Nash : Revision of thk Family Fuu(juieriaci-:ak 4r>{) 



made in Lower California in 1889 (Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. II. 



2 : 132, 133), also refers to this branched condition, but considers 



this state as exceptional and due to accident or injury. Both 



Brandegee and Orcutt claim the trunk attains a height of fifty feet 



or more. Brandegee remarks that the old capsules are 8-10 nun. 



long and sessile in the panicle, and that the trunks are 6-9 dm. in 



diameter at the base, gradually tapering upward into a pointed 



apex, so that the general shape is much like that of an inverted 



carrot. 



New York Botanical Garden. 



