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8. E. brevistylum, Barbey ; Bot. Calif, i. 220 (1876) ; Trel. 1. c. 100. 

 t, 30. Stem stoutish, terete, 10--18 in. high, simple or at summit sparingly 

 branching, marked with 2—4 decurrent lines : leaves mostly opposite, 

 sessile, broadly lanceolate, denticulate with small rigid teeth : fl. small : 

 inner row of stamens very short ; the outer exceeding the style : seeds 

 tapering above.— In Sierra Co., Lemnion, and northward. 



9. E. exaltatnm, Drew, Biill. Torr. Club, xvi. 151 (1889) ; Trel. 1. c. 

 95. t. 24. Stems simple below, only loosely and corymbosely paniciilate 

 at the very summit, terete, glabrous : leaves all opposite except the 

 floral, thin, rather pale, ovate- or oblong-lanceolate, acute, denticulate, 

 2 in. long, abruptly short-petiolate : inflorescence glandular-puberulent: 

 ti. large, rose-purple ; the obcordate petals 4—5 lines long : capsules on 

 slender pedicels equalling the floral leaves : seeds small, linear-oblong, 

 very minutely papillose-striate. — On Grouse Creek, Humboldt Co., Ches- 

 nut & Drew, and northward. An excellent species of peculiar habit, and 

 large flowers for this group ; the stigma 4-lobed. Aug. Sept. 



10. E. ursiiium, Parish ; Trel. 1. c. 100. t. 31 (1891). Slender, i^— 1 

 ft. high, pilose with white hairs, the inflorescence minutely glandular- 

 pubescent ; stem terete, with long internodes : leaves small, only the 

 lowest opposite, ovate-lanceolate, denticulate, serrulate or nearly entire, 

 abruptly rounded to the sessile base : fl. few ; petals white or very 

 pale : capsules on very slender peduncles of more than half their length, 

 glabrate : seeds rather rough-papillose. Var. subfalcatuiii, Trel. 1. c. 

 101. t. 32. Densely tomentose or pilose up to the glandular inflores- 

 cence : leaves narrower sometimes falcate, more cuneate at base, more 

 remotely and inconspicuously denticulate. — Presumably common in 

 middle California somewhere ; but no locality given, except "San Bernar- 

 dino Co.," for either type or variety ; communicated to the author from 

 the Calaveras Big Trees, 1888, Wuu Rieger. 



11. E. g:laberrimnTU, Barbey ; Bot. Calif. 220 (1876) ; Trel. 1. c. 104. 

 t. 38. Nearly simple up to the short inflorescence, commonly 2 ft. high, 

 glabrous, glaucous, the stems terete and slender : leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, obtusish, repand-denticulate or nearly entire, the lowest short-petio- 

 late : petals 2 lines long, rose-purple or paler : capsules very slender, 

 straight or somewhat arcuate, often long-pedicelled : seeds rather roughly 

 papillose-striate. — Common along streams and ditches at middle and 

 lower elevations of the Sierra. June — Sept. 



12. E. Honieiuaimi, Eeichenb. Ic. Crit. ii. 73 (1824) ; Trel. 1. c. 105. 

 t. 41. Stems stoloniferous at base, ascending, simple, 3—10 in. high, the 

 inflorescence pubescent, and also the stem along the decurrent lines : 

 leaves small, ascending, ovate-oblong, obtuse, from almost entire to 

 remotely serrulate, the lower cuneately narrowed, the upper usually 



