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of Ih« staminal lube ; in ou, present individual the leaves do not materially differ, nor do tve «„d any other
difference from except that the bracteas of tbe involucre are larger and almost foliaceous.
1. Glau x maritima ? L .
A singular state of this plant, as it appears to us, without flowers, with small imperfect leaves, and with the
stem singularly inflated at the joints, is in Mr Douglas' collection.
O r d . X L V I I . P L A N T A G IN E Æ . Jm s .
1. P la n ta g o gnaphalioides. N u tt. Gen. Am. 1. p . 100, Hook. F l. Bor. Am. v. 2. p . 184.
— P . lagopus. Ph. (nm L in n .).
O b d . X L V I I I . N Y C T A G IN EÆ . Jm s .
] . Ab ro n ia melli/era. Dougl. in Bot. Mag. t. 2S79. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. v. 2. p . 185.
2. A. arenaria. M en z.— Hook. E x . Fl. t. 193. Fl. Bor. Am. 2. p . 185.
, Found in California first by J f r Mmzies.
1. Ch en o p o d ium? spinosum. Hook. FL Bor. Am. v. 2. p . 127.
North California. Douglas. 1826.
O r d . X L IX . P O L Y G O N E Æ . Juss.
ERIOGONUM. Mick.
Insolucrum .„bulosum, campauulalum v. cyathiforme, via angulatum, submqualiter 6-denlalum, multiflorum.
lUceptaculum bracteolis intra pedicellos instructum. Perianthia exserta, profunde 6-fida. Benth. in Linn
Trans, v. 17. p . 407.
$ Fascicolata. Benth.
1. E . parvifolium (Sm. in R e e f Cycl.) ; fruticulosuni, foliis brevissime petiolatis ovatis
m argine revolutis u ndulatis subtus lanatis, involucris sublanatis. Benth. I. c. ;a. 411. Hook,
et A m . supra, p . 158.
Upper California. Menzies. Douglas.
Folia H poUloaria bast truncata vel subcordata. Pedunculi omues simplices vel terminalis ramosus
Capitula pauca lateraha et termiualia, fructífera rubeseeulia. Bractea, sub capitulo paucte, parvm, ovate vel
oblongæ. Involucra m capitulo plurima, sessilia, tubuloBO-campauulata. Bracteola, intra involucrum pin-
mosae. P en a n th n laciniæ inter se subæquales. Benth.
2. E. fascicMlaium (B en th .); fruticulosum, foliis oblongo-ellipticis linearibusve basi
angustatts m argine revolutis glabris vel subtus ten u iter albo-tomentosis, involucris <v|a-
briusculis. Benth. I. c .p . 411. ®
Upper California. Menzies. Douglas.
Folia i-î-pollicaria demum glabra. Pedummli longiores qaam in B . parv,folio, term.nalis sæpissime
umbelhfer radus 2.3 .ntequaltle, elongatis, 1-2 brevissimis vel n„„ alterove in lra id io s sessilibus. B r o c Z
infra involucra minutisslmæ. Involucra et fo r e s B.
§ § Latifolia. Benth.
3. E . oblongifolium [Benth.) ; foliis oblongo-ovatis basi ang u stato -ro tu n d atis su p ra
villosulis subtus albo-lanatis, petiolis basi dilatatis nudis, capitulis lateralibus terminalibusque,
involucris in capitulo 3-6 sessilibus campanulatis glabris vel apice vix lanatis
multifloris. Benth. 1. c .p . 412.
^ Ab E . latifolio diversum videtur foliorum forma, involucris minoribus fere glabris et bracteolis brevioribus
VIX plumosis. Pedunculi rarissime simplices sæpius apice umbellati.
4. E . latifolium [Sm. in Rees' Cycl.) ; foliis ovatis basi ro tundatis vel subcordatis su p ra
arachnoideo-subtus dense lanatis, petiolis basi dilatatis nudis, capitulis in pedúnculo
solitariis vel paucis, involucris in capitulo 2-6 sessilibus campanulatis lanatis multifloris,
bracteolis demum exsertis dense plumosis. Benth. 1. c. p . 4 1 2 E . arachnoideum,
Esch. in Mem. Acad. Sc. Petrop. v. 10.
Habitus ut in speciebus afiinibus valde variabilis, sed (præter foliorum forma) involucris albo-lanatis et bracteolis
longis rufo-plumosis facile recognoscendum, pedunculi etiam sæpius breviores simplices et capitula
majora. Exemplaria Escholfziana non diversa videntur a Menziesianis.
5 . E . auricidatum (Benth.) ; foliis ovatis margine iinclulatis bast ro tu n d atis vel subcordatis
crassiusculis su p ra arachnoideo-lanatis demum glabris subtus albo-lanatis, petiolis
basi sæpius auriculato-dilatatis, ramis pedunculi glaucescentis plu rib u s rigidis, capitulis
lateralibus terminalibusque, involucris iu capitulo 3-4 sessilibus campanulatis elabris.
Benth. I. c. p . 412.
Ab B . latifolio differt imprimis pedúnculo eiatiore ramosiore glaucescente nec ad ramificalioues lanate,
ramis crassioribus rigidioribus, capitulis minoribus lana fere omnino destitutis, Eracleolæ breviter plumosæ'.
6. E . nudum (Dougl. mss.); foliis ovatis margine undulatis basi ro tundatis vel subcordatis
su p ra arachnoideo-lanatis demum glabris subtus a lbo-lanatis, pedúnculo 2-3-chotome
paniculato, capitulis lateralibus terminalibusque, involucris in capitulo 1-3 sessilibus
tubuloso-campanulatis glabris, bracteolis vix plumosis. Benlh. I. c. p . 4 1 3 E . araclinoideum.
Hook, et A rn . Bot. Beech. V o y .p . 158. (non. Eschs.)
Ab E . latifolio differt glabritie ct inflorescentia. Bractea sub involucris et ramificationibus breves
ovatæ. Involucri dentes breves obtusi. Bracteola setaceoe, vis essertæ. Perianthii lacinia subæquales.’
7. E . vimineum (Dougl. mss.) ; annuum, foliis subradicalibus petiolatis ovatis subtus
tomentosis, pedunculis scapiformibus divaricato-ramosissimis apice involucrisque g laberri-
mis. Benth. 1. c, p . 416.
Pedunculi scapiformes, complures, basi sublanati, erecti, 6-8 pollicares. Pami tenues virgati. Invohiaa
tenuia, cylindrica, sessilia, dentibus brevibus obtusis subæqualibus. Perianthia breviter exserta, laciniæ
exteriores per anthesin patulæ, obovatæ, interiores erectæ dimidio angustiores.
§ § § Stipulata. Folia caulina nuda ramorum floralium stipulata. Benth.
8. E . anguhsum [Benth.) ; ramis floriferis erectis dichotomis vel verticillatim ramosis
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