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1. Lomatium lucidum (Nutt.) Jepson. Shiny Lomatium. Fig. 3541. 



Huryptera lucida Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 629. 1840. 

 feucedanum Euryptera A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 7: 348. 1868. 

 Peucedanum Hassei Coult. & Rose, Bot. Gaz. 14: 276. 1889. 

 Lomatium lucidum Jepson, Econ. PI. Calif. 119. 1924. 



Plants short-caulescent, 2.6-5 dm. tall, glabrous, from a long, slender taproot. Leaves 

 1-2-ternate; leaf-divisions deltoid to cuneate, regularly and sharply toothed, and often some- 

 what lobed, 15-70 mm. long; rays 10-20, widely spreading, 2-8.5 cm. long ; bractlets hnear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate; pedicels 7-17 mm. long; flowers yellow; fruit suborbicular to broadly 

 elliptical, emarginate at each end. 6-15 mm. long; wmgs thick, broader than the body; oil- 

 tubes solitary in the intervals, 2-4 on the commissure. 



Partially wooded mountain slopes. Upper Sonoran Zone; cismontane southern California, from Los Angeles 

 County to San Diego County. Type locality: San Diego, California. Feb.-March. 



2. Lomatium repostum (Jepson) Mathias. Napa Lomatium. Fig. 3542. 



Lomatium lucidum var. repostum Jepson, Madrono 1: 149. 1924. 

 Lomatium repostum Mathias, Ann. Mo. Bot. Card. 25:237. 1937. 



Plants acaulescent, 1.5-3.6 dm. tall, glabrous, from a long, slender, sometimes branching 

 taproot Leaves 1-2-ternate or ternate-pinnate ; leaf-divisions ovate to subflabellate, regularly 

 and sharply toothed, rarely shallowly lobed, 10-40 mm. long; rays 8-20, spreading 3-8 cm. 

 long- bractlets lanceolate, subacuminate ; pedicels 8-12 mm. long; flowers greenish-yellow; 

 fruit' broadly oval, emarginate at each end, 10-15 mm. long; wings thin, equaling to much 

 broader than the body ; oil-tubes 1-3 in the intervals, 4-6 on the commissure. 



Sandy or clay slopes. Arid Transition and Upper Sonoran Zones; Inner Coast Ranges, California, north- 

 ern Napa and southern Lake Counties. Type locality: near Collin's Springs, Vaca Mountains, California. 

 May- June. 



3. Lomatium Howellii (S. Wats.) Jepson. Howell's Lomatium. Fig. 3543. 



Feuccdanum Ho^vellii S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 20: 369. 1885. 

 Lomatium Howellii Jepson, Fl. Calif. 2: 637. 1936. 



Plants acaulescent or short-caulescent, 2.5-4 dm. tall, glabrous, from a long slender branch- 

 ino- taproot. Leaves ternate, then 1-2-pinnate; leaf-divisions deltoid, sharply and regularly 

 toothed, sometimes lobed, 10-25 mm. long; rays 10-15, spreading, 2.5-5.5 cm. long; bractlets 

 lanceolate to filiform; pedicels 8-12 mm. long; flowers yellow; fruit suborbicular, 7-11 mm. 

 long, deeply emarginate at both ends; wings about equaling the body; oil-tubes 2-3 m the 

 intervals, 9 on the commissure. 



Shaded rocky slopes, Humid Transition Zone; Siskiyou Mountains, Josephine County, Oregon, to Del 

 Norte County, California. Type locality: near Waldo, Josephine County, Oregon. May-June. 



4. Lomatium parvifolium (Hook. & Arn.) Jepson. Small-leaved Lomatium. 



Fig. 3544. 



Fer1^la parvifolia Hook & Arn. Bot. Beechey 348. 1838. 



Peucedamim calif ornicum Coult. & Rose, Bot. Gaz. 13: 143. 1888. Not P. calif ornicum Nutt. 1840. 



Lomatium parvifolium Jepson, Madroiio 1: 150. 1924. 



Plants short-caulescent, 1.5-4 dm. tall, glabrous, from a long taproot. Leaves ternate, then 

 1-2-pinnate; leaf-divisions lanceolate to cuneate, irregularly and sharply pinnatifid-incised, 

 8-24 mm. long; rays 8-14, spreading, subequal, 0.8-2.5 cm. long; bractlets linear-lanceolate 

 to filiform; pedicels 3-6 mm. long; flowers yellow; fruit orbicular to oblong, 7-10 mm. long, 

 emarginate at both ends ; wings broader than the body ; oil-tubes 1-3 in the intervals, 4-6 on 

 the commissure. 



County 

 March-June. 



Open pine forests. Humid Transition Zone; coastal California, Monterey County to San Luis Obispo 



My. Type locality: definite locality not stated, but probably near Monterey. Collected by Douglas. 



ch-June. 



Lomatium parvifolium var. pallidum (Coult. & Rose) Jepson, Madroiio 1: 150. 1924 {Euryptera 

 pallida Coult. & Rose, Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 7:242. 1900.) Foliage paler; rays 3-6.5 cm. long; pedicels 



7-17 mm. long. Monterey County to San Luis Obispo County, California. Type locality: Santa Lucia 

 Mountains. 



5. Lomatium insulare (Eastw.) Munz. San Nicolas Lomatium. Fig. 3545. 



Peucedanum insulare Eastw. Proc. Calif. Acad. III. 1: 106. pl. 8. 1898. 

 Lomatium insulare Munz, Man. S. Calif. 358. 1935. 



Plants acaulescent, 1-4 dm. tall, glabrous, from a long stout taproot. Leaves 2-3-ternate 

 to biquinate, then pinnate; leaf-divisions oblong to ovate-oblong, cuneate, irregularly pmna- 

 tifid, 4-14 mm. long; rays 15-20, spreading, subequal, 3.5-8 cm. long; bractlets filiform; ped- 

 icels 6-12 mm. long; flowers vellow ; fruit oblong-ovate, 12-15 mm. long, emarginate at both 

 ends ; wings thick, about equaling the body ; oil-tubes 2 in the intervals, 4 on the commissure. 



Bluffs, Upper Sonoran Zone; San Nicolas Island, southern California. Type locality: San Nicolas Island. 

 Feb.-April. 



