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Arenaria Franklinii Dougl. var. Thompsoni var. nov., cauli- 

 bus teretibus et foliis clare viridibus et dense adpressis fere tec- 

 tis; cymis apertioribus, pedicellis 1.5-4 mm. longis; sepalis 5-6 

 mm. longis petalis subaequilongis. — Type /. William Thompson 

 4769, collected in dry sandy sagebrush plains near Arlington, 

 Gilliam County, June 13, 1928. 



Anemone felix sp. nov., rhizomate horizontale simplice 

 1-1.5 cm. longo 2-2.5 mm. crasso fusco aut nigriscenti in ex- 

 emplis florescentibus spisse vestito squamis tenuibus fuscis 

 lucidis amplectentibus, squamis in exemplis frugescentibus 

 brevibus firmisque; caule graciliore purpurescenti 5-30 cm. alto 

 sparse villoso capillis patentibus crispisque; foliis omnibus tri- 

 foliatis imo interdum cum caule florescente sed frequentius e 

 rhizomatibus sterilibus, foliolis late ovatis aut orbicularibus, 

 duobus vel omnibus saepe 2-partitis fere ad basin vel plus 

 minusve profunde incisis vel crenatis, segmentis rotundis vel 

 mucronatis valde ciliatis aliter fere glabris, petiolis foliorum 

 involucri plerumque brevibus crassis planisque, foliolo medio 

 angustissime usque ad late rhomboideo, lateralibus obliquis 

 omnibus profunde incisis dentatisve apicibus acutis marginibus 

 ciliatis et venis supra saepe cum capillis rectis adpressisque; 

 pedunculo patenti-villoso; flore 18-30 mm. lato; sepalis ovatis 

 oblongisve inaequallimis 5-7 intus albis extus saepe in margini- 

 bus vel per medium purpurea clara notatis; staminibus multis 

 60-75 brevioribus quam sepalis plus demidio, filamentis albis 

 vel rubescentibus; carpelis in flore lanceolatis subtus pubescenti- 

 bus stylis rectis; achaeniis anguste ellipticis 4 mm. longis, 

 brevistipitatis rostro angusto rectoque, pubescentia densiore 

 capillis brevibus patentibusque. — Type Peck 16325, collected 

 in and along the margin of a sphagnum bog near De Lake, 

 Lincoln County, March 27, 1931. 



A handsome species, probably quite local differing from A. 

 oregana Gray, its nearest relative, in the black, very scaly root- 

 stock, the character of the pubescence, and the large white 

 sepals touched here and there with bright rose-purple. 



Myosurus clavicaulis sp. nov., foliis lineari-filiformis patenti- 

 bus 2-4 cm. longis; scapis cum fructu fere folia aequantibus 

 apices versus dilatatis patentibus; sepalis spatulatis inaequali- 

 bus 3-5-nervatis; receptaculis maturatis scapos aequantibus vel 

 superantibus conspicue sursum curvatis; achaeniis maturis par- 

 vis minoribus quam 1.5 mm. longis rostro §-f breviori quam 



