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62. Atriplex leucophylla (Moq.) D. Dietr. Syn. Pl. 5: 536. 1852. 
Obione leucophylla Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13?: 109. 1849. 
Procumbent or decumbent perennial, fruticose only at the base, much branched, the 
stems 3-10 dm. long, terete, stout, densely and coarsely furfuraceous; leaves alternate, numer- 
ous, sessile, the blades orbicular to oval or oblong, 1.2—4 cm. long, 0.5—-2 cm. wide, rounded 
or obtuse at the apex, or the uppermost acutish, broadly cuneate or rounded at the base, entire, 
subcoriaceous, densely yellowish- or brownish-furfuraceous; flowers monoecious, the staminate 
glomerules in dense, stout, terminal, mostly simple spikes, the pistillate in few-flowered axillary 
clusters; calyx 5-cleft; fruiting bracts sessile, spongious, not compressed, rounded-ovate, acut- 
ish, united to above the middle, entire or dentate, usually with numerous short, stout, often 
flattened appendages on the sides, densely and coarsely furfuraceous; seed 2-3 mm. long, 
the radicle superior. 
Type LocaLity: California. 
DIstRIBUTION: Sea beaches of California, from San Francisco southward, and in northern Lower 
California. 
ILLUSTRATION: Jepson, Fl. Calif. f. 82, d. 
63. Atriplex fruticulosa Jepson, Pittonia 2: 306. 1892. 
Erect perennial, fruticose at the base, 1.5-3 dm. high, with numerous stems, these stout, 
simple below, sparsely branched above, the branches ascending; leaves numerous, alternate, 
often with fascicles of smaller ones in the axils, sessile, the blades ovate to elliptic-oblong, 
6-20 mm. long, 2-4 mm. wide, acute, broadly cuneate at the base, entire, subcoriaceous, 
densely yellowish-furfuraceous; flowers monoecious, the staminate in yellowish glomerules, 
these axillary or in stout simple interrupted terminal spikes, the pistillate flowers in small 
axillary clusters; fruiting bracts sessile, 3-4 dm. long and of the same breadth, slightly com- 
pressed, indurate, united nearly to the middle, coarsely dentate with triangular acute teeth, 
the sides sparsely short-tuberculate; seed 1.5 mm. long, reddish-brown, the radicle superior. 
Tyree LocaLtity: Near Little Oak, Solano County, California. 
DrstR1IBuTION: Alkaline flats, central California. 
ILLUSTRATION: Jepson, FI. Calif. f. 82, b. 
XVII. Watsonianae. Erect or prostrate perennials, fruticose at the base, densely and 
closely furfuraceous. Leaves nearly all opposite, sessile, the blades lance-oblong to oval, thick, 
entire. Flowers dioecious. Fruiting bracts small, sessile or short-pedicellate, compressed, 
united to above the middle, dentate, the sides smooth. Radicle superior. 
64. Atriplex Watsoni A. Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 
17: 99. 1904. 
Atriplex decumbens S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 12: 275. 1877. Not A. decumbens R.& S. 1820. 
Perennial, fruticose only at the base, much branched from the base, the stems 2-10 dm. 
long, prostrate or decumbent, slender or stout, densely furfuraceous; leaves very numerous, 
mostly opposite, sessile, the blades broadly ovate to ovate-oblong or oval, 0.8-1.5 cm. long, 
3-8 mm. wide, acute or acutish at the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, entire, subcoriaceous, 
densely furfuraceous with yellowish-white scales; flowers dioecious, the staminate in large 
glomerules arranged in slender or stout, short, interrupted, usually simple, naked, terminal 
spikes, the pistillate ones in small axillary clusters shorter than the leaves; calyx 5-cleft; fruiting 
bracts sessile or short-pedicellate, triangular or rhombic, 4-6 mm. long and of the same breadth, 
compressed, coriaceous, united to above the middle, acute, sparsely denticulate above or rarely 
entire, not at all herbaceous, not appendaged on the sides; seed 1.5 mm. long, brown. 
TypH LocaLity: Near San Diego, California. . 
DISTRIBUTION: Sea beaches, from Los Angeles County, California, to northern Lower Cali- 
-fornia, and on the adjacent islands. 
65. Atriplex matamorensis A. Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 17: 99. 
1904. 
Atriplex oppositifolia S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 9: 118, 1874. Not A. oppositifolia Vill. 1779. 
Erect or ascending perennial, 2-4 dm. high, woody at the base, branched below, the stems 
sparsely branched or simple, the branches slender, densely leafy, rather sparsely and closely 
