COMPOSITE. 465 



3. S. Californicus, DO. Prodr. vi. 426 (1837). Glabrous, at least 

 when mature, sleuder, 8—18 in. high: leaves of lanceolate or almost 

 linear outline, varying from denticulate to piuuatifid, the lobes short and 

 obtuse, all but the lowest sessile and auriculateclasping, 1 — 2 in. long: 

 heads few, loosely cymose at the almost naked summit of the stem; 

 involucre small, campauulate, 3--4 lines high, the bracts narrow: rays 

 oblong, 3—4 lines long, light-yellow: achenes canescent.~Low sandy 

 plains from near Santa Barbara southward, especially toward the sea. 

 Feb.— April. 



* * Suffrutescent, or at least tufted perennials, with linear or dissected 

 haves, and canescent aclienes. 



4. S. Doii^lasii, DC. Prodr. vi. 429 (1837). Usually 3 ft. high, 

 branching from the base, stoutish, loosely leafy; growing parts and 

 young leaves whitish-tomentose, later glabrate- at least the upper sur- 

 face of the leaves; lower leaves pinnately divided into about 5 narrowly 

 linear lobes, the upper linear, entire, all with revolute margins: heads 

 few, large, corymbose; rays conspicuous, light-yellow: achenes hoary 

 with a short pubescence.— Frequent on dry hills of the Mt. Diablo 

 Kange from Alameda Co. southward. July — Nov. 



5. S. Blochmaiiai, Greene, Eryth. i. 7 (1893). Tufted stout and rigid 

 stems erect, 3-4 ft. high, simple and very leafy up to the fastigiately 

 corymbose summit; herbage glabrous, heavy-scented: leaves filiform- 

 linear, entire, 2—4 in. long, rather fleshy, recurved or deflexed on the 

 stem: numerous heads ]4 in. high, cylindric: rays 5—8, light-yellow: 

 achenes hoary with a short strigulose pubescence; pappus very fine and 

 soft.— Along the Santa Maria River, San Luis Obispo Co., Mrs. Bloch- 



6. S. Cineraria, DC. Prodr. vi. 354 (1837). Stout, 2—4 ft. high, 

 white-tomentose: leaves of firm texture, petiolate, pinnately parted, the 

 segments oblong, obtuse, more or less distinctly 3-lobed: heads many, in 

 a terminal corymb: rays 10—12, short-oval: achenes puberulent.— An 

 ornamental species of southern Europe, not infrequent as an escape 

 from the gardens. 



* * * Perennials of various habit; achenes glabrous. 

 •i— Equablii leafy throughout. 



7. S. Fremoiiti, T. & G. Fl. ii. 445 (1843). Stems many, 1 ft. high or 

 less; herbage rather fleshy, glabrous: leaves small, round-obovate or 

 spatulate, 1—2 in. long, obtuse, dentate, the lowest narrowed to a winded 



