PARSLEY FAMILY 641 



Locs.— Coastal S. Cal. : Stonewall Mine, Cuyamaca Mts., Parish 4419 ; San Diego, Hall 3936 ; 

 Thomas Valley, San Jacinto Mts., Jepson 1471; San Eafael Hills near Pasadena, Ottley 632; Los 

 Angeles, Davidson (oil-tubes 1 in the dorsal intervals, 2 or 3 in the lateral, 4 on the commissure) ; 

 Lukens Peak, San Gabriel Mts., Peirson 338; Saugus, K. Brandegee (oil-tubes 1 in the intervals, 

 4 on the commissure) ; Santa Inez Mts., Ilall 7850 (oil-tubes 1 in the dorsal intervals, 2 in the 

 lateral, 4 on the commissure), T. Brandegee (oil-tubes 1 in the intervals, 2 on the commissure). 

 South Coast Eanges: Merrill Valley, s. San Benito Co., Hall 9923 (oil-tubes 1 or 2 in the dorsal 

 intervals, 2 in the lateral, 2 or 4 on the commissure) ; Santa Cruz Mts. betw. Gilroy and Corralitos, 

 Jepson 14,300 (oil-tubes 2 in the intervals, 2 on the commissure) ; Kedwood City, Jepson 5739 

 (fl.), Elena B. Goodwin (oil-tubes 1 in the dorsal intervals, 2 in the lateral, 2 on the commissure) ; 

 Mt. Diablo, Jepson 7579 (oil-tubes 1 in the dorsal intervals, 2 in the lateral, 2 on the commissure) ; 

 South San Francisco, Eastwood (oil-tubes 1 or 2 in the dorsal intervals, 2 or 3 in the lateral, 2 or 

 4 on the commissure) ; San Francisco, Jepson 14,305. 



Var. medium Jepson. Bractlets broadly ovate mostly ; body of carpel broader ; oU-tubes com- 

 monly 2 or 3 in the intervals. — Dry gravelly soil or serpentine outcrops, 200 to 3000 feet: North 

 Coast Ranges from Marin Co. to Humboldt Co. Mar.-Apr., fr. May-July. 



Locs. — Ross Valley, Marin Co., Jepson 14,306 (oil-tubes 2 in the intervals, 4 on the commis- 

 sure) ; Mt. Tamalpais, Jepson 1192c; Napa, Jepson 14,304 (oil-tubes 2 or 3 in the dorsal intervals, 



2 in the lateral, 4 on the commissure) ; Conn Valley, Napa Range, Jepson 14,303 (oil-tubes 2 or 



3 in the dorsal intervals, 1 in the lateral, 2 on the commissure) ; Howell Mt., Jepson 517; Vaca 

 Mts., Jepson 14,302 (oil-tubes 2 or 3 in the dorsal intervals, 2, 3, or 4 in the lateral, 4 on the com- 

 missure) ; Mayacamas Range (e. of Ukiah), Jepson 3012; Indian Valley, ne. Lake Co., Jepson 

 8990 (oil-tubes 2 or 3 in the intervals) ; Mail Ridge, s. Humboldt Co., Jepson 1891; ridge betw. 

 Van Duzen and Mad Rivers, Tracy 2890 (oil-tubes 3 in the intervals, 4 on the commissure) ; Bluff 

 Creek, Klamath River, n. Humboldt Co., Chandler 1445 (oil-tubes 2 or 3 in the dorsal intervals, 

 2 in the lateral, 4 on the commissure) ; Burnt Ranch, Trinity Co., Tracy 6403. 



Var. decorum Jepson. Procumbent peduncles with white flowers ; erect peduncles with lUae- 

 purple flowers. — San Carlos Range. Apparently the procumbent white-flowered peduncles later 

 become erect and the flowers change in color to lilac-purple. 



Refs. — LoMATiUM DASYCARPUM C. & R. Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 7:218 (1900); Jepson, 

 Man. 722, fig. 706 (1925). Peucedanum dasycarpum T. & G. Fl. 1:628 (1840), type from Cal., 

 Douglas; Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 358 (1901), ed. 2, 302 (1911). Cogswellia dasycarpa Jones, 

 Contrib. W. Bot. 12:34 (1908). Peucedanum pringlei C. & R. Bot. Gaz. 13:209 (1888), type loc. 

 San Diego, Pringle. Var. medium Jepson, Madrono 1:154 (1924), type loc. Conn Valley, Napa 

 Co., Jepson 14,303; Man. 722 (1925). Var. decorum Jepson, Madrono 1:154 (1924), type loe. 

 North Fork Lewis Creek, San Carlos Range, Jepson 2704; Man, 722 (1925). 



10. L. tomentosum C. & R. Plains Parsnip. Plants 12 to 20 inches high, 

 the peduncles and leaves basal or sub-basal, borne on very short (1/4 to 1% inches) 

 stems; herbage tomentulose ; leaves 2 to 5 inches long, ternately decompound into 

 filiform segments; umbels 10 to 20-rayed, the rays l^/^ to 2i/2 inches long; pedicels 

 mostly shorter than the carpels; flowers white; bractlets ovate, acuminate; ovaries 

 heavily clothed in white wool; fruit large, elliptic, 6 to 8V2 lines long, usually 

 densely tomentose, the wings little if at all wider than the broadly ovate body; 

 oil-tubes usually 2 or 3 in the intervals, 2 or 4 on the commissure. 



Clay plains and stony hill slopes, 50 to 4000 feet : inner North Coast Range and 

 its eastern-bordering plain from Tehama Co. to Solano Co.; Sierra Nevada foot- 

 hills and western-bordering plain from Butte Co. to Mariposa Co. ; Tehachapi Mts. 

 Apr., fr. May-June. 



Locs. — Inner North Coast Range and its bordering plain: Redding, BlanTcinship ; Anderson, 

 Shasta Co., BlanTcinship; Dibble Creek, w. Tehama Co., Jepson 14,292; Rockville, w. Glenn Co., 

 Jepson 16,307; Elmira, Curran (oil-tubes 2 or 3 in the intervals, 2 on the commissure). Sierra 

 Nevada foothills: Olinda, Shasta Co., BlanTcinship; Green Gulch, Mariposa Co., Congdon (oU- 

 tubes 2 or 3 in the intervals, 2 on the commissure). Tehachapi Mts.: Tehachapi, K. Brandegee 

 (oil-tubes 2 in the intervals). 



Refs. — LoMATiuM TOMENTOSUM C. & R. Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 7:219 (1900); Jepson, 

 Man. 722 (1925). Peucedanum tomentosum Benth. PI. Hartw. 312 (1849), type loc. "Sacramento 

 Valley, Eartweg 257", in Butte Co. (Erythea 5:55). Cogswellia tomentosa Jones, Contrib. W. 

 Bot. 12:35 (1908). 



11. L. mohavense C. & R. Mohave Parsnip. Low plants (7 to 10 inches 

 high), the stout peduncles ascending from the root-crown, not much exceeding the 

 leaves; whole plant hoary with a short pubescence; leaves pinnately decompound. 



