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plerumque a basi ipsa laxe ramosa; foliis caulinis priate 
oblongis vel oblanceolatis circa 2 cm. longis 2-3 mm. latis apice 
subobtusis basi plus minusve attenuatis utrinque ‘baton 
papilloso-hispidis, superio oribus similibus sed brevioribus; cymis 
saepius 2-3-radiatis, spicis post er ma laxiflori is; calycis fructi- 
ongis sol 
mediocriter setoso-hispidis, duabus circa 4:mm. longis et dense 
one: aie grax iene nuculis (3-4) subtrigonis 
inute muriculatis saepius uno 0 ae sulco 
Gentali albido fae ad apicem dilatato. — Low ALIFORNIA: 
Magdalena Island, March, 1917, Orcutt, no. 15 ine Gray Herb.); 
Santa Agueda, March 4-6, 1890, Palmer, no. 242; La Paz, Jan. 
20—Feb. 5, 1890, Palmer, no. 26. 
When stidvinig the Palmer specimens in 1915 I referred them 
very doubtfully to C. angustifolia (Torr.) Greene but because of 
the immaturity of the specimen from La Paz and because the Santa 
Agueda plants were found in “ an old garden ’’ I hesitated to base 
a new species on this material. With Mr. Orcutt’s excellent speci- 
men before me, however, it is obvious that the plant is quite dis- 
tinct from C. angustifolia to which species it bears nearest rela- 
tion, as is shown by the heteromorphous asperulous nutlets. The 
diagnostic character of C. echinosepala is found in the calyx; two 
of the sepals are inordinately bristly, much more so and longer than ° 
the only slightly bristly other three. It may be noticed that the 
open ventral groove of the nutlets is not abruptly dilated at the 
base as in C. angustifolia. 
Cryptantha quentinensis, spec. nov., undique oar strigil- 
losa mediocriter a basi ipsa diffuse ramosa circa 1.5 dm. alta; 
ramis gracilibus foliosissimis; foliis caulinis sheobher sursum 
gradatim tects inferioribus circa 2 cm. longis vix 0.5 mm. 1a 
spicis plerumque terminalibus, fructiferis mediocriter apes 
lin 
spi : 
intermixtis; corollae limbo circa 5 mm. lato; nuculis (4) vix 2 mm. 
longis acutis subnitidulis plus minusve obscure muriculatis, an 
scrboa cap cela suleo ventrall tenui basi divaricate--uer 
erumque WER CALIFORNIA: San Quentin, 1889, 
Polne. no. ms Tice ie Herb.). 
This species belongs to the group typified by C. orygona (Gray) 
Greene and indeed is seemingly most nearly related to that plant 
of southern California. It may be distinguished at once, however, 
by the very rounded angles of the nutlets. The nutlets of C. oxy- 
gona are acutely margined. As pointed out in Contrib. Gray Herb. 
