Lithophragma tenella Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray

Lithophragma australis Rydb. sp. nov
Lithophragma parvifiora A. Gray, Bot. Ives Rep. 15. 1860. Not L. parviflora Nutt. 1840.
Stem stouter than in the preceding, glandularpuberulent ; petioles of the lower leaves 2-5 cm. long ; blades (except those of the very earliest leaves) ternately divided to near the base; divisions 1.5-2 cm. long, rhombic or cuneate, deeply cleft and again toothed; petioles of the stem-leaves 0.5-1 cm. long, not bulbiferous in their axils ; stipules elongated and adnate to the petioles, the free portion ovate or triangular, not fringed; blades ternately divided to the base ; divisions rhombic in outline and deeply cleft into narrow lobes ; flowers 3-12; pedicels 2-5 mm. long; hypanthium campanulate, only slightly striate, together with the sepals 3-4 mm. long ; petals 3-5 mm. long, broadly cuneate, deeply 3-5-cleft.
Type collected on rocky hillsides, Cedar Creek (probably Arizona), Camp 79, April 24, 1858, by J. S. Newberry in Ives' Expedition.
Distribution: Hillsides and drier meadows; Wyoming to Utah, south to New Mexico and

Lithophragma breviloba Rydb. sp. nov
Stem 2-2.5 dm. high, glandular-puberulent ; petioles of the basal leaves about 3 cm. long, puberulent ; blades deeply ternately divided ; divisions about 1 cm. long, broadly cuneate, with 3 or 4 short rounded lobes ; stem-leaves more deeply cleft and with oblong lobes, short-petioled, without bulblets in their axils ; stipules membranous, not fimbriate, obsolete; flowers 3-6; pedicels 3-8 mm. long; hypanthium hemispherical, rounded at the base, together with the sepals about 4 mm. long, glandular-puberulent ; sepals triangular, acute ; petals 3-5 mm. long, 3-5-cleft.
Type collected in Sierra County, California, by J. G. I^emmon, no. 647 . Distribution : California and Arizona.

Lithophragma tenella Nutt. ; T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1 : 584. 1840
Tellima te^iella Walp. Rep. 2 : 371. 1843.
Stem slender, 1-1.5 dm. high, glandular-puberulent throughout; petioles of the basal leaves 1-1.5 cm. long, somewhat dilated below; blades less than 1 cm. broad, orbicularflabellate in outline, broadly cuneate at the base, glandular-puberulent throughout, 3-cleft about half their length ; lobes obovate-cuneate, usually 3-toothed with round teeth ; stemleaves minute, short-petioled, 3-5-toothed ; stipules long and narrow, the free portion triangular to lanceolate, not fimbriate ; flowers 3-6 ; bracts minute, ovate, scarious ; pedicels about 2 mm. long; hypanthium campanulate or almost hemispherical, not striate, the base rounded and adnate to the base of the ovary, together with the sepals about 2 mm. long; petals about 2 mm. long, 3-cleft at the apex.
Type locality : In the central range of the Rocky Mountains, on the banks of the Big Sandy and Siskadee rivers of the Colorado of the West, about lat. 42°.
Distribution : Rare on hills in the Rockies from Alberta to Wyoming.