164 BOTANY OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 



Sonnea jonesii (Cray) Syn. Fl. ii. pt. i. 430 (1886), under Plagiobotkry$ ; Greene, 

 Pittonia, i. 23 (1887). Type locality, "S. E. California on the Colorado near The 

 Needles." 



In Johnson Canon (No. 518) and in Hall Canon (No. 695), Panamint Mountains. 



Oreocarya fulvocanescens (Wats.) Bot. King Surv. 243 (1871), as EritricMum 

 glom era turn fulriicaiiesceus: Greene, Pittonia, i. 58 (1887). Type locality, "frequent 

 in the mountains through Nevada, from the base to nearly the highest peaks, and also 

 found in the Wahsarch; 5-11,000 feet altitude." 



In the Inyo Mountains (No. 2151). 



Oreocarya glomerata (Pursh) Fl. ii. 729 (1811), under Cynoglossum; Greene, 

 Pittonia, i. 58 (1887). Type locality, "in -Upper Louisiana." 

 Vegas Valley (No. 1888). Our specimen is without mature fruit. 



Oreocarya holoptera (Gray) Proc. Amer. Acad. xii. 81 (1876), under EritricMum; 

 Greene, Pittonia, i. 58 (1887). Type localities, " S. Utah," and " Ehrenberg, Arizona." 



In Hall (No. G93) and Surprise (No. 705) canons, Paaaniint Mountains. This 

 species has not been reported since it was first described. In many respects it ex- 

 ternally resembles Cryptanthe racemom, but it is not suit'rutescent. 



Eremocarya micrantha (Torr.) Bot. Mex. Hound. 141 (1859), under Eritrichium; 

 Greene, Pittonia, i. 59, 1887. Type locality, "sand hills, Frontera, Texas, and in other 

 places along the Rio Grande." 



This occurred near Swansea, Owens Valley (No. 874); in Willow Creek Canon, 

 Panamint Mountains; and in the western part of Antelope Valley, Mohave Desert. 

 Like Plagiobothrys torreyi the juice of this plant stains the pressing sheets a hand- 

 some mauve color. 



Piptocalyx circumscissus (Hook. & Am.) Bot. Beech. 370 (1840-41), under Lith- 

 oapermum; Torr. Bot. Wilkes Exped. xvii. 414 (1874). Type locality, "Snake Fort, 

 Snake Country," probably in Idaho. 



Found between Ash Meadows and Furnace Creek (No. 445) ; in Surprise Canon 

 Panamint Mountains, at 1,800 meters (No. 641); near Feeler (No. 850) ; in Willow 

 Creek Canon, Panamint Mountains (No. 766); between Keeler and Crystal Spring- 

 near Lone Pino (No. 887) ; in Owens River Valley (No. 1775) ; and in Antelope Valley! 

 All these localities aro in the upper part of the Lower Sonoran zone. 



Piptocalyx dichotomies Greene, Ball. Cal. Acad. i. 206 (1885), under Krynitzkia; 



Greene, Pittonia, i. (50 (1887). Type locality, "eastern base of the Sierra Nevada' 

 between Boca and Verdi." 



Big Cottonwood Meadows (No. 2110). This plant has not been reported since it 

 was first collected near the border line between Nevada and California. 



Cryptanthe arabigua (Gray) Syn. Fl. ii. pt. i. 194 (1878), as EHtrichivm mnrim- 

 latum ambiguum; Greene, Pittonia, i. 113 (1887). Type locality not given; range 

 "California and Nevada to Washington Territory]." 



In the Tejon Mountains (No. 1186). 



Cryptanthe angustifolia (Torr.) Pao. R. Rep. v. 363 (1857), under EritricMum ; 

 Greene, Pittonia, i. 112 (1887). Type locality, "on the Colorado amt Lower Gila', 

 westward to the mountains." 



Near Bennett Wells, Death Valley (Nos. 199, 479), in Furnace Creek Canon (Nos. 

 354, 443), and in the Vegas Wash (No. 424). No. 479 is a form of C. angustifolia with 

 less closely flowered inflorescence than in the typical form. It is the same as No. 606, 

 Palmer, 1887, from Angeles Bay, Lower California. This species is abundant in the 

 Lower Sonoran zone. 



