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Colorado and Mohave deserts, the bordering ranges, and north to Inyo Co. ; 

 east to Utah and Arizona. Apr.-June. 



Loes. — Bishop Creek, Inyo Co., Hall 4" Chandler 7237; Pleasant Canon, Panamint Mts., 

 Hall 4' Chandler; •Barnwell, K. Brandcgec ; *Ranclsbiug, K. Brandegee 3-le; Daggett, Jepson 

 58i6; Barstow, Jepson 5808; Stoddard's Well, Jepson 5917; Shay's Well (iv. of Warren's 

 Well), Jepson 5953; Palm Sjjrs., Mt. San Jacinto, Parish 4106; San Felipo Gap, T. Brandegee 

 le; Vallecito, Jepson 4' Dution 8911. 



The following spms., wliich we have examined and detemuned as B. minutiflora Wats., have 

 been segregated by Greene or Fedde as indicated: Pah Ute Peak, Kern Co., Purpxis 5107 (E. 

 pctrophila Greene ace. Fedde in Eugler, Pflzr. 4'":19G); Erskine Creek, Kern Co., Purpus 

 5324 {E. miniuicula Greene ace. Fedde I.e. 188) ; Manzana, Antelope Valley, Davy 2489 (E. 

 modesta Greene ace. Fedde I.e. 191); Ells, Leonis Valley, w. Mohave Desert, Davi/ 2593 (£. 

 multicauli-s Fedde ace. Fedde in Engler, Pflzr. 4"": 191), robust, diffusely much branched, per- 

 ennial ace. Fedde, but the perennial" character not apparent; *Alpine, Los Angeles Co., Parish 

 1951 (E. modesta Greene ace. Fedde I.e. 191); Mohave Desert, N. C. Wilson, June 14, 1893 

 (E. vncrantha Greene ace. Fedde I.e. 192) ; *Bagdad, Mohave Desert, Hall 6081 {E. micrantJia 

 Greene ace. Fedde I.e..) ; Coyote Canon, Colorado Desert, Hall 2781 {E. micrantha Greene aec. 

 Fedde I.e.) ; Santa Maria Mts., Schellenger, Apr., 1905 {E. micrantha Greene ace. Fedde I.e.). 



Var. parishli Jepson n. comb. Petals 4 to 6 (or 7) lines long. — Colorado Desert: San 

 Felipe Gap, T. Brandegee 2e; 'Colorado Desert, T. Brandegee ; Mason's, Mason Valley, K. 

 Brandegee ; *Cliuckawalla Sprs., Hall 5898. The following with petals 3 to 4 lines long are 

 intergrades between the species and var. parishii: Panamint Mts., Jepson 7117 (Emigrant 

 Canon), 7055, 7067 (Hanaupah Canon); Nelson Range, Inyo Co., S. W. Austin; Blue Mt., 

 Greenhorn Range, Hall 4'Babeoclc 5006; Whitewater, e. of San Gorgonio Pass, Parish 6103. 

 Var. nitaefolia Jepson n. comb. Stems slender, many from the base; leaves ternate or 

 biternate, the lobes broadly cuneiform. — Havilah, Kern Co., T. Brandegee, May 15, 1891. 



Refs. — EscHSCHOLTZiA MINUTIFLOPA Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 11:122 (1876), type loe. nw. 

 Nev. to Ariz, and s. Utali, Parry; Fedde in Englor, Pflzr. 4'"':194, fig. 24" (1909). E. covillei 

 Greene. Pitt. 5:275 (1905), type loc. Death Valley region, Inyo Co., Coville 4' Funston 334; 

 Fedde I.e. 192, fig. 24'-. E. micrantha Greene I.e. 277, tj'pe loc. Mohave Desert, Curran; Fedde 

 I.e. fig. 24'-; var. fusigemmata Fedde, Rep. Nov. Sp. 3:184 (1906), type loc. Palm Sprs., 

 Selman in 1902; Fedde in Engler, Pflzr. 4'": 192, fig. 24'= (1909). E. minuseula Greene I.e. 

 270, tvpe loe. Hawthorn, Nev., M. E. Jones; Fedde I.e. 188, fig. 24°. E. modesta. Greene, Pitt. 

 1:169" (1888), type loc. Los Angeles Co., Parish 1951; Fedde he. 191, fig. 24". E. multicaulis 

 Fedde, Rep. Nov. Sp. 2:145 (1906), tvpe loe. Leonis Valley, Los Angeles Co., T>ai>ii 2593; 

 Fedde in Engler, Pflzr. 4'«:191, fig. 24" (1909). E. petrophila Greene, Pitt. 5:283 (1905), 

 tirpe loc. Pah Ute Peak, Kern Co., Purpit-s. E. p^isilla Greene I.e. 281, type loc. Keruville, 

 Kern Co., T. Brandegee, May 13, 1891. E. tortuosa Greene l.e. 278, tyx)e loc. Byrne's Spr., ne. 

 San Bernardino Mts., Parish in 1894; Fedde I.e. 193, fig. 24'°. Var. p.uiiSHn Jepson. E. 

 parishii Greene, Bull. Cal. Acad. 1:183 (1885), type loo. Colorado Desert, Parish; Fedde'in 

 Engler, Pflzr. 4'":187, fig. 24\ Var. rutaefxjlia Jepson. E. rutaefolia Greene, Pitt. 5:271 

 (1905), type loc. Havilah, Kern Co., Brandegee, Apr. 15, 1891; Fedde I.e. 188, fig. 24". 



3. E. elegans Greene. Stout leafy-stemmed annual, much branched above 

 the ba.se, 1 foot high; herbage glaucous, glabrous or slightly scabrous; leaves 

 very finely cut; torus narrow-campanulate, the scarious inner ring conspicuous; 

 corolla 1/2 inch long; mature seeds reticulate. 



Santa Barbara Islands. Apr. -May. 



Loes. — Santa Cruz Isl., T. Brandegee ; Santa Catalina Is!., K. Brandegee, May, 1889 (in 

 part), Geo. B. Grant 3777 (in part) ; Pebbly Beach, Catalina Isl., Heed 2842. 



Refs. — EscHScnoLTZiA elegans Greene, Bull. Cal. Acad. 1:182 (1885), type loc. Guada- 

 lupe Isl.; Fedde in Engler, Pflzr. 4 '"':187, fig. 24^ (lOOgV Var. ramosa Greene I.e., type loe. 

 Guadalupe Isl. E. ram-osa Greene, Bull. Torr. Club 13:217 (1886); Fedde I.e. 185, fig. 24'. 

 E. irichophylla Greene, Pitt. 5:268 (1905), type loc. Santa Cruz Isl., T. Brandegee, Apr., 1888. 

 E. nrossophylla Greene I.e. type loe. Santa Catalina Isl., T. Brandegee, May, 1889. 



4. E. lemmonii Greene. Stems usually somewliat lenfy, branching. 6 to 12 

 inches high ; herbage more or le.ss pubescent with white haii-s ; torus urn-shaped, 

 glabrous, 3 to 4 lines long; calyptra white-pubescent; petals orange, '/4 to 1 inch 

 long; capsule I'/i to 2V2 inches long. 



San Carlos Range, south through inner San Luis Obispo Co. May-Jtuie. 



Loes. — ■•Alcalde, Eastwood, May 10, 1893, T. Brandegee in 1891. Var. asprella Jepson n. 

 comb. Buds lightly pubescent to quite glabrous. — Plaskett Ranch, Kings City, A'. Brandegee 

 33e; Waltham Creek, San Carlos Range, Jepson 2660. 



