596 ONAQRACEAE 



O. pallida Liiull. B..t. Kop. t. 1142 (1828). 0. abramsii Mcbr. Contrib. Gray Herb. 65:41 (1922). 

 0. micruntha var. abramsii Jcpson, Man. 684 (1925). Var. jonesii Munz, Am. Jour. Bot. 19:778 

 (1932). 0. hirta var. jonexii L6vl. Monog. Onoth. 213 (1904), type loc. Amador Co., Hansen 

 543. 0. jonesii L6vl. I.e. 237, pi. opp. 208 (1904), type loc. Santa Cruz, Jones 2231. Sphaero 

 stiffma rnicrarttlnim jonesii Ncls. Bot. Gaz. 40:59 (1905). 0. hirtella Greene, Fl. Fr. 215 (1891) 

 "hill country from Lake Co. and Solano Co. southward"; Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 337 (1901) 

 ed. 2, 2S3 (1911). Sphaerosticjma hirtelluw Small, Bull. Torr. Club 23:190 (1896). S. arcnicola 

 Nels.Bot. Gaz. 40:58 (1905), type loc. Monterey, Elmer 3192. 0. micraniha var. hirtella Jepson 

 Man. 684 (1925). 0. aulrani L6vl. I.e. 211, pi. opp. 208 (1904), type loc. San Diego, Palmer 102 



14. 0. cheiranthifolia Hornem. Dune Sun-cup. Stems decumbent or mostly- 

 prostrate, radiating: from a central rosette crowning the taproot, IY2 to 2i/2 feet 

 long, rigid and tough; leaf-blades tliick, white-pubescent, obovate to oblong or 

 oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, Yo to 1 inch long, sessile or the lower petioled; calyx- 

 tube 1 to 2 lines long; petals yellow, 3 to 8 lines long; capsules linear-oblong, stout, 

 chartaceous, acutely quadrangular or almost fluted, 7 to 10 lines long, spirally 

 once coiled, the attenuate apex mostly spreading. 



Sandhills and sandy beaches along the coast : San Diego Co. to Humboldt Co. 

 North to Oregon. Apr. -July. 



Locs. — La Jolla, San Diego Co., Netolon 304; Newport, Orange Co., Alice King; Manhattan 

 Beach, near Redondo, Bettys; Ventura, Jepson 12,647; Surf, Santa Barbara Co., K. Brandegee ; 

 Pecho, San Luis Obispo Co., Gondii; Carmel Bay, E. Ferguson 279; Gigling sta., Monterey Co., 

 E. Ferguson 266 ; San Pedro, San Mateo Co., Elmer 4942 ; San Francisco, Jepson 10,265 ; West 

 Berkeley, Davy 395; Dillons Beach, Marin Co., Congdon; Stone Lagoon, Humboldt Co., M. S. 

 Baker 183. 



Var. suflFruticosa Wats. Usually suffrutescent ; leaves green or silvery, the blades of the 

 upper usually round-ovate, cordate at the sessile base, denticulate; petals 6iA to 11 lines long. — 

 Sandy beaches, dunes or shore cliffs: Southern California coast from Santa Barbara Co. to San 

 Diego Co. Northern Lower California. Mar.-July (Jan. -Dec.). 



Locs. — Carpinteria, Santa Barbara Co., Hall 3169; Hueneme, Ventura Co., Davy; Santa 

 Monica, Barber 24; Encinitas, Parish 4434; Coronado, San Diego Co., Jepson 1601. 



Var. nitida Munz. Wholly glabrous. — San Miguel IsL; Seaside, Monterey, E. Brandegee ; 

 betw. Castroville and Monterey, K. Brandegee. 



Refs. — Oenothera cheiranthifolia Hornem. Hort. Hafn. (1807), type loc. Cal., Worm- 

 sTciold, incorrectly indicated as "Chile" ace. P. A. Mimz; Spr. Syst. Veg. 2:228 (1825) ; Jepson, 

 Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 337 (1901), ed. 2, 283 (1911). Holostigma cheiranthifolia Spach. Nouv. Ann. 

 Mus. Par. ser. 3, 4:336 (1835). Sphaerostigma cheiranthifolia F. & M. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 

 2:50 (1835). 0. spiralis Lehm.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:213 (1834), type from "North-West coast 

 of America", Menzies; Jepson, Man. 684, fig. 666 (1925). Sphaerostigma spirale F. & M. Ind. 

 Sem. Hort. Petrop. 2:50 (1835). Var. suffruticosa Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 8:592, 606 (1873), 

 Monterey, Coulter 153 (first cited loc. and coll.). 0. viridescens Lehm.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 

 1:214 (1834), type from "North-West coast of America", Menzies. Sphaerostigma viridescens 

 Walp. Rep. 2:77 (1843). S. spirale viridescens Nels. Bot. Gaz. 40:60 (1905). 0. spiralis f. 

 viridescens Levi. Monog. Onoth. 222 (1904). 0. spiralis var. viridescens Jepson, Man. 684 (1925). 

 0. spiralis f . arcuaia Levi. I.e. 0. spiralis f. clypeata Levi. I.e. Sphaerostigma spirale clypeatum 

 Nels. Bot. Gaz. 40:60 (1905). Var. nitida Munz, Bot. Gaz. 85:269 (1928). 0. nitida Greene, 

 Pitt. 1:70 (1887), type loc. San Miguel Isl., Greene. Sphaerostigma nitidum Small, Bull. Torr. 

 Club 23:190 (1896). 0. spiralis var. nitida Jepson, Man. 684 (1925). 



15. 0. bistorta Nutt. California Sun-cup. (Fig. 260.) Stems several from 

 the base, prostrate, ascending or erect, 2 or 3 inches to 2 feet long; herbage thinly 

 pilose or puberulent; leaf -blades linear-oblanceolate or the upper lanceolate, irreg- 

 ularly or obscurely denticulate or subentire. 1 to 3^ inches long, the cauline ses- 

 sile, or the lower ones narrowed to a petiole, the earliest leaves in a basal tuft; 

 calyx-tube 1 to 2V2 lines long; petals yellow, without a dark spot at base, commonly 

 drying greenish, orbicular-obovate, 3 to 7 lines long; capsules filiform-linear, 

 attenuate upward, sharply quadrangular, curved or arcuate, or spirally contorted, 

 % to 1% inches long. 



Gravelly washes, sandy flats or valleys and open hillsides, 5 to 6700 feet : south- 

 em Sierra Nevada in Tulare and Kern Cos.; Tehachapi Mts.; San Luis Obispo 

 Co.; cismontane Southern California; west side Colorado Desert. South to Lower 

 California. Mar.-June. 



