PARSLEY FAMILY 637 



2. L. howellii Jepson comb. n. Plants about 15 to 18 inches high, glabrous, 

 the rather slender peduncles arising from very short (2 inches long) stems; leaves 

 ternate, 2^2 to 4^2 inches long, the lateral divisions pinnate, the middle one ter- 

 nate or pinnate; leaflets suborbicular to ovate, 4 to 9 lines long, often 3-parted, 

 coarsely toothed, the teeth cuspidate; umbel 11 to 16-rayed, the rays 1 to 2^/4 

 inches long; pedicels 3 to 4 lines long; fruit suborbicular, notched at both base 

 and apex, 3^2 to 4 lines long, the dorsal and lateral ribs obtuse, the wings slightly 

 narrower than the body; oil-tubes 3 in the intervals, about 8 on the commissure. 



Thinly forested hill slopes, 600 to 1400 feet : Del Norte Co. Fr. July. 



Locs. — Adams Flat to Patrick Creek, Jepson 2913; Gasquet, Peirson 3948. 



Refs. — LoMATltJM HOWELLII Jepson. Peucedanum howellii Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 20:369 

 (1885), type loc. "Waldo, Josephine Co., Ore., Howell. Euryptera howellii C. & E. Contrib. U. S. 

 Nat. Herb. 7:243 (1900). 



3. L. parvifolium Jepson. Coast Parsnip. Plants 7 to 12 (or 18) inches 

 high, the peduncles arising from short stems; stems erect, subterranean or to 5 

 inches high; herbage glabrous; leaves clustered near the base, bip innate (but the 

 upper leaflets confluent), 2 to 5 inches long; leaflets broad, irregularly^ incised 

 and with broad strongly cuspidate teeth (3 or) 5 to 12 lines long; umbel 8 to 15- 

 rayed, with involucels of linear or lanceolate acuminate bractlets; rays % to 1% 

 inches long; pedicels 2i/^ to 3^/2 lines long; flowers yellow; fruit broadly elliptical 

 to orbicular, 2^ to 4 lines long, with wings broader than the body, and rather 

 prominent dorsal and intermediate ribs; oil-tubes solitary in the intervals, 2 to 4 

 on the commissure. 



Hill slopes and flats, 100 to 1200 feet : near the coast, Santa Cruz Co. to San 

 Luis Obispo Co. Apr.-May, fr. June. 



Locs. — Santa Cruz Mts. (w. of Gilroy), Jepson 14,310; Pajaro Hills, Chandler 406; Carmel, 

 Mason 3992; San Simeon, E. Brandegee ; Jolon, T. Brandegee ; San Luis Obispo, Jepson. 



Var. pallidum Jepson. Herbage very pale. — Santa Lucia Mts.: School Canon, San Luis 

 Obispo, Gondii. 



Refs. — LOMATIUM PARVIFOLIUM Jepson, Madrono 1:150 (1924), Man. 720 (1925). Peuce- 

 danum parvifolium T. & G. Fl. 1:628 (1840), type from Cal., Douglas; Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 

 358 (1901), ed. 2, 301 (1911). Ferula parvifoUa H. & A. Bot. Beech. 348 (1840). Peucedanum 

 calif ornicum C. & E. Bot. Gaz. 13:143 (1888), type loc. San Luis Obispo Co., M. E. Jones. 

 Euryptera parvifoUa C. & E. Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 7:241 (1900). Var. pallidum Jepson, 

 Madrono 1:150 (1924), Man. 720 (1925). Euryptera pallida C. & E. I.e. 7:242 (1900), type loc. 

 Santa Lucia Mts., Vasey 232. The spm. of Vasey 232 in the Kew Herbarium is labeled San 

 Diego Co. 



4. L. rigidum Jepson comb. n. Plants 4 to 10 inches high, the stout peduncles 

 and the tufted leaves arising from a thick root-crown ; herbage glabrous, glaucous ; 

 leaves 3 to 8 inches long, bipinnate, but the lower divisions elongated so that the 

 leaves seem somewhat ternate ; segments or leaflets broadly ovate, 4 to 6 lines long, 

 deeply and unequally 3 to 5-cleft or -lobed, the lobes rigidly or spinescently 2 or 

 3-toothed; petioles % to 3^ inches long; umbel 8 to 17-rayed; rays ^ to 1% inches 

 long; pedicels 3 to 5 lines long; bractlets linear-lanceolate; flowers "apparently 

 yellow"; fruit elliptic-ovate or oval, glabrous, 4 to 5 lines long, the wings about 

 as wide as the body or slightly narrower ; dorsal and lateral ribs very thin but 

 prominent; oil-tubes 3 in the intervals, about 6 on the commissure. 



Rocky places, 4000 to 6000 feet : western Inyo Co. Apr., f r. May, 

 Locs. — Big Pine ; Andrews Camp, K. Brandegee. 



Eefs. — LoMATiUM RIGIDUM Jepson. Cogswellia rigida Jones, Contrib. "W. Bot. 13 :11 (1910), 

 type loc. Big Pine, Inyo Co., Hall 4r Chandler 7225 (typ. vidi). 



5. L. caruifolmm C. & R. Alkali Parsnip. Peduncles 3 or 4, erect or diverg- 

 ing, 8 to 14 inches high, arising from the crown of a stout taproot ; herbage glabrous 

 or nearly so, or the foliage minutely pubescent ; leaves ternately decompound, dis- 

 sected into linear segments i/4 to ^ line wide and 1 to 4^^ lines long; bractlets 



