570 PAPAVEEACEAB 



Tlie various lines of variation which we liave discussed culminate in a few eases in strongly 

 marked forms which for the sake of convenience are here described as if definite varieties 

 although tliey represent only termini. 



Var. crocea Jepson n. comb. (Figs. 121, 122, 123.) In its most marked form this variety 

 passes normally througli two seasonal flowering stages, (a) Vernal stage: stems commonly 

 many from the crown of a thick deep-seated root, mostJy stiffly erect, 1 to 1M> (or 2) feet high; 

 herbage glaucous; stems leafy, or, in the ante-flowering stage, leaves in a basal tuft; flowers 

 1 or mostly 1^/4 to 'ili inches long; buds 8 to 18 lines long, long-pointed; torus rim 1 to 2 

 lines broad; petals a deep rich orange; pods 2 to 3 inches long, (b) Aestival stage: stems 

 fewer, diffuse, spreading or decumbent, ^,U to 1 (or 1%) feet long, more or less branched, 

 leafy; flowers Vi to % (or 1) inch long; buds 2 to 3 lines long, apiculate; torus rim % to % 

 line broad; petals pale or straw -yellow ; pods 1 to IVo inches long. — Interior valleys, particu- 

 larly tlie Sacramento and San Joaquin, reaching its highest development and most marked 

 differentiation into two distinct flowering stages, vernal and aestival, when in rich alluvial 

 loams. The above diagnosis of tliese two flowering stages is based primarily upon marked 

 plants gromng naturally in Vaca VaUey {Jepsan 417(!, 4178, -1721, 6276, 6278, 6846). 



Locs. — The specimens cited are referred here eliiefly on the basis of morphological char- 

 acter. Coast Eanges: Scott Bar to Scott Valley, Siskiyou Co., Jepson 2956 (aestival) ; Horse- 

 shoe Bend, upper Sacramento River, Jcjtsoii: Bucksport., Humboldt Co., Tracy 3210 (vernal), 

 2118 (aestival); Hydesville, Himiboldt Co., Trary 3600; Walker Mt., Mendocino Co., Davy 4- 

 Blasdale 1028 (vernal); Willits. Jepson 2.'501 ; Blue Lakes, Lake Co., Jepson; Coyote Valley, 

 Lake Co., Jepso)i; Howell Mt... Jepson 2442 (aestival) ; Napa Valley, Sonne (vernal) ; Sonoma 

 Valley, Jepson 4188 (vernal) ; Eldredge, Sonoma Co., Jepson 5800 (%'emal) ; Vacaville, Jepson 

 4174, 4175. 4721, 5163, 6846 (aestival). and 4176, 4178, 4179, 4180, 6276, 6278, 6791 (vernal) ; 

 Cordelia, Solano Co., Jepson 3080, 3083 (aestival); San Ramon Valley, Jepson 2643; San 

 Leandro, Jepson 5299 (small-flowered, vernal); NUes, Jepson 2471 (vernal); Los Gatos, 

 HcUer 7285 (vernal) ^E. revoluia Greene var. caudatocalyx Fedde in Engler, Pflzr. 4'"*:172; 

 Waltliam Creek, San Carlos Range, Jepson 2657. Sierra Nevada: Upper Fall River Valley, 

 Jepson 5767; Stillwater, Shasta Co.. Baker 4' Nutting (aestival) ; Beckwitli Tass, Jepson 7774; 

 Indian Valley, Plumas Co., Hall 4' Bahcock 4430 (ae.stival) ^^E. sliastcnsis Greene ace. Fedde 

 in Engler, P'flzr. 4"": 161; Cliinese Camp, Jepson G316; Wawona. EaU 9001 (aestival); Cali- 

 ente, Kern Co., Jepson 6746 (leaf -segments broad and few); Keeue, Teliachapi Mts., Jepson 

 7187. Great Valley: Mary-sville Buttes, Jepson; Clements, San Joaquin Co., Jepson 1821. 

 Southern California: Beaumont, Riverside Co., Jepson, 6077, Hall 5753 (vernal) =£. sanetarum 

 Greene ace. Fedde in Engler, Pflzr. 4'°*: 168. 



Var. maritlma Jepson n. comb. Stems leafy, early ascending, later becoming prostrate, 

 % to 1 foot long; herbage very glaucous, glabrous or minutely scaberulous or the pubescence 

 often scurf -like; leaves witlx sliort crowded segments; calyptra of bud short-oblong, 4 to 5% 

 lines long, abruptly narrowed to a blunt or beaked apex ; petals % inclv long, lemon yellow 

 with an orange spot at base; pod IV2 to 2 inclies long; seeds nearly smooth. — San Miguel Isl. 

 and coast of Santa Barbara Co., north to Monterey Co. June-Sept. 



Locs. — San Miguel Isl., Greene in 1887 (cult, at Berkeley from San Miguel seed) ; San Luis 

 Obispo Co., Summers, June 17, 1884; Surf, Santa Barbara Co., K. Brandegee 5e, 6e, 7e, 8e, 96; 

 Pacific Grove, Tidestrom, June 6. 1893, Chandler 320; Seaside, Monterey Co., K. Brandegee le, 

 2e, Be, 4e. 



Var. stricta Jepson n. comb. Stems slender, branched, many from a. branched taproot, 

 % to 1 foot high; herbage glaucous, glabrous except for tlie scabrous-ciliolate petioles and 

 petiolules; torus rim narrow, the inner margin of almost equal mdtli; petals 3 lines long; 

 stigmas 4 (or 2?); cotyledons bifid. — Snow Mt., Lake Co., K. Brandegee. Aug. 25, 1892 and 

 June 22, 1891. Not at all well known and dubiously given varietal rank until better material 

 is collected. 



Other spms, before us, representing mostly slight departures from tyi^ical E. californica, 

 but treated by Greene or Fedde as distinct from it are: San Diego, Half 3975 (E. clevelandii 

 Greene ace. Fedde in Engler, Pflzr. 4'»':173); Foster, San Diego Co., Hnll 3873 (E. vernalis 

 Greene ace. Fedde I.e. 180) ; San Diego, C. F. Baker 3387 {E. cl-evcJaitdii Greene ace. Fodde 

 l.e. 173) ; Riverside, Hall 3826 and 3713, also Moreno Valley, Riverside C«., EaU 3849 (E. pMa 

 Greene aec. Fedde I.e. 178) ; San Bernardino, Parish 4162 (E. hernardina Greene, Pitt. 5:255) ; 

 San Bernardino, Farish 5770 {E. picta Greene ace. Fedde l.c) ; City Creek, San Bernardino 

 Mts., Parish 5722 (E. straminea Greene ace. Fedde l.c. 179); Reohe Oanon, S.an Bernardino 

 Co., Parish 5607 (E. rigida Greene ace. Fedde l.c. 170) ; Blysian Park, Los Angeles, Braun.ton 

 834 (E. picta Greene ace. Fedde l.c. 178); Palmdale, Antelope Valley, Hall 3046 (E. pieta 

 Greene aec. Fedde l.c.) ; Lockwood Valley. Mt. Pinos, Ventura Co., Hall 6441 (E. ahsinlhiifolia 

 Greene ace. Fedde I.e. 166) ; Santa Rosa Lsl., T. Brandegee, June. 1888 (E. rohnsta Greene, Pitt. 

 5:2S6) ; Santa Ci'uz Isl., Greene in 1886 {E. gl-auea Greene, l.c. 266) ; Santa Barbara, Bingham 

 in 1886 {E. leptomi.tra Greene, l.c. 265) ; Pt. Pinos, Monterey Co., Heller 6539 (E. menzicsiana 

 var. coarctata Fedde, Rep. Nov. Sp. 2:147); Pacific Grove" Eeller 6638, 6860 {E. helleriana 



