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foliaceous, broadly elliptical, 2 mm. long, i mm. wide, rounded 

 at apex, inserted .5 mm. below the calyx: calyx 5 mm. long, the 

 lobes obtuse, broadly elliptical, 2.5 mm. wide, concave, about 

 equal: corolla white, the tube 4 mm. long; lobes broadly ovate, 

 2 mm. long, 3 mm. wide when fully spread out, the apex blunt 

 and rounded, strongly plaited and overlapping at the sinus: sta- 

 mens not extending beyond the corolla tube, subulate, only the 

 upper half free, the united portion bearded; anthers imm. long, 

 the base slightly auricled, the auricles rounded and the sinus 

 almost closed: styles 2, distinct, glabrous, a little shorter than 

 the stamens; stigmas capitate: upper half of the ovary densely 

 woolly. 



The type, in the herbarium of A. A. Heller, is Heller and 

 Kennedy 866ja^ collected July i, 1907, at Hine's ranch, north 

 side of Peavine mountain, Washoe county, Nevada, elevation 

 about 5000 feet, growing in a low damp place in a field. 



It was distributed as Cressa depressa Goodding, but is 

 smaller than that species, the pubescence much more appressed 

 and silky, and the flowers totally different, as may be seen in 

 the accompanying figure. 



Figure 28. Cressa pumila. B. Enlarged flower of C. depressa Goodding, 

 from the type collection. 



