[From the Bulletin of the Tokkey Botanical Cli b, 32 : 537-541. 1905] 



Studies on the flora of Southern California 



LeRoy Abrams 



Hookera multipedunculata sp. nov. 



Bulbs 2-2.5 cm - broad: scapes several, ascending, 8-15 cm. 

 long, the upper three fourths being exposed above the ground, 1 

 mm. in diameter : leaves equaling or exceeding the scapes, 5 mm. 

 broad, conduplicate : umbels 5— 1 3-flowered : bracts several, 5 

 mm. long: pedicels 2-3 cm. long: perianth funnel form, 15 mm. 

 long, rose-purple, its segments 9-10 mm. long, the outer lanceo- 

 late, the inner slightly broader: staminodia wanting; stamens 3 ; 

 filaments 3 mm. long ; anthers 5 mm. long: style 6 mm. long: 

 mature capsule oblong-obovate, 5 mm. long. 



Closely related to H. filifolia (S. Wats.) Greene, but distin- 

 guished by the absence of staminodia and by the stalked rather 

 than sessile anthers ; the bracts are also much less conspicuous. 



Growing in heavy soil near Cuyamaca Lake, San Diego 

 County, Abrams J897, June 25, 1903. The type of this, as well 

 as those of the following new species, is in the Herbarium of the 

 New York Botanical Garden. 



Abronia pinetorum sp. nov. 



Apparently perennial, from a rather thick, fleshy tap-root ; 

 stems branching from the base, ascending or prostrate ; herbage 

 glandular- villous throughout: petioles slender, 1—3 cm. long; 

 blades thickish, mostly ovate, obtuse or rounded at apex, cordate 

 or rounded at base, 1-2 cm. long: peduncles 3-6 cm. long: in- 

 volucral bracts ovate-lanceolate, 5-7 mm. long, acuminate : peri- 

 anth bright rose-purple ; tube slender, 2 cm. long ; lobes 5-7 

 mm. long, rather deeply lobed : wings of fruit rounded at apex 

 and but little prolonged above, forming a broad shallow sinus. 



Open pine forests, Thomas Valley, San Jacinto Mountains, 

 Hall 2166, June, 1901. 



Abronia aurita sp. nov. 



Herbage glandular-villous; stems prostrate or nearly so : pet- 

 ioles 1-3 cm long; blades rather thin, ovate, 15-40 mm. long, 

 oblique at base, margins wavy-crenate : peduncles 4-7 cm. long : 

 bracts narrowly lanceolate, long-acuminate, 1 cm. long: flowers 

 mostly about 20 : perianth rose-colored ; tube 2 cm. long ; lobes 



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