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corolla veined and dotted with purple. Common on the hills 

 about Los Gatos, and apparently all throuj^h the vSanta Cruz 

 mountains on grassy slopes. The type came from "Nova-Cali- 

 fornia, ad portum Bodega," Sonoma county. Jepson does not 

 recognize this .species in his Flora. 



Nemophila Kelloggii Eastw. Bull. Torn Club 2H: 147. 1901, 

 No. 8620 collected May 31, on Mt. Hamilton, Santa Clara 

 county, elevation 4000 feet, growing on a northerly slope below 

 the observatory under oak trees, not plentiful. Determined by 

 Miss Eastwood. The type was collected *'in the Santa Cruz 

 Mountains." 



Phacelia Breweri Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 10: 317. 1875. 



No 8615, collected May 31, on Mt. Hamilton, Santa Clara 

 county, elevation 4200 feet, a short distance beyond the obser- 

 vatory in dry open places along the roadside, the exposure east- 

 ern. Mt. Diablo in Contra Costa county is the type locality, 

 and it is known from but few mountain peaks south of San 

 Francisco bay. 



Phacelia californica Cham. 



No. 8460, collected April 25, on the western end of the San 

 Bruno hills, San Mateo county, growing on the western slope 

 about rocks among other vegetation in granite. This is the typ- 

 ical form with dense heavy inflorescence, the flowers lilac pur- 

 ple, the thickish leaves densely pubescent. 



Phacelia distans Benth. Bot. Sulphur, 36. 1844. 



No. 8494, collected May i, at Pacific Grove, Monterey 

 county, a short distance beyond the railroad station, elevation 

 about 100 feet, growing in sand and cinders, the plants mostly 

 erect, varying from two or three inches to nearly two feet high. 

 The type was collected at Bodega Bay, Sonoma count\-, where 

 it is plentiful, extending back from the ocean for several miles 

 on gravelly hills, the plants usually procumbent. The flowers 

 are a dull brownish vellow. 



