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As type is cited Hobby's (recte Frank Hubby'') nos. 54, 55 from 

 Matilija Canyon, Ventura County (not in San Bernardino County 

 or, as is written on the label of the type no. 54 before me, Santa Bar- 

 bara Co.). Besides this there is given on the label for the female 

 specimen "Chff Glen," and for the male ''Ojai Springs," locahties 

 near Matilija. The flowers are young, and the ovaries are not 

 ''densely villous" but, at least partly in no. 55, glabrescent toward 

 the apex and base, and rather silky pubescent. The specimens 

 could easily be taken for S. exigua were it not for the fact that the 

 lobes of the stigmas are narrower, about 3 times as long as thick, 

 and the styles distinct but short. Rowlee also cites a specimen 

 collected by Coville and Funston (no. 263) at Spring Valley, 

 Inyo County, but this is sterile. Only in Herb. W. I have found 

 a few fruits attached to it which look much like those of S. exigua. 

 I find it difficult to express a definite opinion on S. Parishiana, but 

 I wish to enumerate the following specimens which may repre- 

 sent the same form. It looks intermediate between S. exigua 

 (of southern California) and 5. sessilifolia var. leucodendroides, 

 and similar forms seem to occur in the region where var. Hindsiana 

 reaches the southern limit of its range. The question whether we 

 have to do with forms of hybrid origin or with a distinct species 

 can only be solved by careful observation in the field. See 

 also the indications given in the key. 



Specimens examined. — California: Venturia County: Matilija Canyon 

 (see the remarks given in the preceding text), April 3, 1896, F. W. Hubby (no. 

 54, m. and f. types; Cor.), April 19, 1896, F. W. Hubby (no. 55, fr.; Cor.); 

 Mt. Pinos Region, Goodenough Meadow, June 28, 1896, W. R. Dudley and 

 A. F. Lamb (no. 4717, fr.; St.; fructibus parvis vix 5 mm. longis probabiliter 

 nondum perfecte maturis); Sespe Creek, near Ten Sycamore Flat, alt. 600- 

 750 m., June 9, 1908, Abrams and McGregor (no. 169; G., St.); Mt. Pinos 

 Region, below Snedden's, Lockwood Creek, June 23, 1896, Dudley and Lamb 

 (no. 4632, St.; St.; vel exigua). Los Angeles County: Burbank, 1904, 

 /. C. Nevin (m., fr. ; St.; very near S. exigua); Inglewood, April 12, 1901, 

 LeRoy Abrams (no. 1493, f.; St.; glandulis 2, forma incerta); Florence, old 

 bed of the Los Angeles River, April 13, 1903, L. Abrams (no. 3255, m., f.; M., 

 St.; in floribus femineis interdum glandula dorsalis adest); same county?, 

 Leakside, /. B. Grant (no. 6960, f.; St.; "shrub 8 ft. high"); San Antonio 



7 For correct statements regarding this name and the following localities I am 

 much indebted to Mr. S. B. Parish. 



