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whitely pubescent purple stem. Tube of the flower very long compared with the 

 length of the border, whose segments are oval, of a fine rose red with a yellow throat, 

 making a very bright appearance. 



Hab. On moist rocks, on the Oregon near the outlet of the Wahlaraet ; the only 

 place where we saw it. (Nuttall.) 



FENZLIA. 



F. *sPECiosA. Copiously branching irom the base, nearly glabrous ; leaves linear, entire ; flowers 

 pedunculate, (concolor, nearly white?) border of the corolla^ as long as the elongated segments of the 

 smooth calyx. 



Closely allied to G. dianthoides, yet decidedly distinct. We have seen many 

 specimens, and they are usually a span high, (in place of two or three inches,) much 

 branched from the base, branches with opposite branchlets. Leaves narrow, linear, 

 and as well as the upper parts of the stems a little pubescent. Flowers inclined to 

 form a trichotomous loose panicle. Segments of the calyx narrow, linear, shorter in 

 proportion than in G. dianthoides. Corolla widely funnel-formed, the segments 

 broadly obovate, the border denticulate ; the corolla yellowish-white, and with the 

 throat of the same colour. Style and stigmas scarcely exserted beyond the throat of 

 the corolla ; the stigmas rather long and filiform. This section is so perfectly natural 

 and distinct from all the other Gilias, that we cannot help regretting its abolition as 

 a genus. 



Hab. On the island of Catalina. Flowering in February; 



F, *coNciNNA. O- Very dwarf and somewhat pubescent, branching from the base; leaves linear, flowers 

 nearly sessile : segments of the calyx longer than the cup. 



A very elegant but minute plant, scarcely more than an inch or an inch and a half 

 high, with a much shorter but nearly as broad a flower as that of F. dianthijlora, of 

 a delicate rose purple with a yellow base, and five purple spots. The calyx is 

 somewhat hirsute, ovules in each cell, about twelve in a double series, angular with 

 a concave depression. 



Hab. Near San Diego, Upper California. Flowering in May. (Nuttall.) 



LEPTODACTYLON. 



L. *c.E3PiTosuM. Diffusely ccespitose, herbaceous and smooth ; leaves imbricated, the segments about three, 

 flat, with sharp subulate points; the tube of the corolla exserted ; segments cuneate, entire. 



A very distinct species from L. liooheri and L. pungens of Torrey, which arc 

 suffnUicose. In this the flower is white, something resembling a Phlox, but the base 

 of the border is somewhat concave ; ovules few. This species formed dense tufts of 

 one or two feet in diameter, but only two or three inches high. 



