PLANTS COLLECTED AT NOME CITY, ALASKA 203 
SELAGINACEAE. 
151. Lacotis Grauca J. Gaertn. Nov. Comm. Petrop. 14: 
$33. 1770. Gymnandra Stelleri Ch. & Schl. (1827).— Leaves 
mostly radical, those on the stem bract-like: fruit 2-celled, as 
in the Scrophulariaceae, but each cell with but one seed: calyx 
_ spathe-like: corolla blue, tubular-bilabiate; upper lip entire, 
lower 2-cleft: stamens 2, inserted in the throat of the corolla, 
fot equaling the style, which is capped with a capitate stigma. 
Type localities: “in Siberia inter Lenam et Oceanum (Steller) nos in 
_ fngidissimis rupestris ad sinum St. Laurentii collegimus.” Chamisso. 
This rarely collected plant has the appearance of Synthyris. 
= LENTIBULARIACEAE. : 
_ 152. Pinguicula arctica, n. sp.— Leaves rosulate, glabrous, 
*pparently fleshy, broadly ovate, sessile, obtuse, 1-2™ long, o 
§-88" wide : scape purple, glabrous below, glandular-pubescent 
: _L-flowered, 7™ high: calyx 2-lipped; upper lip of 3 
: divisions half as long as the lip, the sinus acute; lower 
Ratrower, with 3 shorter teeth and obtuse sinus one-third as 
as the division: corolla purple, 11™™ long, hairy within, 
ub-shaped hairs that extend to the lobes of the upper lip; 
 orbicular, 4™™" across ; lower lip of 2 similar but shorter — ; 
spur slender, tapering, 7™" long: stamens 2, with fila- 
dilated at base, nearly 2™™ long, surmounted by capitate — 
ex ‘ Ovary orbicular, glabrous; stigma of 2 white broad — 
Plates, thin in texture. toe 
oy *ppears to be near P. vulgaris, but the corolla is of a different = 
x “d hairy within, while the spur is longer. oe 
es RUBIACEAE. fe 
3: GaLium BorEALE L. Sp. Pl. 108. 1753-—This is found — 
: ea as northern hemisphere. The leaves are in whorls: : 
sa » the tiny white flowers in loose thyrsiform panicles, ane 
densely hispid. oe 
sie “in Europae borealis pratis.” 
