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635; sand hills near San Francisco, C. Baker 2997; North Berkeley 

 Hills, ^yalker 608 ; Moraga Ridge, Ottley 773 ; Antioch, K. Brandegee, 

 May, 1907 ; San Leandro, Eastwood 4735 ; hills south of Niles Canon, 

 Ottley 752; Colma, Ehlers 269; near Orestimba, Stanislaus County, 

 Breiver 1278 (June 16, 1862) ; foothills west of Los Gatos. Santa 

 Clara Co.. Heller 7485 ; Big Sandy Creek, Fresno County, McDonald 

 in 1915; on Salinas road near Del Monte, Heller 6836; Monterey, 

 McLean, June, 1873; Carmel, Ottley 1262; near Jolon Ranch, Mon- 

 terey County, Breiver 581 ; San Luis Obispo County, Summers 284 ; 

 Templeton, Davy 7639 ; mesa slopes near Santa Barbara, Eastwood 

 144 ; Santa Ynez Mountains, near Santa Barbara, T. S. Brandegee in 

 1888 ; Santa Barbara County, Torrey 105 in 1865 ; Santa Monica 

 coast. Barber 374; Elysian Park, Los Angeles, Setchell, March 13, 

 1901 ; Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles County, Parish 11665 ; San Diego, 

 K. Brandegee, May, 1906 ; vicinity of San Diego, Spencer 90 ; Del 

 Mar, T. S. Brandegee, May 16, 1894; Riverside, Johnston 1236; near 

 Caliente, Kern County, Heller 7624; hills near Springville, Purpus 

 1314 ; Rawhide Hill, Tuolumne County, Williamson 111 ; Gwin Mine, 

 Calaveras County, Jepson, October 6, 1902; Calaveras Valley, K. 

 Brandegee ; AVest Point Bridge, Hansen 1811 (few flowers) ; Amador 

 County, Hansen in 1892. Calyx teeth triangular with a prominent 

 vein running through the center and ending in a subulate point : 

 Redondo, K. Brandegee, October, 1893 ; San Diego, T. S. Brandegee 

 1605; southern part of San Diego County, Palmer 58; Tia Juana, 

 Abrams 3469 ; Playa del Rey, Abrams 2518. Calyx teeth linear, with 

 or without the prominent vein, over one-half the length of tube: 

 Witch Creek, San Diego Countv, Alderson in 1893 and April and 

 May, 1894. 



Var. veatchii Ottley n. comb. Decumbent ; calyces, leaflets and 

 young stems silky-pubescent, with appressed hairs; leaflets oblanceo- 

 late, obtuse ; umbels nearly sessile ; flowers 1 to 1.2 cm. long, wings 

 longer than the keel ; calyx teeth short-triangular ; legume 2-seeded. — 

 Islands of Lower California and California. Distribution Map 8. 



Localities. — San Miguel Island, Greene in 1886 (type of Syrmat- 

 ium patens Greene). Elide opposite Cedros Island, Veatch (type of 

 Hosackia veatchii Greene). 



Var. dendroideus Ottley n. comb. Erect, 12 to 21 dm. high, more 

 woody than the species ; leaves larger, leaflets 3 or 4, oblong or 

 oblanceolate, 8 to 15 mm. long ; umbels short-peduncled ; flowers 1 to 

 1.2 cm. long ; fruit 2 or 3-seeded and longer than in the species. — 

 Insular. Distribution Map 8. January-August, 



Localities. — Santa Cruz Island, Greene in 1886 (type of Syrmat- 

 ium dendroidenm Greene) ; Santa Cruz Island, Swain in 1919; Frey's 

 Harbor, NiedermUller, May, 1908, "bushj^ 2 ft. woody at base"; 

 Santa Cruz Island, T. 8. Brandegee, April, 1888 ; Santa Cruz Island, 

 Franceschi in 1894; Santa Cruz Island, Greene, Julv and August, 

 1886; Santa Rosa Island, T. S. Brandegee, June, 1888; Santa Cata- 

 lina Island, Davidson 6 in 1891; Santa Catalina Island, Grant and 

 Wheeler, April 21-26, 1904; Avalon, Geo. B. Grant, March 29, 1900. 



