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puberulis; ee brevissimis; calycis fructiferi laciniis fere 
linearibus circa 6 mm. longis adpresse villosis et, hispidis, pilis ali- 
quid fulvedodirtibas; ae 12-15 mm. longa tubo calycem super- 
. ; , no. Typ 
Chico, Butte Co., April 21, 1914, Heller, 11310; Oroville, Butte 
Co., March 9, 1913, Heller, 10683; Marysville Buttes, Sutter Co., 
Apri 3, 1915, Heller, no. 11800; Auburn, Placer Co. , April, 1895, 
y E. P. Ames (Mo. Bot. Gard.). 
I cannot refer this large-flowered species to the relatively small- 
flowered A. Douglasiana which is not known to grow north of 
central California. A. Hastwoodae, however, might be interpreted 
so as to include A. valens but unless collections are secured that 
necessitate a reconstruction of our present conception of the foliage 
and size of the former species it would be unwise, it seems to me, 
to consider this huge and coarse plant of more northern range as of 
the same specific unit. 
oe 21. A. inepta, spec. nov., ut videtur circa 5 dm. alta; caulibus 
erectis nitidulis parce setoso-hispidis non omnino strigosis: foliis 
numerosis lineari-lanceolatis 3-7 cm. longis vix 3 mm. latis longo- 
acuminatis mediocriter hispidis, superioribus gradatim gare 
racemis ebracteatis; calycis fructiferi laciniis circa 
fere linearibus valde setoso-hispidis aliquid fulvescentibus; conte 
circa 15 mm. longa tubo calyce 2-3-plo longiore, faucibus medio- 
criter ampliatis; stamini ibus fau alba corollae insertis; nuculis 
3 rites longis vix carinatis cal rugosis et solum minute muriculatis. 
WER CALIFORNIA: San Martin Island, March—June, 1897, 
Asien aot (Typr, Gray Herb.). 
Satisfactory characters with which to separate this species from 
narrow-leaved maritime specimens of A. Douglasiana are not 
numerous. Nevertheless the somewhat longer corolla and scarcely 
more than granularly roughened nutlets are features that forbid 
the reference of A. inepta to any form of the mainland plant. 
22. A. microcARPA Greene, Eryth. 191 (1894). — Ca. 
shown Coulter, nos. 497 and 504; Fort Mites, April 16, 1861, 
This oo. appears very distinct by reason of the densely 
villous and appressed-hispid calyces and the large corollas. The 
nutlets, however, are often larger than Greene indicated and in 
