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differences in ajje) I Pellejo Hills, w. Solano Co., Jcpson 13,417; Pope Creek, Napa Co., Jcpson 

 10.418.1; Wliite Sulphur Sprs., St. Helena, Chandler 7570; Sonoma Canon, Kenwood, Jepson 

 10.016; Ni.rth Peak. Mt. Diablo, ./(p.wn 7G04 ; Mill Valley, 11. A. Wallcer 1375; Lexington, s. of 

 I.o's Cia'toH, I'lndU-ton 737; Mt. Unuinlium, Paris; upper San Benito River near Lorenzo Creek, 

 Jrpson 12.J2S; Limo Kiln Creek. Santa Lucia Mts., Jcpson 1676 (whole plant a lively red, or 

 others in the colony with very little red color). 



Var. panicwlata .Tepson Comb. n. Cyme paniculate (tlie main axis with a terminal and 

 several latoral i)eduncled cymes). — Mt. Hamilton Range. 



Var. setchellil Jepson comb. n. Stem branched from above the middle, the branches race- 

 mose, elongated. — Foothills, Santa Clara Valley. 



Var. cjnnosa Jepson comb. n. Plants 10 to 14 inches high; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 4 to 

 4% inches long. — Napa Valley (St. Helena, Jcpson 13,420). 



Var. ncvadensis Jepson comb. n. Plants small (3 to 4% inches high), with small cymes; 

 leaves often very broad. — Montane, 2250 to 4500 feet: Sierra Nevada, at lower altitudes and in 

 the foothills. 



Loc8. — Newcastle, Mackie; Folsom, Alice King; Gwin Mine, Calaveras Co., Jcpson 1810 

 Italian Bar, Tuolumne Co., Jepson 6380; Cold Spr., Tuolumne Co., Jcpson 6463; Hetch-Hetchy 

 Jcpson 4G21 ; Yosemite, Drew; Mariposa, Congdon; Middle Fork Kings River, Henrietta Eliot 



Var. minor Jepson comb. n. Plants small, 2 to 5 inches high ; leaves short and broad, dis 

 posed to be rhomboidal, abruptly acute or slenderly acuminate, i/^ to 1% inches long; cyme 

 small, the flowers relatively few, mostly discrete; flowers brilliant red or brownish-yellow. — 

 Mountain ridges and canons, 1000 to 8500 feet: San Gabriel Mts.; San Bernardino Mts. 



Ijocs. — Eaton Canon, Pcirson 452; Mt. Gleason, Peirson 453; Ontario Ridge, Peirson 262; 

 San Bernardino foothills, Parish. 



Rofs. — ECHEVERIA liAXA. Lindl. Jour. Hort. Soc. Lond. 4:292 (1849), type loc. woods near 

 Montcrev, Jlartwcg. Cotyledon laxa B. & W. Bot. Cal. 1:212 (1876), Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 

 267 (1901), ed. 2, 197 (1911), Man. 453 (1925). Dudlcya laxa Britt. & Rose, Bull. N. Y. Bot. 

 Gard. 3:18 (1903). Cotyledon plattiana Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 267 (1901), type loc. Vaca 

 Mts., n. If. Plait; ed. 2, 197 (1911). Dudleya plattiana Britt. & Rose, Bull. N. Y, Bot. Gard. 

 22:40 (1903), E. plattiana Nels. & Mcbr. Bot. Gaz. 56:477 (1913). Dudleya sheldonii Rose, I.e. 

 3 :20, tj-pe loc. n. base Mt. Tamalpais, Eastwood. E. purpusii Schumann, Gartenfl. 45 : 608 (1896), 

 type from Cal., Purpus. Dudlcya purpusii Britt. & Rose, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3:20 (1903), 

 rats, of middle Cal., Purpus. D. goldmanii Rose, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3:19 (1903), type loc. 

 Pine Valley, head of Carmel River, Monterey Co., E. A. Goldman 763. D. humilis Rose, I.e. 3:27, 

 type loc. Mt. Diablo summit, Eastwood (a dwarf form). Var. pantcttlata Jepson. Cotyledon 

 laxa var. paniculata Jepson, Man. 453 (1925). Cotyledon caespitosa var. paniculata Jepson, Fl. 

 W. Mid. Cal. 267 (1901), tj-pe loc. Morrison Canon, Mt. Hamilton Range, Jepson 13,419. Dud- 

 leya paniculata Britt. & Rose, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3:27 (1903). E. jepsonii Nels. & Mcbr. 

 Bot. Gaz. 56: 477 (1913). Var. setchellii Jepson, Cotyledon laxa var. setchellii Jepson, Fl, 

 W. Mid. Cal. 267 (1901), tj-pe loc. Tulare Hill near Coyote sta., Santa Clara Valley, Jepson 

 13,418; Man. 453 (1925). C. setchellii Jcpson, I.e. ed. 2, 197 (1911). Dudleya setchellii Britt, 

 & Rose, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3:15 (1903). E. setchellii Nels. & Mcbr. Bot. Gaz. 56: 477 (1913). 

 Var. CYMOSA Jepson. Cotyledon laxa var. cymosa Jepson, Man. 453 (1925). C. cymosa Baker; 

 Saund. Ref. Bot. l:t. 68 (1869), type from Cal. Var. NEVADEisrsis Jepson. Cotyledon laxa var. 

 nevadcnsis Jepson, Man. 453 (1925). Cotyledon nevadensis Wats.; B. & W. Bot. Cal. 1:212 

 (1876), type loc. Sonora, Bigelow. Dudleya nevadensis Britt. & Rose, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 

 3:20 (1903). E. nevadensis Nels. & Mcbr. Bot. Gaz. 56:477 (1913). Dudleya gigantea Rose, 

 Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3:23 (1903), type loc. New York Falls, Amador Co., Hansen. Var. MiNOK 

 Jepson. Dudleya minor Rose, I.e. 3:19, tj-pe loc. San Gabriel Cailon, San Gabriel Mts., Hasse. 

 D. bemardina Britt. Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3:19 (1903), type loc. San Bernardino Mts., S. B. 4- 

 W. F. Parish 100. D. ovatifolia Britt. I.e. 3 :20, type loc. Santa Monica Mts., Hall 3255. D. pu- 

 mila Rose, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3:14 (1903), type loc. San Bernardino Mts., Hall 1350. 



5. E. lanceolata Nutt. Desert Savior. Plants 8 to 15 or 27 inches high, 

 commonly glaucous; rosettes not dense; leaves spreading or ascending, narrowly- 

 lanceolate, quite thick or sometimes slightly teretish, scarcely widened above, 2 to 

 6 inches long, 2 to 9 lines wide, some outer ones often oblong; branches of the cyme 

 several or most commonly few, racemose and simple or sometimes branched, 2^/^ 

 to 4 inches long, the flowers obconic or cylindric, mostly discrete, sometimes rather 

 few relatively; pedicels mostly 4 to 6 (or 8) lines long; petals yellow, greenish- 

 yellow, or reddish, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 4i/^ to 5I/2 lines long. 



Rocky ground, 1000 to 4000 feet: Santa Barbara Co. to San Diego Co.; west- 

 ern Colorado Desert. South to Lower California. Apr.-July, 



