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UMBELLIFERAE 



Eryngium aristulatum var. Parishii (Coult. & Rose) Math. & Const. Amer. Midi. Nat. 25: 386. 1941. 

 iEryngium Parishii Coult. & Rose, Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 7: 57. 1900.) Similar but sepals ovate, usually 

 puberulent, and the scales of the fruit subequal. San Diego County, California, to northern Lower California. 

 Type locality: Oceanside, San Diego County. 



8. Eryngium Vaseyi Coult. & Rose. Vasey's Eryngo or Coyote-thistle. 



Fig. 3638. 



Eryngium Vaseyi Coult. & Rose, Bot. Gaz. 13: 142. 1888. 



Plants rather stout, the erect or ascending stems 1.5-4 dm. high, diffusely branched. 

 Basal leaves oblong-lanceolate to ovate, 9-25 cm. long, deeply pinnatifid, with unequal, spinulose- 

 lobed or pinnatitid segments ; petioles very short ; inflorescence corymbose, the numerous heads 

 subglobose, 5-10 mm. long; bracts spreading, linear-subulate, 5-15 mm. long; densely spinose 

 with 1-5 pairs of lateral, but no dorsal spines ; bractlets similar, spinose or rarely entire, scari- 

 ous-winged at base, enfolding and exceeding the fruit ; sepals lanceolate to ovate, 1-3 mm. long, 

 scarious-margined, entire to somewhat spinose ; styles shorter or longer than the sepals ; fruit 

 ovoid, 2-3 mm. long, densely covered with appressed, narrow, subequal white scales. 



Shallow vernal pools, Upper Sonoran Zone; upper Salinas and San Joaquin Valleys, California. Type lo- 

 cality: San Antonio River, Monterey County, California. June-Sept. 



Eryngium Vaseyi var. castrense (Jepson) Hoover ex Math. & Const. Amer. Midi. Nat. 25: 387. 1941. 

 (Eryngium cjstrensL Jcpsun, Madrono 1: 1U8. I9^i; E. globasum var. in,aiii>n Jepson, loc. cit. )_ Often stouter; 

 heads subglobose to ovoid, 6-15 mm. long; bracts densely beset with dorsal as well as lateral spines, greatly ex- 

 ceeding the heads; bractlets densely spiny and usually with some dorsal spines, greatly exceeding the fruit; sepals 

 usually spinose. Great Valley of California, especially on the northeastern side. Type locality: Chinese Camp, 

 Tuolumne County. 



Eryngium Vaseyi var. globosum (Jepson) Hoover ex Math. & Const., loc. cit. (Eryngium globosum 

 Jepson, Madrono 1: 108. 1923; E. spinosepalum Mathias, Brittonia 2: 245. 1936.) Often stouter; heads globose 



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3633 



3636 



3633. Eryngium p'^natisectum 



3634. Eryngium petiolatum 



3635 



3635. Eryngium alismaefolium 



3636. Eryngium racemosum 



3638 



3637. Eryngium aristulatum 



3638. Eryngium Vaseyi 



