March, 
splitting in bud, and reflexed in flower; tube 10-14% long, very slen- 
der, considerably dilated at throat, lobes 45™™ long, narrow; delicate 
rose color; smooth on inner, hairy on outer surface and on pe- 
tals somewhat rhomboidal, emarginate, 45-50™" long, 50-60™" wide in 
dried specimen; whit elicately veined; stamens yellow, versa- 
tile, 12-14" lo te, not attenuate or c ressed, 30™" 
long, to” broad, very obtusely tetragonal in cross section; not win 
tween them, extending vertically at each angle; corky and _ hairy, tu- 
berculate: seeds in two rows, angled, not crested, minutely tuberculate. 
This belongs to the cespitose group, and I think must unquestion: 
ably be called the most beautiful representative of the genus CEnoth: 
era. I found it in but one locality and within a limited area. This : 
Boisé River, June 18th. I have named the plant in honor 
pleasant expedition which led to its discovery. 
rasera cerulea, n. sp—Stems slender, from a branching cave” 
ess or nearly $0; 15-z0™ high, slender: leaves elongate 6! 
pes oblanceolate, slightly margined; the two or three cauline PY” 
; and the radical ones 10-16 long; of the panicle 
