Macbride — Notes on the Hydrophyllaceae 4] 
Except for the fact that the corolla-appendages are connate with 
the filaments only at base rather than for nearly or quite their 
entire length, P. Lezbergii cannot be distinguished from P. bicolor. 
Since the degree to which the appendages are connate with the 
filaments is, in itself, a variable character, P. Leibergii can scarcely 
be considered as representing more than an extreme condition of 
this kind. 
a Howellii, spec. nov., annua simplex 4-5 em. alta; 
culibas peeves hirati parce glandulosis gj Kote En foliis 
integerrimis _utrin adpresse _ sericeo-hirsutis subtus valde 
venosis radic ata dew rotundatis cirea 5 mm. longis, caulinis 
ore meray: i eager petiolatis ovatis vel a le eg re * . 
cm. longis, 
fepininan bub pee circa 2 cm. longis densifloris; Goniceltos 
fructiferis calyce brevioribus; calycis lobis mediocriter hispidis 
aud glandulosis linearibus vel oblongo-lanceolatis subaequalibus 
eapsula ovoidea paullo oe corolla glabris ut Lopcsier alba 
circa 5 mm. ee filamentis glabris inclusis; ee ibifido 
ciliato fere 3 lon a ; Slonnitie 3-4-ovulat epee 
Joseph Howell a honda Howell, no. 369 (Type, ee Herb.). 
This little species is labeled by Dr. Gray “ P. divaricata, var. 
Depauperate.”’ However, the glabrous filaments and corolla dis- 
tinguish it at once. I do not find that it is closely related to any 
described species. 
Miltitzia inyoensis, spec. nov., tenella, erecta vel suberecta, 
pube minuta vix glandulosa ; foliis fere oblongi s inciso-pinnatifids 
dentatisve; racemis laxifloris; pedicellis fructiferis a3 
longis et calycis laciniis 6 mm. ioe, corolla thets fetes, raining 
sed sepala superante; stylo ovario multo rst seminibus 
valde corrugatis solum 1 mm. longis. — Cau FORNIA: foothills 
west of Bishop, Inyo Co., May 23, 1906, Heller, no. 8324 (Type, 
Gray Herb.). 
This species is nearest M. foliosa, an inhabitant of saline places 
in northern Utah and Wyoming. Its corolla scarcely equals the 
calyx, the seeds are 2 mm. or more long and the stems are subde- 
cumbent. M. inyoensis, on the other hand, is essentially erect in 
habit, the corolla slightly exceeds the calyx and the mature seeds 
are barely 1 mm. long. Furthermore, it grows, according to the 
collector, ‘in a small dry peat bog among the granite sands,” 
habitat very different from that of M. foliosa. 
