68 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
Typical V. Cusickii is common on Mt. Rainier and the variety 
possesses no noteworthy character except the color of the corolla. 
The plants are dwarf, the flowers not fully developed which prob- 
ably accounts for the slightly less exserted stamens and style. 
V. alpina L. sometimes has white flowers (forma albiflora Rosenv.). 
Veronica funesta, spec. nov., perennis; caulibus e basi repente 
simplicibus 1.5-3 dm. altis pa ree puberulis: foliis caulinis inferi- 
oribus petiolatis ellipticis vel fere orbiculatis paullo crenatis inter- 
nodiis longioribus circa 1 em. longis cirea 7 mm. latis, caulinis 
superioribus sessilis ellipticis vel satis circa 1.5 em. longis pauci- 
denticulatis, internodiis 3-6 cm. longis; inflorescentia ut apu 
V. Cusickiz; calycis fructiferi laciniis ovatis vel ellipticis obtusis- 
simis parce strigosis circa 4 mm. longis plus minusve aggre ali sf 
corolla ignota post anthesin ut videtur circa 5 mm. la 
OREGON: Swan Lake Valley, June 21, 1896, Bae) i. Paes. 
no. 424 (Typr, Gray Herb.). 
This species, a member of the Alpinae, is closely relnted to 
V. Cusickit Gray and V. Copelandii Eastw. It differs from the 
former in its denticulate leaves, long upper internodes, broad 
obtuse calyx-segments and (apparently) much smaller flowers. 
The stems, too, are much more decumbent at base. V.Copelandiz 
of northern California resembles it greatly in calyx-lobes but the 
leaves are pubescent and much longer than the internodes, and 
the character of the pubescence is not the same. Both Howell 
(Fl. N. W. eon and Piper & Beattie (Fl. N. W. Coast) describe 
V. Cusickit as “‘ glabrous except the glandular inflorescence.”’ As 
a matter of fact the type has a distinctly finely pubescent stem 
and so have all the half dozen specimens that we have examined. 
The collection by Greene referred by Gray, Syn. FI. ii. pt. 1. 288 
(1886), to his species, is V. Copelandii Eastw. Our number 3695 
from above Red Fish Lake, Sawtooth Mts., Aug. 9, 1916 is the only 
collection of V. Cusickii we have seen from Idaho and apparently 
represents a range extension from the Blue Mts. of northeastern 
Oregon. V. funesta and V. Copelandii will probably be found to 
replace this species in southern Oregon and southward. 
Castilleja robiginosa, spec. nov., humilis cirea 1.5 dm. alta 
paslipeeiter piloso-hispida ; a Nas mediocriter numerosis pur- 
2-3 cm. longis, inferioribus integris, superioribus parce pinnati- 
