Merriam — Two New Manzanitas from California 103 



ovate elliptic, mucronate, edges sparsely ciliate basally; petiole short (2- 

 3mm. )i hirsute; branchlets, peduncles, and bracts hispid; bract clusters 

 short, as in canescens (not exceeding the basal bracts), but less dense 

 and less uncinate than in canescens, and hirsute instead of lanuginous 

 pubescent; bracts petiolate, foliacious, lanceolate from acute base. Flow- 

 ers and fruit unknown. 



Type No. 871390 U. S. Nat. Herbarium. Collected 2 or 3 miles 

 north of Louisville, P21dorado Co., Calif. (SW of American Flat and 

 near top of a low ridge, alt. 2300-2400 ft. ) Collected August 9, 1907, by 

 C. H. M. 



