Nasu: REVISION OF THE FAMILY FOUQUIERIACEAE 459 
made in Lower California in 1889 (Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. II. 
2: 132, 133), also refers to this branched condition, but considers 
this state as exceptional and due to accident or injury. Both 
Brandegee and Orcutt claim the trunk attains a height of fifty feet 
ormore. Brandegee remarks that the old capsules are 8-10 mm. 
long and sessile in the panicle, and that the trunks are 6-g dm, in 
diameter at the base, gradually tapering upward into a pointed 
apex, so that the general shape is much like that of an inverted 
carrot. 
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