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long; spikes ternate or geminate, soon loose, y^ to 3 inches long; calyx 1 to V^ 

 lines long, its lobes lineai-, densely short-liispid wilh spreading hairs, the lower part 

 of 1h(> outer lobes tufted with a row of deflexed or spreading bristles; corolla 1 to 

 l'^ lines broad; nutlet 1, smooth, polished, ovat(! or lancecilate but narrowed into 

 a slender beak, almost circular in cross-section (higli-rounded on back, rounded on 

 face), the ventral groove shortly forked at base; style shorter than nutlet. 

 Koeky slopes, 1000 to 3000 feet : Lake flo. to Napa Co. Apr.-June. 



Gcog. note. — Oryjitantlia liiNpidula is rcHlrictcd to ar(>:i3 of serpontine in Ijake County and 

 Napa County. Tlie following stations may 1)0 citod : ridge e. of Indian Valley, ne. Lake Co., 

 Hoover 3583; near Cobb Valley, svv. Lake Co., T. Walker; Snell Valley, n. Napa Co., Jepson 

 18,825; Limekiln Creek, n. of Pope Valley, Napa Co., Jcpson 18,812; Mooro's Creek, Howell Mt., 

 Napa (-'()., Tracy 1575; betw. Monticcllo .-uid Pope Valley, At. S. Balccr. Although very close to 

 (3rypt.antha clevclandii morphologically, Oyptantlia hispidula is geographically segregated from 

 that species and in addition occ\ipie3 a different sort of habitiit. The differences between the two 

 imits, as here acc.c^pted, are difficult to express in preci.sely differentiating terms. Cryptantha 

 hispidul.-i has very slender stems, Cryptantha clevc^landii rather stoulish ones. The nutlet of 

 Cryptantha hisiiidula is very thick .-ind rounded and inarkeilly and r.atlier aliruptly slender beaked. 

 Tlio nutlet of (Jryptantha clevclandii is low-rounded on tin; back, usually a little flatfish on the 

 face, that is, it is slightly compressed, and is lanceolate, sometimes with attenuate a])ex, rarely 

 beaked (Santa Cruz Jsl., tSexaucr). The calyx in Cryptantha Iiisjiidula is densely short-hispid 

 with spreading hairs, the midril) of the lobes armed with a row of bristles mostly on lower part, 

 the bristles sjireading or sometimes markedly deflexed. The calyx in Cryptantha clevclandii is 

 clotluid witli ascending hairs and throughout with divergently spreading long bristles. The dif- 

 ferences between these two, as indicated, may not be strong enough to sustain Cryptantha his- 

 pidula .as a sound species, liut although the characters for Cryptantha cievelandii are notably 

 variable, the characters as dr.-iwn for Cryptantlia hispidula are constant and uniform in all col- 

 lections made in the various parts of its area. 



Refs. — (JuYiTANTiiA inspiDUi.A Greene; Baker, West. Am. Plants 2:10 (1903), nomen nu- 

 dum; Brand in Kngler, Pflzr. 4=":60 (1931), typo loc. Knoxville, ne. Napa Co., C. /''. Ilalccr 2966. 



27. C. cievelandii Greene. Stems branching from the base or siibsimple, 

 slender, 3 to 18 inches high; herbage appressed- or spreading-hispid ; leaf-blades 

 linear to oblong, y^ to Va <*i' 1 Jn^l' long; spikes geminate or ternate or jjaiiiculate, 

 '/2 to IV2 inches long, dense or at length loose ; calyx 1 to IV2 lines long; ealyx-lobes 

 linear, hirsute-appressed and markedly spreading-bristly throughout; corolla Vt 

 to I'/i lines broafl ; nutlets 1 to 4, lanceolate, attenuate or Jicuniinate, smooth and 

 polished, rounded dorsally, convexly 2-planed vent rally or flatfish; groove closed, 

 the basal areola small, open ; style 7;( as long as nutlets, or ecpialing or slightly sur- 

 passing them. 



Koeky or sandy hillslopes, especially luxuriant on "burns" in the chaparral, 

 5 to 2.')00 feet: South Coast Ranges from Stanislaus Co. to San Luis Obispo Co.; 

 coastal Southern California. South to Lower (California. Mar. -May (or Aug.). 



Geog. note. — In the South Coast Ranges, Cryptantha cievelandii extends toward the coast but 

 is .also found in the inner ranges. At the southern extremity of its distribution, it is strictly 

 coastal ; there it replacca the more northern Cryptantha leiocarpa, from which it is scarcely dis- 

 tinguislialjle. 



Locs. — South Coast Ranges: Puerto Canon, \v. Stanislaus Co., Iloover 4337; betw. Scott Val- 

 ley and Felton, Santa Cruz Mts., Yalcs 5254; Big Sur River (coast cliffs s.), Hoover 2078; Jolon 

 grade near King City, K. Brandr{ice ; S.an Luis Obispo, Covdil ; Annette (2 mi. ne. ), inner South 

 Coast R.ange, w. Kern Co., WipQin.i 7977. Tehachapi Mts.: Tehachaiii, K. Brandegee. Cismontjme 

 S. Cal.: liicknell sta., nw. Santa Barbara Co., Jepxon ] 2,678 ; I'urisima Hills, near Lompoc, Jep.ion 

 11,95't; Santa ('ruz tsl., Frida Scxaucr : lluencme, Veiitur:i ('0., I'rirxon 5774; Santa Catalin,a 

 Isl., Fosberp II), 647; Santa Monica Canon, Santa Monica Mts., Barber 116; San Biego, Greene. 



In the form called (Cryptantha hisjiidissima Greene, the style! ecpials the nutlet.s or slightly 

 8urp:isses them, whereas in (!rypt;intha chivelandii the style is % as long as the nutlets. This 

 distinction does not, however, seem to segregate material into two groups that are in any wise 

 significant, and the former binomial is, therefore, reduced to synonymy. When Cryptantha cieve- 

 landii exhibits large coroll.as (2 to 2'/i lines wide) it is var. fl.onosA .Itn., ranging from San Luis 

 t)l)is]io (!o. (Arroyo Grande, Jcpson 20,263) and Santa Barbara Co. (Purisima Ilills, Jepson 

 11,923) south to San Diego. 



Var. dlssita (Jtn.) Jepson & Iloover comb. n. Stem stoutish, lir.anching; calyx 3 to 314 lines 

 long; corolla 3 lines broad; nutlets 1 to 3, ovate, attenuate or subrostrate; style slightly exceed- 

 ing nutlets. — Chaparral hills, 1300 to 1500 feet: western Lake Co. (Scott Valley, Tracy 1744). 



