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6. S. pniiiilnui, Bentli. PL Hartw. 310 (1849). Slender, simple or 

 b^aucbin^^ 1 — 3 iu. high : leaves 1 — 2 lines long, ovate-oblong : fi. sessile 

 in sparingly branched cymes ; calyx-lobes minute, triangular ; petals 

 yellow, linear, acute, 1^^ lines long : follicles short, 1-seeded, the seed 

 erect, filling the cavity. — Valley of the Sacramento, Harlweg; also at 

 Placerville, Rallaa, and the Marysville Buttes, Jepson. 



3. COTYLEDON, Nicatider. Succulent herbs coarser than Sedtim 

 and larger, but quite like them in all other respects save that the petals 

 are more or less united into a tube, and the follicles erect or suberect 

 rather than sjjreading. 



1. C. Nevadeiisis, Wats. Bot. Calif, i. 212 (1876). Acaulescent, 

 glaucous : leaves obovate to oblanceolate, somewhat rhomboidal, acute 

 or acuminate, the larger 2-4 in. long : flowering branches 6 — 10 in. high, 

 with scattered lanceolate to broadly triangular acute bracts : inflo- 

 rescence a spreading compound cyme ; pedicels ^ — ^ in. long : sepals 

 ovate, acute, 2 lines long or less : petals lanceolate, acute, 5 lines long, 

 yellow or reddish : carpels ovate-oblong, 3 lines long. — Yosemite and 

 northward. 



2. C. CJespitosa, Haw. Misc. Nat. 180 (1803). Nearly or quite acau- 

 lescent, scarcely glaucous but dull green : leaves ovate-oblong to 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, the larger l^g — 3 in. long : flowering branches 

 }4 — 1 ft. high, with broadly triangular-ovate clasping bracts : inflo- 

 rescence a short and rather close compound cyme ; pedicels short and 

 stout, subtended by broad bracts : sepals ovate, 2 lines long or less : 

 petals yellow, broadly lanceolate, acixte, 4—5 lines long : carpels ovate- 

 oblong, about 3 lines long. — From near San Francisco northward. 



3. C. laxa, B. & W. Bot. Calif, i. 212 (1876) ; Lindl. Journ. Hort. See. 

 iv. 292 (1849), under Echeveria. Nearly acaulescent, very glaucous : 

 leaves lanceolate, sharply acuminate, the larger 3 — 5 in. long : flowering 

 branches 1—2 ft. high, slender, with scattered leafy bracts, of which the 

 lower are narrowly lanceolate, the upper shorter and broader : inflo- 

 rescence of 2 —4 simple secund racemes 3 —5 in. long ; floral bracts 

 small ; pedicels 2—3 lines long : sepals ovate, acute, 2 lines long : petals 

 yellow, oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 5—7 lines long : carpels 

 ovate-oblong, 4 lines long. — From near Monterey southward in the 

 Coast Range. 



4. C. farinosa, Baker, Refug. Bot. i. t. 71 (1869) ; Lindl. 1. c. (1849), 

 under Echereria. Short-caulescent, more or less white-farinose : leaves 

 rather flaccid, ascending, lanceolate, acuminate, the larger ones 2—4 in. 

 long, acute : flowering branches 6—10 in. high, with scattered broadly 

 ovate to lanceolate clasping bracts : inflorescence a short and close 



