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xlviii. 48 (1916) C. oxygona has apparently a very restricted range 
and C. quentinensis may likewise be local in its distribution. 
/ CRYPTANTHA BARBIGERA (Gray) Greene, var. Fergusonae, var. 
Springs, April 1, 1917, M et C. Ferguson, no. 42 (typ, Gray 
Herb.; co-type, ~Wallenley College Herb.). 
The specimens of this species secured by Dr. Ferguson of the 
department of botany of Wellesley have been the means of calling 
to my attention the existence of two well marked forms. The 
typical form has small narrow inconspicuous flowers and the groove 
of the nutlets is dilated but a short distance above the base. The 
specimens secured by Parry & Palmer cited in the Syn. FI. ii. pt. 1. 
194 (1878), belong here although the expression “ limb of the corolla 
sometimes 3 lines in diameter ” in the description of Eritrichium 
barbigerum indicates that Dr. Gray saw material of the large- 
flowered form proposed above as a variety. Besides the much 
larger flowers the groove of the nutlets is dilated much higher up. 
C. InTeRMEDIA (Gray) Greene exhibits the same sort of varia- 
tion. In the vicinity of Los Angeles I have seen large- and small- 
flowered plants growing together that were otherwise indistinguish- 
able. Since the first material sent to Dr. Gray by Nevin, upon 
whose specimens the species was largely based, consisted of the 
inconspicuously flowered state it may be regarded as the typical 
form. Recently Mr. I. M. Johnston of Upland, California, has 
kindly furnished me with a large series of specimens of both forms 
and I take pleasure in connecting his name with this Crypyantha 
which is more common in many places than true C. intermedia 
itself. An analagous variation occurs also for C. Torreyana (Gray) 
Greene, which has been designated var. grandiflora (Rydb.) Nels. 
& amas 
D nii, var. nov., corol- 
bn (0. wrens IA Sef oe Abe Speen ‘Ret at hice 
mont, Los aia thg Co, May 15, 1918, I. M. Janie 1938 
(ryPE, Gray Herb.). 
p pDICULARIS CANADENSIS L., var. fluviatilis alan comb. nov. 
fluviatilis Heller, Minn. Bot. Stud. ii. 33 (1898). 
Heller, when proposing his species, 1. c. 34, wrote that it “ seems 
tobe closely pelated to the common eastern P. Canadensis.” But 
