Villadia stricta Rose

Villadia stricta Rose, sp. nov
Perennial, erect, 1-2 dm. high, forming short compact rosettes at base, glabrous, rather pale-green. Leaves rather closely set, ascending, terete, obtuse; inflorescence an elongated spike; bracts small, leaf-like ; flowers sessile; sepals green, obtuse, about half as long as ifoi^; *♦ t///<f ^./^
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the corolla; petals white, in old specimens becoming reddish, broad and obtuse but with a small tip below the apex, 3 mm. long ; stamens about two-thirds the length of the corolla ; styles short ; scales rather prominent.
Collected by Dr. E. Palmer at Concepcion del Ore, Zacatecas, in 1902 {no. 512, type) and in 1904 {no. 449). Both specimens have flowered in Washington. Perhaps nearest V. Pringlei, but with much smaller flowers.