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with the hypothetical type. For example, our nos. 2131 and 2132, growing 
together in “placer wash,” agree in having a large intricately branched root, 
from the crown of which the stems spring. Both have corollas with the galea 
yellowish-green, scarcely as long as the tube, but our field notes read as follows: 
“5031, bracts most remarkably bright red; 2132, bracts a splendid golden 
yellow with orange tips.” No one studying these two critically can fail to 
decide they are the same species, and can scarcely fail to refer them to C. 
miniata. 
Castilleja Bennittii, n. sp—vVery short-lived perennial, sparsely 
hirsute throughout with a short dense cinereous subscabrous 
indument underneath: stems few, simple or often branched, 
2-3 dm. high: leaves linear, entire or irregularly lobed, the lobes 
narrower than the blade: inflorescence dense, becoming more open 
and slender in age, old rose in color: bracts three-cleft, the lobes 
blunt, the middle the largest: calyx 15-20 mm. long, the subequal 
clefts only about 5mm. deep, these divisions shallow-lobed, the 
short rounded lobes terminating the prominent ciliate calyx 
nerves: corolla slightly, sometimes scarcely, exserted, 15-22 mm. 
long; the galea about half as long as the tube, the short rounded 
teeth hardly differentiated in the strongly nerved saccate lower lip. 
There seems to be no near relative to which to ally this species, unique in 
its color and floral parts. It was pronounced new in 1or11 on the strength of 
specimens submitted by DorMAN BENNITT of Twin Falls. It is a pleasure to 
dedicate it to its discoverer, who accompanied the.collectors on part of the 1912 
trip and assiduously assisted in the field work. The type is no. 1714 secured 
on the sagebrush plains of Shoshone and Twin Falls, June 24, 1912. 
CASTILLEJA RHEXIFOLIA pubens, n. var.—The branches of the 
caudex and the stem-bases scaly: stems numerous (usually several 
of them short and sterile), with a villous crisped pubescence quite 
to their bases: lower leaves also with a similar, though shorter 
pubescence. 
No. 2023, on stony brush slopes, from Jarbidge, Nevada, July 11, 1912, is 
taken as the type. 
Castilleja curticalix, n. sp—Plants harsh to the touch, often 
decidedly so, in rather small clumps, from short-lived perennial 
roots: stems few-many, 2-4 dm. high, simple or nearly so, softly 
cinereous-hirsute near the base, becoming glabrate upward: leaves 
