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Coville — Nev) Planfi^ from tSovlJicrn (hlifornia. 



The species undoubtedly is confined to tlic Lower Sonomn 

 zone of the desert region. S. f/aaphaloides belongs to the intra- 

 moiitane reoion of California.* 



*The word " intraniontane " is applied here to that portion of Califor- 

 nia west of a line of mountains made up of the Sierra Nevada, San Ber- 

 nai'dino, and San Jacinto rancjes, together with their connectinG; ridfjes. 

 That area is thusdistin^uislied from the ultramontane or desert and Great 

 Basin portions of the state. The two regions are marked 1iy distinct char- 

 acteristic floras. North of the Sierra Nevada and south of the San Jacinto 

 Mountains the precise location of the dividing hue has not heen clearly 

 determined. 



