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16. A. scripta Greene. Stems prostrate, II/2 to 10 inches long; leaf -blades 

 linear or narrowly linear-oblanceolate, 4 to 9 lines long; corolla 1 line broad; nut- 

 lets ovate, acute, brown, the dorsal side finely white-keeled and finely white- 

 reticulate, the ridges of the reticulations irregularly beset with tufts of bristles; 

 dorsal areolae large, smooth or papillate; ventral side of nutlets with a high thin 

 keel ending at base in a hollow scar ; scar very broad, % as long as nutlet, the pit 

 surrounded by a broad border or margin. 



Moist banks, in gravelly soil, 300 to 500 feet, very rare : lower margin of the 

 Sierra Nevada foothills from Butte Co. (probably) to Stanislaus Co. Mar.-Apr. 



Geog. note. — AUocarya scripta is, in tiiis genus, a remarkable species. It was first discovered 

 in April, 1887, by C. C. Parry, probably near Cliico. Since that time, collections have rarely been 

 made: once at lone (Contrib. Arn. Arb. 3:28) and again near La Grange, Stanislaus Co. {Hoover 

 2053). Tiny tufted dwarfs, 6 to 11 lines higli and almost acaulescent, have also been collected at 

 La Grange {Hoover 1724). It seems likely that dwarfs of this sort, obscure and very small plants 

 less than one inch high, have been hitherto overlooked. 



Eefs. — Allocarta scripta Greene, Pitt. 1 :142 (1887), type loc. "plains of the Sacramento," 

 Parry; Jepson, Man. 854 (1925). Plagioiothrys scriptns Jtn., Contrib. Am. Arb. 3:27 (1932). 



17. A. glyptocarpa Piper. Branching at or near the base, 7 to 12 inches high; 

 herbage setulose with short scattered setae; leaf -blades linear, 1 to 4 lines long; 

 spikes 1 to 8 inches long, the flowers remote or at least discrete ; corolla 2^4 to 4 lines 

 broad; nutlets ovate, beaked or abruptly acute, the entire dorsal side strongly 

 keeled and sharply rugose, the rugae forming complete or imperfect areolae; areo- 

 lae 1 or 2-papillate ; ventral side with a high thin keel down to the pit-like scar, 

 either side of sear transversely rugose-crowded; scar triangular, % as long as 

 nutlet. 



Moist places along streams, 400 to 2000 feet : northern Sierra Nevada foothills 

 from Butte Co. to Shasta Co. ; inner North Coast Range in Lake Co. North to 

 Oregon. May. 



Loca.— Near Table Mt., n. of Oroville, Heller 11,202; Redding (4 mi. e.). Hoover 2273; 

 Bartlett Sprs. (7 mi. e.), ne. Lake Co., Kildale 4964. 



Refs. — Allocarta gltptocarpa Piper, Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 22:90 (1920), type loc. 

 "hills 8 mi. n. of Oroville," that is, near Table Mt., Heller 11,202. Glyptocaryopsis glyptocarpa 

 Brand; Engler, Pflzr. 4=":104 (1931). Plagioiothrys glyptocarpns Jtn., Contrib. Arn. Arb. 

 3:37 (1932). P. glyptocarpusxar. modestus 3\n., Contrib. Am. krh.Z:Z% (1932), type loc. Cedar 

 Crest, near Grass Valley, Nevada Co., Heller 13,222; said to differ from typical A. glyptocarpa 

 in the smaller corollas (1 to IY2 Hnes broad). 



18. A. distantiflora Piper. Stems few from the base, slender, diffuse, 3 to 9 

 inches long, flowering from near the base and thus making elongated spikes ; herb- 

 age strigulose, or the upper side of leaves subglabrous ; leaf -blades linear-oblanceo- 

 late, % to 1 inch long; spikes 2 to 8 inches long, loose (the flowers usually remote), 

 partially bracteate throughout; corolla % line broad; nutlets ovate, beaked or 

 abruptly acute, 3-keeled dorsally and transversely rugulose or lineate-muricate 

 or lineate-tuberculate, the rugae or the rows of tubercles or murications separated 

 by lineate grooves ; ventral side regularly rugose transversely on each side of scar 

 or at least partially regular, the ventral keel soon ending in a hollow scar with broad 

 border or margin, the scar large, % length of nutlet. 



Moist slopes or low places, 500 to 1200 feet : Sierra Nevada foothills from Tuo- 

 lumne Co. to Madera Co., and possibly on the bordering San Joaquin plain from 

 Madera Co. to Tulare Co. Apr.-May. 



Locs. — Geographically and in some other respects, AUocarya distantiflora is little known. 

 On the basis of specimens, only the following stations can be cited here: Moccasin Creok, Tuo- 

 lumne Co., Hoover 3384; Bear Valley, Mariposa Co., Hoover 3405; O'Neals sta. (5 mi. w.), Madera 

 Co., Biswell 137. 



Refs. — Allocarta distantiflora Piper, Contrib. V. S. Nat. Herb. 22:91 (1920), type loc. 

 "Madera" (probably in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Madera Co., to the east of Madera town), 

 Buckmin.Her. Glyptocaryopsis di.itantifiora Brand; Engler, Pflzr. 4"2:105 (1931). Plagiobo- 

 thrys distantiflorus Jtn., Contrib. Arn. Arb. 3:3C (1932). 



