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This is a remarkable species, and the great expansion of the dorsal wings of 
the bractez gives it a very different appearance from that of the other Obiones I 
am acquainted with; yet, although I have seen neither male flowers nor the per- 
fect seed, there appears no doubt of its belonging to the genus. 
LAURACER. 
165. OrropapPune californica, Nees ab Esenb. Syst, Laurin. p. 463.—Most common about the 
Estrecho de Karquines, also on Angel Island. 
A very handsome tree, both bark and leaves are highly aromatic even in the 
dried state, with nearly the odour of our common Bay-tree (Laurus nobilis). 
The berry is about the size of a damson plum, but the specimens are not in a 
state to show the size of the cup if any. 
EUPHORBIACER. 
166. PepILaNnTHus macrocarpus, sp. n. (Plate XXIII. A,) ramulis brevibus carnosis articulatis, 
foliis parvis ovato-lanceolatis carinato-subplanis, capsula maxima coccis bicornutis.—Bay of 
Magdalena. 
Frutex tripedalis, ramosissimus. Ramuli breves, crasso-carnosi, dichotomi, teretes, ad nodos constricti, 
internodiis 6-9 lin. longis, 2-4 lin. diametro. Folia opposita, sessilia, tenuiter carnosa, 3-4 lin. longa, plana vel 
leviter carinata, acuta, basi parum angustata. Pedunculi terminales, breves, recurvi. Involucrum pollicare, 
calceiforme, basi turbinatum, ore contracto obliquo obtuse bilobo, hine ad medium fissum, ovario e fissura exserto, 
illine productum in saccum breviter tricuspidatum, supra usque ad orem involucri triplicatum et lamina auctum 
lanceolata, biloba, e basi sacci orta, et in plicas arcte appressa, glandulas sex basi intus fovente. Glandule in 
involucro nulle. Bracteolse setaces, breves, exteriores extra flores masculos basi subconnatee ; interiores circa 
florem foemineum pauce. Flores masculi ultra 30, exteriores involucro breviores, interiores ex ore involucri 
breviter exserti. Pedicelli glabri, supra medium articulati. Flos foemineus solitarius, pedicello basi valde in- 
crassato. Stylus superne attenuatus, apice breviter recurvo-trilobus, lobis emarginatis supra stigmatosis. 
Capsula carnosa, plus pollice diametro, stylo acuminata, coccis singulis deorsum in cornua duo conica productis. 
Semina globosa. 
Plate XXIII. A, fig. 1, involucre cut open, showing the male flowers and the peduncle of the 
female flower; fig. 2, male flower and bractea; fig. 3, female flower; fig. 4, vertical section of the 
fruit ; fig. 5, transverse section of the fruit; all magnified, except the fruit. 
167. Eurnorsta californica, sp. n. (Plate XXIIL. B,) fruticosa, nodoso-carnosa, glabra, foliis 
petiolatis parvis ovatis obtusis integerrimis complicatis, involucri dentibus exterioribus late orbiculatis 
membranaceis glandula magna depressa, interioribus parvis conniventibus bifidis, capsula glabra 
leevi.—Bay of Magdalena. : 
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