658 



UMBELLI FERAE 



Beach, San Mateo Co., K. Brandcgee (bracts very broad at base) ; Berkcloy, //. A. Walker 197; 

 Richmond, Jepson 9732 ; Pt. Koyes, Jepson 11G3 ; Petahuna, Congdon ; Wilfred sta., Cotati Valley, 

 Jepson 9309; Salmon Creek, Sonoma coast, Jepson 15,046; Ft. Bragp, 11'. C. Mathcxvs 163; New- 

 port, Mendocino Co., Jepson 2212 (styles cxsertod beyond calyxlobos; bracts entire or with a 

 spinulose tooth on each side) ; Shelter Cove, Humboldt Co., Traeij 4994 (heads bluish-tinged). 



Refs.— Eryngium armatum C. & R. Bot. Gaz. 13:141 (1888) ; Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 343 

 (1901), ed. 2, 288 (1911), Man. 694, fig. 673 (1925). E. petiolaium var. armat^i/n Wats. Bot. 



Cal. 1:255 (1876), based on spms. 

 from Monterey Co. to Humboldt 

 Co. (Brewer, Samuels, Kellogg). 



4. E. pinnatisectum Jep- 

 son. FooTiiiLTi Eryngo. (Fig. 

 271.) Stem erect, branching 

 above, 8 to 14 inches high; 

 basal leaves 3 to 10 inches 

 long, the blades pinnately 

 divided into narrow rather 

 remote segments, the rachis 

 1 to 2 lines wide, the segments 

 callous-margined, ^/^ to 2 

 lines wide, entire or spinu- 

 lose-toothed or with a few 

 large teeth; petioles flat, 

 winged, short ( I/2 to 2 inches 

 long) ; upper leaves similar 

 or merely spinose-toothed, 

 the petiole short or lacking; 

 heads 3I/2 to 4 lines high; 

 bracts entire, 4 to 5 lines long, 

 with wide scarious margin at 

 base forming a lobe or tooth 

 above ; bractlets shorter, simi- 

 lar ; styles exceeded by sepals. 

 Summer beds of winter or 

 vernal pools, 1000 to 3000 

 feet : Sierra Nevada foothills 

 from Amador Co. to Tuol- 

 umne Co. May-June. 



Locs. — Pine Grove, Amador 

 Co., Hansen 391 ; Copperopolis, 

 Calaveras Co., Frank Gregory; 

 Soulsbyville, Tuolumne Co. 



Refs. — Eryngium pinnati- 

 sectum Jepson, Madrono 1:105 (1923), type loe. Duffield Canon, Soulsbyville, Jepson 7690; 

 Man. 695 (1925). 



5. E. longistylum C. & R. San Luis Eryngo. Stems low (4 to 8 inches high) , 

 branching throughout and spreading; basal leaves narrow, pinnately cut into 

 distant almost spine-like segments ; heads globose, about 1% lines high ; bracts nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, spreading, minutely puberulent, much longer than the heads, 2% 

 to 3% lines long, mostly entire, scarious-margined at base ; bractlets similar, but 

 narrower, and with broader scarious margins at base ; sepals scarious-margined ; 

 styles very much longer than the sepals. 



Hill country, 20 to 500 feet : San Luis Obispo coast at San Simeon. June. 



Refs.— Eryngium longistylum C. & R. Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 7:55 (1900), type loc. 

 San Simeon, San Luis Obispo Co., Curran; Jepson, Man. 695 (1925). 



Fig. 271. Eryngium pinnatisectum Jepson. a, habit, 

 X 4 ; 6, f r. bractlet, X 3 ; c, f r., X 4 ; d, cross sect, of 

 carpel, X 12. 



