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cottony wool which becomes thinner with age. Leaves on stem 

 elliptical, sessile, 1-2 in. long, sparingly dentate on the margins, 

 with apex mucronate. Heads cymosely clustered at the summit 

 of the stem on long peduncles, lyi in. in diameter, rays 3-toothed 

 at apex, }i in. long, yi in. or a little more in width ; disk flowers 

 yellow. This is a handsome plant when in full bloom. It was 

 seen only near the forks of Bubbs Creek. 



Senecio canus Hook. Stems perennial, about a foot high, 

 branching, leafy, clothed throughout with dense, white, cottony 

 wool. Leaves elliptical or oblong, on petioles about twice as long, 

 together about 2 in., 3-nerved from the base, entire. Heads 

 about }^ in. across, with rays % in. long, generally 3-toothed at 

 apex, yi in. wide. Bubbs Creek, near the forks. 



Senecio aureus L. Stems simple to the inflorescence, 

 smooth, erect, 1-2 ft. high. Radical leaves on long petioles, 

 broadly oblong, and scalloped to lobed and much narrowed ; stem 

 leaves few, sessile, once or twice lobed, an inch or two long. 

 Peduncles long, leafy-bracted, with the bracts slightly clothed 

 with cottony wool ; heads about ^ in. across, with short rays. 

 This grows in the wet meadows, and was collected at Summit 

 Meadow. 



Senecio Fremontii occidentals Gray. Stems many, from 

 woody creeping roots, branching diff"usely, with slender stems, 

 leafy, almost smooth and somewhat glaucous, about a foot high. 

 Leaves spatulate to oblanceolate, tapering to petioles, obtusely 

 toothed or lobed, with petioles about as long as the blade, to- 

 gether 1-2 in. Heads about ^ in. across, rays ^ in. long sharply 

 3-toothed. This grew in clumps on the trail to Bullfrog Lake. 



Senecio lugens Richards var. Stems stout, 1-2 feet high, 

 with few leaves except at base, and heads cymosely panicled at 

 the summit of the stem. Basal leaves from lanceolate to broadly- 

 ovate, tapering to broad petioles, the blades 2-3 in. long, 1-2 in. 

 wide, irregularly toothed or jagged. Heads Yz-^/i in. wide, the 

 rays %, in. long, toothed at apex ; bracts of the involucre with 

 black tips. The inflorescence is close when in flower, becoming 

 spreading and open in fruit. Millwood, Bubbs Creek, Converse 

 Basin. 



Aster Durbrowi Eastwood. Stems erect from creeping root- 

 stocks, J^-iK feet high, sparingly pubescent with white, woolly, 

 rather curly hairs. Leaves rather distant, generally shorter than 

 the internodes ; those at base narrowly lanceolate on long, broad 

 petioles, the stem leaves sessile. Heads about i_J^ in. across, with 



