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secondary fascicle of small leaves in the axils: heads large, 2cm. 

 or more across: bracts ovate-lanceolate, a little more than icm. 

 long, veins prominent: calyx about icm. long, the tube smooth, 

 the narrowly lanceolate teeth 2mm.. long, white-ciliate: corollas 

 deep lavender, more or less resinous dotted. 



No. 5812, collected July 8, 1902, on sandy, gravelley banks 

 of the Russian river at Healdsburg, Sonom.a county. The plant 

 has an aromatic, thyme-like odor. 



3Ionarclella pallida 



Stems simple or almost so, appearing in dense clusters from 

 the rootstocks, 3dm. or slightly more in height, purplish-brown 

 at the base only, cinereous, especially above; leaves about 3cm. 

 long, either the lowest spatulate-oblong, and the others oblong 

 and a little less than icm. wide, or ovate or elliptical, i.5cra. 

 wide, with rounded or almost truncate base, the lowest on peti- 

 oles of 5-8mm., bright green above, cinereous below, pale mid- 

 ribs prominent, small resinous dots numerous; nearly all the 

 axes bearing secondary clusters of small lea^-es: heads 2cm. 

 across, appearing as if long-peduncled — 5cm. or more: bracts 

 ovate or ovate-oblong, prominently veined, more or less purplish, 

 pubescent with white hairs, especially on the margins; in two 

 series, the outer sometimes constricted at the middle, their tips 

 green and foliaceous: calyx strongly pubescent, especially the 

 teeth, which are densely hirsute ciliate: corollas pale, with a 

 pink or purplish tinge, the tube slightly pubescent. 



No. 6959, collected along the foot of the ridge on the south 

 side of Donner Lake, Nevada county, July 17, 1903. The spe- 

 cies is somewhat variable, the foliaceous-tipped bracts apparently 

 being more common on the broader leaved forms. It is a com- 

 mon plant in the Donner Lake region, occurring in abundance 

 on the surrounding ridges even to the summits, especialh- on 

 northerly slopes, w^here it grows in gravel or among stones. 

 Monardella pinetorum 



Suffrutescent only at base, the slender branches mainly- 

 from the rootstock, 2-2. 5dm. high, pale brown or greenish, pu- 



