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Washington; Peshastin (Sandberg & Leiberg 495), Blue Mts., southeastern part of the state 

 (Horner 373). California; San Francisco (Gardner in 1901), Monterey Co. (Chandler 423), 

 San Benito Island (Brandegee in 1897), Siskiyou (Butler 15), Santa Catalina Island (Brande- 

 gee in 1890), Humboldt Co. (Tracy 4760), Mt. Silliman (Brandegee in 1905), Yosemite 

 Valley (Hall 9094), Contra Costa Co. (Elmer 4543), Tuolumne Valley (Bolander 5055), 

 Clear Lake (Torrey 325). Nevada; Rhyolite (Heller 9684). Utah; Bingham (Jones 1875), 

 Jordan Valley (Watson 938), City Creek Canyon (Jones 1915), Salt Lake Co. (Garrett 

 2170). Colorado; Paonia (Osterhout 4602). 



INIexico: Loiver California; San Bartolome Bay (Rose 16206). 



Cuscuta calif ornica brachycalyx n. var. 

 [Figures 45 e-f and 75] 



Flowers in dense cymoJfe clusters; calyx very short; lobes broadly ovate, 

 obtuse to acutish; corolla campanulate; lobes reflexed, shorter than the 

 tube, triangular, acutish. 



Type locality: Near Hanford, California. Range: Found so far only 

 in California. 



Specimens examined: United States: California; Near Hanford (Kearney 52, the 

 type, in the N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb.), Fresno (Sones 79), Yosemite Valley, Stoneman Bridge 

 (Reed in 1911), Dugan (Brandegee in 1914), Vacaville (Jepson in 1891), Clear Lake mountain 

 region (Jepson 5b), Solano Co. (Jepson 5d), Snow Mt. (Brandegee), Tulare Co. (Michener & 

 Bioletti in 1893), Goshen (Congdon 66), Tulare (Congdon 65). 



Cuscuta calif ornica apodanthera n. var. 



Corolla campanulate; calyx lobes short, acute, arising from a fleshy 

 flower base which tapers into the pedicel; anthers sessile or subsessile on 

 very short filaments. 



Type locality: Yosemite Valley, California. 



Specimens examined: United States: California; Yosemice Valley (Jepson 80a, 

 the t>'pe, in the Univ. Calif. Herb.), Potter Valley (Jepson 125a). 



Cuscuta californica papulosa n. var. 

 [Figure 76] 

 Flowers in loose or compact clusters, papillose pubescent. 

 Type locality: San Bernardino Valley, California. Range: Found 

 so far only in California. 



Specimens examined: United States: California; San Bernardino Valley (Parish 

 5524, the type, in the Rocky Mt. Herb, in Univ. Wyo.), San Jacinto Mts. (Hasse in 1892, 

 Hall in 1901), Riverside Co. (Parish 4130), Riverside (Reed 2372), Santa Lucia Mts. (Jepson 

 1628), Monterey Co. (Vasey 437), San Diego Co. (Parish 538a), Lake Co., Elk Mt. 

 (Tracy 2349). 



Cuscuta californica apiculata Engelmann 

 [Figure 45 g] 

 C. californica apiculata Engelmann, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 1 :499, 1859. 



Corolla somewhat granulate, particularly towards the base, campanu- 

 late; ovary and capsule ovoid, pointed. 



Only one specimen, the type, was seen. The pointed capsule is 

 definite and warrants the segregation of the plant as a variety. 



