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GILIA <n Wats., var. Larseni (Gray), comb. nov. G. Lar- 
seni Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. xi. 84 (1876). Collomia debilis ane 
cyan a hieeiag (Gray) Brand, Pflanzenreich, iv. Fam 
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Brand’s treatment of this variety — distinguished from the 
typical form only by the tendency of the leaves to be parted ped- 
ately several times — is certainly justifiable. But in accordance 
with the view as expressed in Bot. Gaz. Ixi. 34 (1916) and Contrib. 
Gray Herb. xlix. 54 (1917) that the genus Collomia cannot be 
maintained distinct from Gilia the above new combination becomes 
necessary. There is another member of this group of plants to 
which my attention has been called by a specimen secured by John 
Murdoch, Jr. (his no. 2667) in the Sierra National Forest of Madera 
County, California, which, in accordance with my interpretation 
of the genus Gilia must be known as 
ilia Rawsoniana (Greene), comb. nov. Collomia Rawsoniana 
Greene, Pitt. i. 221 (1888). 
Gilia effusa (Gray), comb nov. Loeselia effusa Gray, Proc 
Ee i. 86 6 (187 6). G. Dunnii Kellogg, Paeif. Rural Press (May 
. To my mind Gray’s definition of the genus Loeselia, Syn. Fl. 
ii. pt. 1. Suppl. 412 (1886), is preferable to Brand’s, Pflanzenreich, 
iv. Fam. 250. 172 (1907). So constituted it is a homogeneous group 
in aspect as well as in character. The inclusion in Gilia of the 
above species (and its three allies, G. Havardi, G. tenuifolia and 
G. guttata) disturbs in no fundamental way the definition of Gilia 
Since these plants are aberrant only because of the more or less 
bilabiate corolla. Their inclusion in Loeselia, on the other hand, 
destroys the now perfect homogeneity of that group, since, in all 
ey save for the bilabiate corollas, they are good Gilias. 
ILIA GRANDIFLORA (Dougl.) Gray, var. axillaris (A. Nels.) 
News & Macbr., in herb. Collomia grandiflora Dougl., var. axillaris 
A. Nels, Bot. Gaz. li. 270 (1911). 
Gilia biflora (Ruiz & Pavon), comb. nov. Phlox biflora Ruiz & 
Pavon, Fl. Per. ii. 17 (1799). Collomia biflora (Ruiz & Pavon) 
Brand. Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxxvi. 72 (1905). 
This species entirely replaces in western South America the 
mead related G. linearis (Nutt.) Gray of western North America. 
Cryptantha echinosepala, spec. nov., mediocriter robusta 1-2 
dm. alta plus minusve cum pills patentibus hispida stricta vel 
