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AcROLASiA CONGESTA (Nutt.) Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club, 30: 278. 

 1903. 



Mentselia congesta Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. A. 1: 534. 1840. 



No. 8361, collected May 31, in the foothills west of Bishop, 

 Inyo county, in coarse granite sand, the plants scattered, seldom 

 many growing near together. It is either rare or overlooked, 

 since but few collections of it have been made west of the Rocky 

 mountains. The type came from "Rocky Mountains, on Lewis 

 River, rare." 



AcROLASiA ALBiCAUUS (Dougl.) Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club, 30: 

 278. 1903. 

 Bartonia albicaulis Dougl.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 222. 



Mentzelia albicaulis Dougl. 1. c. 



No. 8232, collected May 11, at the base of the White moun- 

 tains opposite Laws, Inyo county. It is plentiful in that part 

 of Owen's valley on both the east and west sides, the flowers 

 open during the middle of the day. The type was collected "on 

 arid sandy plains of the river Columbia." 



EPILOBIACEAE 



Epilobium franciscanum Barbey, Bot. Cal. 1: 220. 1876. 



No. 8377, collected June 8, in San Mateo county near 

 Ocean View, San Francisco, in wet places along the Southern 

 Pacific tracks. From type locality, "near San Francisco," It 

 ranges north to Washington along the 9oast. 



GoDETiA quadrivulnera (Dougl.) Spach 



No. 8382, collected June 8, in San Mateo county near 

 Ocean View, San Francisco, on the Lake Merced side of the 

 Ocean Shore tracks in sandy soil. The body of the petals is 

 about 12 mm. long in these specimens. The type came from 

 "northwest America," collected by Douglas. 



