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Refs. — Crtptantha clevelandii Greene, Pitt. 1:117 (1887), type loc. San Diego, Cleveland 

 4- Greene. C. rattani Greene, Pitt. 1:160 (1888), type loc. San Jose, Rattan. C. abramsii Jtn., 

 Contrib. Gray Herb. 68:52 (1923), type loc. San Pedro Hills near Malaga Cove, Los Angeles Co., 

 Ahrams 3139. C. hi.spidula var. abramsii Brand; Engler, Pflzr. 4*''-:60 (1931). C. brandegei 

 Jtn., I.e. 68:53, type loc. Santa Rosa lal., T. Brandegee. C. hispidissima Greene, Pitt. 1:118 

 (1887), type loc. San Luis Obispo Co., Lemm-on. C. Iciocarpa var. hispidissima Mcbr., Contrib. 

 Gray Herb. 48:43 (1916). C. clevelandii var. hispidissima Jtn.; Munz, Man. 427 (1935). Var. 

 TLORO.SA Jtn., Contrib. Gray Herb. 74:95 (1925), type loc. Linda Vista, San Diego Co., Macbride 

 4- Payson 797. Var. m.ssiTA Jopson & Hoover. C. dissita Jtn., Jour. Arn. Arb. 20:383 (1939), 

 type loc. "near foot of grade w. of Lakeport," Lake Co. (i.e., probably near Highland Sprs.), 

 M. S. Baker 8956. 



28. C. leiocarpa Greene. Stem commonly branched from the base, 5 to 18 

 inche.s high, the branches many, ending in a short spike or in a dense glomerule of 

 spikes ; herbage hispid with spreading hairs, often densely so ; leaf -blades linear, 

 14 to 1 or 1% inches long; spikes leafy -bracted at base, rarely bractless, mostly 

 short and glomerate, 1/4 to % inch long; calyx-lobes linear or linear-lanceolate, 

 sometimes oblong, dark green, ascending-hirsute and spreading-bristly, 2 to 3 lines 

 long; corolla V3 to 1% lines wide; nutlets usually 4, rarely 1, narrowly ovate or 

 lanceolate-rostellate, smooth, rounded dorsally, flattish ventrally, the lateral angles 

 marked by a somewhat definite line but essentially obtuse, the ventral groove mi- 

 nutely forked at base or the fork obsolete. 



Sand dunes, sandy flats or grassy headlands, 5 to 500 feet : along the coast line 

 from Los Angeles Co. to Humboldt Co. North to southern Oregon. Apr. -June. 



Geog. note. — On morphological grounds Cryptantha leiocarpa is weakly and inconstantly dis- 

 tinguishable from C. clevelandii. By restricting, as is here done, citations of stations to the const 

 line, the practical effect of morphological weakness is thereby lessened. It is hoped, then, this 

 device may aid, negatively or positively, further inquiry: Playa del Rey, Los Angeles Co., Parish 

 11,864; Santa Rosa Isl., T. Brandegee ; Point Piiios, Monterey Co., K. Brandegee : Presidio, San 

 Francisco, Jepson 21,129; Pt. Reyes, Marin Co., Curran; Bodega Head, Sonoma Co., K. Brande- 

 gee; Cape Mendocino, Tracy 9939 (nutlets convexly 2-pIaned on face). 



Refs. — Cryptantha leiocarpa Greene, Pitt. 1:117 (1887); Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 445 

 (1901), ed. 2, 348 (1911), Man. 850 (1925). Echinospermnm leioearpum F. & M., Ind. Sem. Hort. 

 Petrop. 2:36 (1836), type loc. Ft. Ross, Sonoma coast; Linnaea 11: Litt.-Ber. 104 (1837); 

 Erythea 2:140 (1894). Krynitzkia Iciocarpa F. & yi., I.e. 7 :52 (1841). Eritriehium hiocarpum 

 Wats., Bot. King 244 (1871). (?) C. leiocarpa var. eremocaryoides Brand; Engler, Pflzr. 42":53 

 (1931), type loc. Monterey, J. Ball. 



29. C. ganderi Jtn. Bushy-branching plant 4 to 15 inches high ; herbage 

 spreading-hispid ; leaf -blades linear or linear-lanceolate, mostly sessile, % to 1 inch 

 long; spikes mostly solitary, loose, 3 to 5 inches long; calyx 4 lines long, tufted on 

 lower half with long divergent bristles, the lobes linear-filiform, densely ascending- 

 hirsute on lower half inside ; corolla minute (1/2 line wide) ; nutlet 1, smooth, ovate- 

 rostrate, low-rounded or flattish dorsally, flattish ventrally, the lateral angles 

 obtuse, the ventral groove widely forked at the sub-truncatish base of nutlet. 



Desert valleys, 700 to 1100 feet: Borrego Valley, northeastern San Diego Co., 

 Colorado Desert. South to Lower California and Sonora (Jour. Arn. Arb. 20 : 

 386). Apr. 



Tax. note. — In all its single features Cryptantha ganderi resembles closely various California 

 species of Cryptantha. In the sum total of its characters, however, it seems an unusual plant and 

 would bo expected to have that which it apparently does not have, a distinctive or unique feature 

 of a kind which in many cases characterizes other southwestern species of this genus. Dorsally, 

 the nutlets bear a few widely scattered microscopic muriculationa or needle-like points — but these 

 represent very obscure and inconsiderable structures. 



Ref. — Cryptantha ganderi Jtn., Jour. Arn. Arb. 20:386 (1939), type loc. Borrego Valley, 

 San Diego Co., Gander 5328 (merotyp. vidi). 



30. C. maritima Greene. Stem usually .stout with many ascending branches, 

 5 to 11 inches high ; herbage rufescent, hispid, often also appressed-hirsute; leaves 

 linear, somewhat thickened, V2 to 1 inch long; spikes densely flowered, elongate in 

 age, freely bracteate, the bracts linear, 1 to 3 lines long; calyx-lobes linear-oblong 

 to filiform, 1 line long, spreading-bristly (some bristles as long as the lobes) and 



