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and according to JEPSON garden specimens display with fidelity the 
type characters. There is an indigenous specimen, however, in 
the Gray Herbarium which answers perfectly JEPson’s characteriza- 
tion (loc. cit. 350). It bears no data other than ‘‘Wahlamet. 
Tolmie,”’ and in Gray’s handwriting the name “‘Oenothera decum- 
bens.”” The locality intended is, of course, the Willamette River, 
which at one time was spelled in several different ways, as, for 
example, “‘Wahlamutte” or “Wallamette.”’ 
Gentiana Covillei, n. sp.—Aspect of G. calycosa and G. platy- 
petala to which it is closely related: stems 10-20 cm. high: leaves 
6-10 pairs, at nodes gradually approximated upward, the last two 
pairs involucrating the solitary flower, broadly ovate to ovate- 
oblong, obtuse to sub-acute: calyx tube half as long as the corolla 
tube, doubly spathaceous in appearance, being split on opposite 
Sides to the base, one valve bearing two and the other three small 
teeth, dark purplish-blue but membranous, the conspicuous veins 
terminating in the minute lance-cuspidate teeth: corolla dark blue, 
often with red or copper colored. spots or blotches, 25-30 mm. long, 
broadly tubular-campanulate, the sub-oval or reniform lobes less 
than half as long as the tube, the margins obscurely crenulate- 
denticulate; the sinus plaits inconspicuous, being very low- 
triangular, about 1 mm. high: capsule as long as the corolla, stoutly 
oblong, obtuse, tapering at base to the short stout stipe: seeds 5 
mm. long, very numerous, the body narrowly ovate, the excavated 
hilum sublateral and membranous apical appendage divergent. 
In Covitte’s Report upon the Funston Collection at Yakutat, no. 108, 
Disenchantment Bay, is referred to G. platypetala with some reservation. 
WaLKER’s ample material in excellent condition is probably the same and shows 
that the calyx, the seeds, and the plaits are very different from G. platypetala 
as described by GrisEBACH. Since we are indebted to CoviLie’s notes and 
description (Contrib. Nat. Herb. 32344. 1896) for the first accurate information 
concerning the species here named, we wish to dedicate it to him. 
The type is Walker 935, secured at an altitude of 2000 ft. on grassy slopes 
above timberline, Mainland, Vixen Inlet, Alaska, August 20, 1915. 
NEMOPHILA PEDUNCULATA Dougl., var. sepulta (Parish), n. 
comb.—N. sepulta Parish, Erythea 7:93. 1893; N. Menstesii 
H. and A. var. minutiflora Suksd. Deutsch. Bot. Monatss. 8:133. 
