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Specimens examined: San Jacinto mountains, .V. //. & W. 

 F. Parish j2j (type); Anthony, July 2. 1S95; Hall 6g/, 2JjS, 

 2^^g; Reed 24^1. 



2C. MONARDELLA NANA iiridii (Hall) couib. nov. 



Monardella macratitha arida Hall, Uuiv. Cal. I'ub. P..t. 1 : 

 III. pi. 10. 1902. 



Herbage cinereous tlirouj^Hiout with short close pubescence, 

 stems short, u->ually less than i dm. long: leaves crowded, usu- 

 ally less than i cm. long, rather thick, lateral veins not evident: 

 bracts white, tinged with rose, equaling or exceeding the calyx: 

 calyx villcMis throughout: corolla white or cream yellow, tube 

 scarcely over 0.5 mm. wide, 15 to 20 mm. long, lobes mostl) less 

 than 5 U)ni. long. 



Type locality: "In the desert region to the .southeast of San 

 Jacinto Mt., along Coyote Creek, at 5000 ft. alt." 



Distribution: Desert slopes of the San Jacinto and Santa 

 Rosa mountains. 



Specimens examined: Eastern base of San Jacinto moun- 

 tain along the borders of the Colorado desert, between Van De- 

 venter's and Palm canyon, altitude 4000 feet, Hall 18^2; Coy- 

 ote canyon, Santa Rosa mountain, altitude 5000 i^ti. Hall JiSo^ 

 2r2j (type). 



3. 3Ioiiardella ciiierea sp. nov. 

 Stem slightly woody at base, freely branching, branches 

 spreading, i dm. or le.ss in length, cinereous: leaves sessile, 5 to 

 8 mm. long, broadly ovate-triangular, obtuse at apex, abruptly 

 rounded at ba.se, denticulate, cinereous on both surfaces with 

 soft villous tomentum, lateral veins in 2 pairs: floral pair of 

 leaves similar, closely subtending heads: bracts broadly ovate, 

 acute or obtuse, 8 mm. long, purple, faintly veined, sparseK- vil- 

 lous pubescent: heads 15 to 20mm. broad, man}- flowered: caK.x 

 7 mm. long, purple tinged, tube villous pubescent and glandu- 

 lar, teeth subulate, 2 mm. long, villous within: corolla tube not 

 exserted, lobes 4 mm. long: lower stamens slightly exceeding 

 lobes, a third longer than u])per pair. 



