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so as to include about everything imaginable in the genus. The 

 original of B. densijiora^ as figured and described in the Botani- 

 cal Register, is different from anything thus far found in middle 

 California, but I have seen a specimen from Mendocino or Hum- 

 boldt county which resembles it. 



Liiiaiitliiis loiig-itiibiis (Benth.) 



Gilia longituba Benth. PI. Hartw. 324. 1849. 



This has been considered a mere form or variety of L. par- 

 viflorus^ but specimens recently collected by me at the type 

 locality convince me that it should be held distinct. Both the 

 rose-purple (No. 6673) and yellowfiowered forms (No. 6699) v^^ere 

 collected. L. parviflorus was not observed in the vicinity. The 

 following is the original description by Bentham: 



"1850 (11). Gilia (Leptosiphon) longituba, sp. n., humilis, 

 foliis 3-5-fidis segm.entis inferiorum oblongo-linearibus cuneatisve 

 superiorum lincaribus, calycis laciniis linearibus, corollae tube 

 gracillimo foliis floralibus 4-plo, limbo suo plus 5-plo longiore. — 

 Herba 3-4 pollicaris. Corollae tubus 15-16 lin. longus, limbus 

 vix 3 lin., purpurascens v. flavescens fundo aurea. — In sylvis 

 prope Monterey." 



Gilia pallida 



Erect, branched from near the base, 5-6dm high, the stems 

 glabrous: leaves obovate in outline, about 5cm. long, dissected 

 into rather remote, narrow, 3-lobed segments, each lobe bearing 

 a short cusp, sparingly floccose along the petiole: heads on long 

 slender stalks of idm or more: calyx only sparingly floccose, 

 about 2mm. long, the lobes lanceolate, the slightly keeled green 

 midvein ending in a sharp cusp, the margins hyaline: corollas 

 pale lavender or almost white, the segments linear, about 4mm. 

 long, I mm. wide, slightly longer than the white anthers, but 

 shriveled and curled when dry, thus exposing the anthers, which 

 then appear exserted. 



The type is No. 5739, collected at the "Petrified Forest," 

 Sonoma county, California, June 23, 1902. No. 5998, mostly in 



