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8444) to northwestern Santa Barbara Co. (Orcutt, Hoover 3109; Bieknell ata., Jepson 12,664; 

 Purisima Hills, Jepson 11,944). 



Befs. — Amsinckia spectabilis F. & M., Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 2:1 (1835), type loc. Bodega 

 Bay, Sonoma Co. A. maritima Eastw., Proc. Cal. Acad. ser. 3, 1 :110 (1898), type loc. San Nicolas 

 Isl., Traslc. A. lycopsoides Greene, Man. Reg. S. F. Bay 262 (1894) ; Jepson, PI. W. Mid. Cal. 448 

 (1901), ed. 2, 350 (1911) ; not Lehm. (1831). A. intermedia Mcbr., Contrib. Gray Herb. 49:7 

 (1917) ; Jepson, Man. 844 (1925) ; not F. & M. A. nigricans Brand; Fedde, Eepert. Sp. Nov. 

 20:319 (1924), type loc. Bodega Bay, Heller 5614. A. dimorpha Suksd., Werdenda 95 (1931), 

 type loc. not given, K. Brandegee. A. ovata Suksd., I.e., type loc. San Simeon Bay, Palmer 370. 

 A. cana Suksd., I.e. 96, type loc. Santa Maria, Eastwood 355. A. acuminata Suksd., I.e., type loc. 

 Morro Bay, Eastwood 15,104. A. truncata Suksd., I.e., type loc. Point Reyes, Eastwood 11,784. 

 A. celsa Suksd., I.e. 97, type loc. San Simeon, K. Brandegee. A. divaricata Suksd., I.e., type loc. 

 Surf, Santa Barbara Co., Eastwood 13,727. A. inflatula Suksd., I.e., type loc. Casmalia', Santa 

 Barbara Co., Eastwood 790. A. constricta Suksd., I.e. 98, type loc. Santa Barbara, Eastwood. 

 A. fulgens Suksd., I.e., type loc. Surf, Santa Barbara Co., Suksdorf 131. A. ohlongifolia Suksd., 

 I.e., type loc. Watt's sta.. West Oakland, Greene. A. granulosa Suksd., I.e., type loc. Seaside, Mon- 

 terey Co., Eastwood 160. A. Icelloggii Suksd., I.e. 99, type loc. Lone Mt., San Francisco, Kellogg 

 4r Harford 758. A. maculata Suksd., I.e., type loc. Granada, San Mateo, Eastwood 4727. A. lit- 

 toralis Greene; Suksd., I.e., type loc. San Diego, Greene. A. mathewsii Suksd., I.e., type loc. Fort 

 Bragg, Mathews 121. A. microsperma Suksd., I.e. 100, type loc. Santa Catalina Isl., T. Brandegee. 

 A. leptosperma Suksd., I.e., type loe. Point Lobos, San Francisco, Jepson. A. latifolia Suksd., 

 I.e. 101, type loc. Bodega Head, Sonoma Co., K. Brandegee. A. davyi Suksd., I.e., type loe. San 

 Francisco, Davy. Var. nicolai Jtn. ; Munz, Man. 423 (1935). A. sanctinicolai Eastw., Proc. 

 Cal. Acad. ser. 3, 1:109 (1898), type loc. San Nicolas Isl., Traslc. A. intermedia var. nicolai 

 Jepson, Man. 844 (1925). Var. mickocakpa Jepson & Hoover. A. microcarpa Greene, Erythea 

 2:191 (1894), type from "s. Cal., but possibly in Mex.," Coulter. A. dentata Suksd., Werdenda 

 95 (1931), type loc. Santa Maria, Mum 9285. A. ochroleuca Suksd., I.e., tj-pe loc. Nipoma Mesa, 

 San Luis Obispo Co., Eastwood 14,331. 



Amsinckia lycopsoides Lehm., Delect. Sem. Hort. Hamburg 7 (1831), no locality given; 

 F. & M., Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 2:1 (1835) ; Linnaea 11: Litt.-Ber. 93 (1837) ; Jepson, Man. 

 844 (1925). Litlwspermum lycopsoides Lehm., Pugill. 2:28 (1830); Hook., Fl. Bor. Am. 2:89 

 (1838), type loe. "Straits of de Fuca, Nw. Am.," Scouler. Benthamia lycopsoides Lindl.; DC, 

 Prodr. 10:117 (1846). Although often attributed to California, no Californian material has 

 been seen which, under the present view, can be referred to it. It seems closely related to 

 A. spectabilis. 



Amsinckia menziesh Nels. & Mcbr., Bot. Gaz. 61:36 (1916). Echium memiesii Lehm., 

 Pugill. 2:29 (1830); Hook., Fl. Bor. Am., 2:89 (1838), "N. W. Coast of America," Memies. 

 No satisfactory material seen ; its identity seems wliolly obscure. 



11. OREOCARYA Greene 



Perennial herbs, the stems mostly sparingly leafy, arising from the densely 

 leafy root-crown and terminating in a thyrsoid or spieate leafy-braeteate panicle. 

 Entire plant tomentose or strigose, and also usually densely spreading-hispid. 

 Calyx 5-parted to the base or nearly so, the segments linear-lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate. Corolla white or cream-color, with prominent crests, the crests usually 

 yellow or cream-color. Nutlets smooth and polished or roughened and dull, 

 rounded on the back or quite flat, not keeled or with only a median lineation, the 

 margins without wings or the wings extremely narrow. — Species 35, North Amer- 

 ica. (Greek oreos, mountain, and karua, nutlet, on account of the habitat.) 



A. Nutlets roughened on back. 



Corolla-tube not exceeding the calyx or only slightly. 



Ventral groove of nutlet extending to base or nearly ; nutlets compressed, the pericarp papery ; 

 Sierra Nevada and n. Cal. 

 Flowers in a dense terminal cluster with scattered small clusters or solitary flowers 

 below. 

 Stems slender, 3 to 11 inches high; nutlets 1 to 1% lines long, the ventral groove 



closed or narrow 1. 0. nuhigena. 



Stems stoutish, 8 to 13 inches high ; nutlets 2 lines long, the ventral groove broad 



2. 0. crymophila. 

 Flowers in a cylindric or subcylindric panicle, the panicle usually dense; nutlets some- 

 what rounded dorsaUy, convcxly 2-planed ventrally, the pericarp usually firm 



3. 0. humilis. 



