Parr 3, 1918] ALLIONIACEAE 245 
the lobes compressed, winglike, transverse-veined, attenuate upward or subtruncate; seed 
elliptic-oblong, 4-5 mm. long, brown. 
TYPE LocaLity: California. 
; DisTRIBUTION: Sandy seashores, southern British Columbia to Santa Barbara County, Cali- 
‘ornia. 
InLustrations: Bot. Mag. pl. 6546; Cycl. Am. Hort. 1: f. 3; Gard. Chron, II. 16: 365; Hook. 
Exot. Fl. pl. 193; Contr. U.S. wat, Herb. 12: 7.49. - oe — 
II. Maritimae. Prostrate perennials of seashores. Leaf-blades mostly oval. .Bracts 
lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. Perianth deep dark-red. Fruit thick-coriaceous, deeply 
lobed, the lobes winglike. 
2. Abronia maritima Nutt.: S. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2: 4. 1880. 
Perennial, much branched, the branches very stout, 2-10 dm. long, densely glandular- 
puberulent and often short-villous, the internodes longer or shorter than the leaves; petioles 
stout, 1-2.5 cm. long; leaf-blades broadly oval, ovate-oval, or oval-oblong, rarely suborbicular, 
2-5.5 cm. long, 1-4 cm. wide, rounded to cuneate at the base, broadly rounded at the apex, 
entire, very thick and succulent, concolorous, minutely and very densely viscid-puberulent; 
peduncles axillary, numerous, 1.5~8 em. long; heads few- or many-flowered, the bracts lance- 
olate or linear-lanceolate, attenuate or long-attenuate, 8-11 mm. long, densely viscid-villous; 
perianth 12-14 mm. long, deep dark-red, densely glandular-puberulent and more or less vil- 
lous, the limb about 4 mm. broad; fruit 10-15 mm. long, coriaceous, turbinate but often very 
irregular, frequently broader than long, deeply lobed, the lobes very thin and acute, usually 
extended above the body of the fruit, densely puberulent or short-villous, glabrate below; seed 
oblong, 5 mm. long, dark blackish-brown, lustrous. 
Type Locality: San Pedro, California. 
s DISTRIBUTION: On sea beaches, Santa Barbara County, California, to Lower California and 
inaloa, 
Ill. Umbellatae. Annuals or perennials, erect, decumbent, or prostrate, of seashores 
or of interior valleys and hillsides. Leaf-blades variable in outline. Bracts usually small 
and narrow. Perianth purplish-red, pink, or white. Fruits, at least most of those in each 
head, winged, the outermost ones often exalate (all exalate in one species), the body usually 
indurate and woody. 
3. Abronia alpina Brand. Bot. Gaz. 27: 456. 1899. 
Annual, much branched, the branches prostrate, forming mats 2 dm. or less in diameter, 
viscid-puberulent or short-villous; petioles slender, 1-2 cm. long, short-villous; leaf-blades 
orbicular or rounded-oval, 4-9 mm. long and of about the same breadth, entire, viscid-puberu- 
lent; peduncles slender, 5-6 mm. long, viscid-puberulent; bracts lance-ovate, 2-3 mm. long, 
attenuate; heads 3-5-flowered; perianth 12-15 mm. long, white or pink, viscidly short-villous 
outside, the limb 8 mm. wide or Jess; fruit 3-4 mm. long, narrowed to each end, obtusely or 
acutely angled, reticulate-veined, puberulent. 
‘ype LocaLIty: Monatchy Meadows of Mount Whitney, California, at an elevation of 2100 
to 2400 meters. : : ; 
DIstRIBUTION: Sandy meadows in the southern Sierra Nevada, California. 
ILLUSTRATION: Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: f. 58. 
4, Abronia pogonantha Heimerl, Bot. Jahrb. 11: 87. 1889. 
Abronia angulata M. E. Jones, Contr. West. Bot. 8: 39. 1898. 
Annual, much branched, the branches stout, ascending or decumbent, villous with long 
slender hairs and viscid-puberulent, often tinged with red; petioles 1-3.5 cm. long; leaf-blades 
ovate-oblong or broadly ovate, rarely orbicular-ovate or ovate-deltoid, 2.5-4.5 em. long, 1-2 
or rarely 3 cm. wide, rounded or rarely cordate at the base, rounded or very obtuse at the 
apex, entire, glandular-puberulent or glabrate on the upper surface, viscid-villous along the 
veins beneath and on the margins, at least when young; peduncles slender, 2-7 cm. long, 
viscid-villous and glandular-puberulent; bracts broadly ovate or rounded-ovate, 7-10 mm. 
