28 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
PHACELIA HISPIDA Gray, Syn. FI. ii. pt. I. 161 (1878). Brand’s 
treatment of this species is not satisfactory, largely because he 
failed to interpret correctly the typical form. P. hispida was based 
on specimens with leaflets very similar to those of P. ramosissima, 
to which species, indeed, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. x. 319 (1875), at 
first allied it. Brand establishes two subvarieties of his variety 
genuina. One of these, at least in large part, represents true 
hispida. And he distinguishes subvar. cicutaria from subvar. 
heterosepala merely by the acute lobes of the leaflets at the same 
time remarking ‘“‘ kaum zu unterscheiden.’’ As a matter of fact 
P. heterosepala Greene, upon which Brand bases his subvariety, is 
an ally of P. platyloba Gray and consequently has nothing to do 
with P. hispida. Because of this general misinterpretation of the 
variants of this species it appears advisable to give the following 
synopsis which includes two varieties not before published. It 
seems superfluous to remark that these variations merge. Their 
instability of character, however, does not mean that in general 
they are not readily recognizable. Accordingly it is satisfactory 
to give them a place in classification. 
Leaflets ovate-lanceolate, epee. the terminal one............ P. hispida. 
Leaflets oblong or oblong. 
alyces and stems serenely hispid with long white hairs; 
fruiting racemes modera n, at least at base 
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VARI eS a a a 
Calyces ‘aia upper portions of stems shaggy-hirsute; fruit- ‘ 
ing racemes very dense, even at base..............-++: var. Hubbyt. 
P. nispipa Gray, var. GENUINA Brand, Univ. Cal. Publ. Bot. iv. 
te (1912). P. eximia Eastw. Pal Torr. Bes xxxii. 204 (1905). 
P. hispida Gray, subvar. cicutaria (Gree Brand, 1. ec. 215, in 
part. — Tulare and San Luis te Contin to san Bernardino 
and San Diego Counties. — Three Rivers, May 15, 1894, Hast- 
wood; Huasna, phe 13, 1902, Bashooat: Santa Barbara Co., se 
Torrey, no. 351; Sulphur Mts., sng 1908, Abrams & Ma cGireg 
o. 51; Los An geles, Nevin, no. - Witchcreek, June, 1894, Aten 
rs San Diego, 1875, Claslaa: Pomona , May 6 , 1904, Baker, 
no. 4749; San Bernardino, June 3, 1895, Parish, no. 3670; Clare- 
mont, Los Angeles Co., June 24, 1904, Baker, no. 4776; San Ber- 
nardino, _1880, foe: no. 421. 
var. cicutaria (Greene), comb. nov. P. cicutaria Greene, P. itt. 
v. 20 (1902). P. hispida Gray, pet ptonives (Greene) Brand, 
