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as long as the calj'x. Ovary 1-celled ; style 2-clef t. Capsule with dilated mem- 

 branous placentae lining each valve, the seeds mostly borne on the face of the 

 placentae, but usually also 1 or 2 borne on the back of each placenta, that is between 

 the placenta and the valve. — Species 2, southwestern United States and northern 

 Mexico. (Greek, eu, true, and crypta, secret, referring to the extra hidden seeds.) 



Leaves mostly opposite, 2 to 3 times pinnately parted and dissected ; seeds on the front and baelt 

 of the placentae unlike ; pedicels and calyx without glands (except in var.) ; erect plants ; 

 cismontane and trausmontane 1. E. chrysanthemifolia. 



Leaves alternate, once pinnately parted, the lobes mostly entire or with one tooth ; seeds in the 

 capsule all alike, corrugated; pedicels and calyx with short-stipitate glands; diffuse 

 plants; trausmontane deserts 2. E. micrantha. 



1. E. chrysanthemifolia Greene. Stem erect, freely branching, 1/2 to 2 feet 

 high; herbage thinly spreading-hirsute, or the leaves thinly hispidulous; leaf- 

 blades ovate iu outline, 2 to 4 inches long, twice to thrice pinnately divided with 

 the segments once or twice pinnately dissected or toothed (a little fern-like), 

 shortly petioled or sub-sessile, the petioles with a conspicuous auriculate dilation 

 at base ; racemes loosely several to many-flowered ; calyx-lobes oval ; corolla open- 

 eampanulate, II/2 to 2 times as long as the oval calyx, its scales a diverging pair 

 to each stamen; capsule whitish, thinly hirsute, the placentae lining and exactly 

 conforming to the valves ; placentae with 2 roughened seeds borne on the front 

 of each, and 2 smooth ones concealed behind each, that is, between the placentae and 

 the valves. 



Moist open spots in the foothills or in shady situations, 10 to 3000 (or 5000) 

 feet : Coast Ranges from Contra Costa and Marin Cos. to San Luis Obispo Co. ; cis- 

 montane Southern California. South to Lower California. Mar.-May. 



Locs. — South Coast Ranges: Crockett, Contra Costa Co., Tidestrom; Black Hills, Mt. Diablo, 

 Jepson 10,690 ; Fish ranch, Berkeley Hills, Jepaon 21,003 ; Angel Isl., San Francisco Bay, Chesnut 

 4- Drew; Niles Canon, Constance 2236; Alum Rock, Mt. Hamilton Range, Elmer 4731; Willow 

 Creek School (s. of), San Benito Co., H. S. Ferris 8357; Carmel Mission, Heller 6526; Limekiln 

 Creek, Santa Lucia Mts., Jepson 1674; San Luis Mt., San Luis Obispo Co., Summers. Cismontane 

 S. Cal.: Canada del Capitan, Santa Barbara coast, Jepson 11,906; Santa Cruz Isl., T. Brandegee ; 

 Sycamore Canon, Santa Ynez Mta., Jepson 9131; Santa Catalina Isl., T. Brandegee ; Newport 

 Bay, Orange Co., L. M. Booth 1003; Santa Ana Canon, Orange Co., J. T. Howell 2566; Rubio 

 Caiion (foothills e.), San Gabriel Mts., Peirson 167; San Bernardino foothills. Parish; Riverside, 

 Jepson 21,004; San Jacinto Valley, Jepson 1263; San Jacinto River Canon, San Jacinto Mts., 

 Jepson 1277 ; Escondido, San Diego Co., C. V. Meyer 15 ; San Pasqual Valley, San Diego Co., Jep- 

 son 19,177; Ramona, San Diego Co., Jepson 8520; Mt. Soledad, San Diego Co., Newlon 2S1. 

 Colorado Desert: Santa Rosa Mts. (12 mi. sw. of Indio), Clary 1618. 



Var. bipinnatifida Constance comb. n. Herbage thinly villous or bristly-hirsute, some- 

 what glandular ; corolla barely exceeding or shorter than the calyx. — Southern Sierra Nevada in 

 Kern Co. ; Inyo Co. ; central and eastern Mohave Desert; Colorado Desert. East to Arizona, south 

 to Lower California. 



Locs. — S. Sierra Nevada in Kern Co.: Democrat Sprs. (6 mi. w.), lower Kern Canon, Con- 

 stance 2121. Inyo Co.: Bishop (foothills s.), Heller 8227; Johnson Caiion, Pauamint Range, 

 Jepson 19,778. Mohave Desert: Granite Mts., s. of Avawatz Mts., Jepson 17,277; Poison Caiion 

 near Searles Lake, Constance 2114 ; Randsburg, Heller 7682 ; Sheephole Mts., Munz 13,818; Dead- 

 man's Pt., near VictorvUle, Parish 10,034. Colorado Desert: Corn Sprs., e. Riverside Co., Hitch- 

 cock 12,200; La Quinta Caiion, 7 mi. w. of Coachella, Clary 1614; Borrego Sprs., T. Brandegee; 

 San Felipe Valley, e. San Diego Co., Jepson 12,443; VaUeeito (head of), e. San Diego Co., 

 Jepson 8635. 



Refs. — EucRYPTA CHRYSANTHEMIFOLIA Greene, Bull. Cal. Acad. 1:200 (1885). Ellisia chry- 

 santhemifolia Benth., Trans. Linn. Soc. 17:274 (1835), type from Cal., Douglas; Jepson, Fl. W. 

 Mid. Cal. 435 (1901), ed. 2, 339 (1911), Man. 815 (1925). Macrocalyx chrysanthemifolius Ktze., 

 Rev. Gen. PI. 1:434 (1891). Eucrypta paniculata Nutt., Jour. Acad. Phila. ser. 2, 1:159 (1847), 

 type loc. Santa Catalina Isl., Gambel. Eucrypta foliosa Nutt., I.e., type loc. Santa Catalina Isl., 

 Gambel. Var. bipinnatifida Constance. Phacelia micrantha var. bipinnatifida Torr., Bot. Ives 

 21 (1860), type loc. Yampai Valley, Sitgreaves Pass, Black Mts., w. Ariz., Ives. Macrocalyx 

 bipinnatifidus Cov., Contrib. tJ. S. Nat. Herb. 4:157 (1893). Ellisia torreyi var. bipinnatifida 

 Brand; Engler, Pflzr. 4=":42 (1913). Ellisia torreyi Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 20:302 (1885), 

 based on Phacelia micrantha var. bipinnatifida Torr.; Jepson, Man. 815 (1925). Eucrypta tor- 

 reyi Hel., Cat. N. Am. PI. 7 (1898). 



