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riyitl segments one of which is long and straight, the other 4 or 5 short 

 and uncinate : perianth yellowish ; segments unequal, the outer spathu- 

 late, entire, the inner only half as large, crenate : stamens 9 ; anthers 

 oblong. — Dry hills in Monterey and San Benito counties, and southward. 



-t— -H- -F- Stoutuh and erect, or erect-up reading, the rather coarse branchlets 



rery fragile at the joints; involucres scattered or loosely cymose, 



their segments nerer scarious-niargined . 



14. C. stiiticoides, Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 418 (1837). Erect, 

 stoutish, often 1 ft. high, with spreading branches, villous-pubescent, 

 often purplish : leaves (all radical) spatulate, petioled, hirsute : invo- 

 lucres in rather close cymes, 1%, — 3 lines long, the alternate teeth large 

 and almost equal : perianth sessile, glabrous, cleft one-third the length ; 

 oiTter segments oblong-lanceolate, the inner larger and obovate : stamens 

 at biuse of tube ; anthers oblong.- From Monterey southward. 



15. C. Xanti, Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. xii. 272 (1878). Branching near 

 the base, 4 — 12 in. high, hirsute and .somewhat tomentose : leaves ovate- 

 oblong, 2-6 lines long on slender petioles, tomentose beneath; the 

 lower bracts .similar or linear-oblanceolate : involucres in loose cymes, 

 tomentose ; tube 2 lines long, with ijrominent angles ; segments unequal, 

 abruptly recurved and uncinate : perianth sessile, rose-color, villous, 2% 

 lines long ; segments linear-oblong, entire, acutish, the alternate ones 

 .shorter : stamens 6— 9, unequal ; anthers oval.- From Tehachapi Pass, 

 Kern Co., southward. June. 



16. C. Wheeleri, Wats. 1. c. Low, with spreading branches 3—4 in. 

 long, villous and tomentose : oblanceolate leaves and bracts 1 in. long or 

 less, tomentose beneath ; involucres in small terminal cymes, glabrous, 

 1 line long, with short stout teeth, the alternate ones smaller : perianth 

 sessile, li.>' lines long, glabrous, cleft one-third the length; segments 

 broadly oblong, the alternate ones rather shorter and broader : stamens 

 6, near the ba.se. — Towards Santa Barbara, Roihrock; considered only a 

 form of C staticoides by Dr. Parry. It is unknown to us. 



17. C. fimbriata, Nutt. PI. Gamb. 168 (1848). Stem erect and simple 

 at the leafy base, becoming much branched an*d widely spreading, the 

 branches appressed-pubescent, the inflorescence villous and somewhat 

 glandular, the whole plant purplish : leaves 1 — 2 in. long, obovate- 

 xspatulate, refuse or obcordate at the rather abruptly widened summit ; 

 bracts all setaceous, recurved, rigidly awned : involucres scattered in 

 the lower forks, more or less clustered at the ends of the branchlets ; 

 tube cylindrical, pubescent, strongly ribbed; segments unequal, recurved, 

 straight or uncinate-tipped : perianth-segments exserted, red or purple, 

 nearly equal, with an oblong obtuse terminal lobe and deeply lacerate- 



