244 Vitaceae 



6. C. hirsutus Nutt. Shrubby or arborescent, 3-5 m. high, 

 with grayish or reddish, densely villous, rather flexible twigs; 

 leaves ovate to broadly elliptic, rounded or Bubcordate at base, 

 obtuse or acute, 2-4 cm. long, hirsute with rather long appressed 



hairs above, loosely hirsute beneath especially along the veins; 

 inflorescence loosely puberulent, villous, 2.5-5 cm. long; flowers 

 deep blue to purplish ; capsule depressed, smooth, slightly lobed, 

 strongly crested. (C. oliganthus Nutt.) 



Frequent in the chaparral belt of the San Gabriel Mountains. 8500-4500 

 feet. 



** Fruit crested and with horns; stipular base large and corky. 

 -*- Leaves alternate. 



7. C. macrocarpus Nutt. Shrubby, 2-3 m. high, with gray 

 or reddish, at first appressed-pubeseent twigs ; leaves rather thick, 

 spatulate or obovate, cuneate, obtuse to emarginate, glabrous and 

 dull above, minutely canescent beneath, 1-2 cm. long, margin 

 slightly revolute, entire or rarely denticulate; capsule 8-12 mm. 

 in diameter, laterally horned, apical crests low, scarcely lobed. 



Frequent in the Santa Monica and Santa Ana Ranges. 



■«-•«- Leaves opposite. 



8. C. cuneatus Nutt. Much resembling the last, but the 

 branches more rigid ; leaves similar but opposite, capsule slightly 

 oblong, 5 mm. in diameter, with 3 conspicuous horns near the 

 top. 



Occasional along the southern rim of the San Gabriel and San Bernardino 

 Ranges. 



( .t. C. crassifolius Torr. Shrub,2-3m. high, with grayish white 

 or rusty tomentose twigs; leaves thick, elliptic-obovate, cuneate 



or rounded at base, obtuse, somewhat revolute, pungently den- 

 tate or rarely entire, 1.5-3 cm. long, minutely roughened, a) 

 Length glabrous and pale green above, densely tomentose beneath ; 

 stipules very large; capsules 8 mm. in diameter, with :'■ stout. 

 erect horns near the tip. 



Common In the chaparral belt of all our mountains. 



Family 53. VITACEAE. Grape Family. 



Climbing or erect shrubs, with nodose joints, alternate 

 petioled leave-, and small flowers in panicles, racemes or 



