66 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
1911, Macbride, no. 987; loose slide rock, Smoky Mts., Blaine Co., 
Aug. 13, 1916, Macbride & Payson, no. 3771; stony exposed 
ridges near base of Soldier Mt. Peak, Corral, Blaine Co., June 26, 
1916, Macbride & Payson, no. 2899. Nevapa: Santa Rosa Mts., 
July 11, 1898, Cusick, no. 2028. Catrrornta: Cloud’s Rest, 
- Yosemite, 1872, Gray; summit Cloud’s Rest, July 13, 1889, Ches- 
nut & Drew (Univ. Cal. Herb.); Sonora Pass, 1887, Brewer (Univ. 
Cal. Herb.); mts. near Mt. Whitney, Purpus, no. 1636 (Univ. Cal. 
Herb.). OrgGon: Pine Creek, Baker Co., Sept., 1879, Cusick. 
Mertensia incongrue ns, spec. nov., planta 2-3 dm. alta fere 
glabra; caulibus plus minusve infirmis; basi ad apicem fere aequa- 
biliter’ foliasteaiinih: foliis viridibus, ciel minute adpresse 
ciliatis, radicalibus vel infra om is medium ovato-lanceo latis basi 
in petio um attenuatis 3. m. longis, auiae sessilibus ovatis 
acutis vel acuminatis circa bs em. longis 2 em. latis; racemis sub- 
umbellatis fere semper terminalibus mediocriter con gestis; pedi- 
cellis glabris; calyce fere 5-partito, laciniis paullo ciliatis fere 
oblongis obtusis vel vix acutis non superante 2 mm. ee corollae 
tubo intus plus minusve villoso 5-6 mm. longo, lim 8 m 
longo; stylo poge —IpanHo: Smoky Mts. near Rasa John 
ore Station; Blaine Co., Auaeat 13, 1916, Macbride & Payson, 
0. 3759 (Typr, Gray Her b.). 
This plant, a member of the Lanceolatae, is related to M. coro-. 
nata A. Nels. and allied species. That group, however, uniformly 
has linear or ovate-lanceolate very acute or acuminate calyx-lobes 
which are typically 3-5 mm. long in anthesis. The calyx lobes of 
M. incongruens are at once suggestive of the Ciliatae so that from 
this character alone its presence here seems almost incongruous.. 
The subumbellate inflorescence, too, is distinctive. 
MErTENSIA BakeEri Greene, var. subglabra, var. nov., foliis sub-- 
tus glabris. — IpanHo: Josephu us Lakes, Custer Co., Aug. 3, 1916,. 
Macbride & Payson, no. 3544 (Type, Gray Herb.). 
This variety was growing with M. Bakeri, var. amoena, and 
except for the absence of hairs on the lower leaf surfaces was not 
distinguishable. Its discovery is in accord with known variations. 
of several species, as those of M. lanceolata, M. Fendleri, M. foliosa, 
and others, and indeed similar forms are to be expected sooner or: 
later in every species. In the key to this group, Contrib. Gray 
Herb. xlviii. 5 (1916), this variety may be placed in contrast to- 
M. ovata, as follows: 
