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has much shorter pubescence than the Arizona plant. The pro- 

 posed species is always more slender, its leaves are entire, while 

 those of C. patriotica are incised, and it differs in having the 

 galea shorter thau the tube of the corolla. The plants appear 

 somewhat depauperate. They were collected by Mr. J. C. Blu- 

 mer (no. 2132) on a rocky spur north of Wilgus ranch, in the 

 Chiricahua mountains, Arizona, September 2, 1907, growing in 

 high, dry places in rhyolitic soil, altitude 6000 feet. 



Castilleja cruenta sp. now 



Perennial: stems mostly solitary, simple, about 3 dm. high 

 or often less, rather stout, with abundant villous pubescence: 

 leaves thick, entire, the lower linear-lanceolate, about 6 cm. long 

 and 6 mm. broad, 3-nerved, acute, rough pubescent beneath, 

 scabrous above, the upper leaves much broader and shorter and 

 more pubescent: bracts entire, rather broadly obovate, obtuse, 

 densely pubescent, green at the base, crimson above for about 

 half their length or some of the lower ones entirely green, 3 cm. 

 long or less, longer than the flowers: flowers densely clustered, 

 almost or quite sessile: calyx cylindrical, 18 to 22 mm. long, 

 densely pubescent, dull green, slightly cleft behind, deeply cleft 

 in front (for 7 or 8 mm. or twice as deeply as behind), the lobes 

 broadly obtuse and entire: corolla slightly shorter than the calyx, 

 the galea and tube about equal in length, the lip very short and 

 inconspicuous with three sharp teeth: capsule ovoid, about 8mm. 

 lung, with a beak 3 or 4111111. long, glabrous. 



Mr. Blumer determined this as C. laxa A. Gray, and it re- 

 sembles that species more than any other. It differs, however, 

 in its more abundant and longer pubescence, its included corolla, 

 and the entire lobes of the calyx. Excellent specimens were 

 collected by Mr. Blumer (no. 2133)011 a rocky spur north of 

 Wilgus ranch in the Chiricahua mountains, Arizona, September 

 2 > l 9°7i growing in rhyolitic soil, altitude 6000 feet. 



Types of both these proposed species from Arizona, as well 

 as those from New Mexico, are deposited in the herbarium of 

 the New Mexico Agricultural College-. 



