330 ALLAN HANCOCK PACIFIC EXPEDITIONS VOL. 13 



BORAGINACEAE 



Amsinskia intermedia F. & M. {A. sanctae harbarae Brand.) 



Coast Fiddleneck. 

 Annual. Common on eastern terrace in grassland. Also on the four larger 

 islands; mainland from Baja California and Arizona northward through 

 California. A variable species that undoubtedly includes many insular 

 segregates. Indigenous. 



Cryptantha Clevelandii Greene var. hispidissima (Greene) Johnston. 



Hairy Cryptantha. 

 Annual. Infrequent on northern exposures of canyons. Also on Santa Rosa, 

 Santa Cruz, San Miguel, San Clemente and Guadalupe islands; mainland. 

 Indigenous. 



Crypthantha maritima Greene. Pin-cushion Cryptantha. 



SufFrutescent perennial. Occasional on southern bluff breaks. Also on Santa 

 Catalina, San Clemente, San Nicolas, and Guadalupe islands; mainland to 

 Arizona and Baja California. Indigenous. 



Cryptantha intermedia (Gray) Greene. Common Cryptantha. 



Annual. On eastern terrace in cactus clumps. Also on the four larger islands; 

 mainland from Baja California to northern California. Indigenous. 



Cryptantha Traskae Johnston. Trask's Cryptantha. 



Annual. Occasional on ridges. Also on San Nicolas Island. Insular endemic. 

 SOLANACEAE 



Lycium californicum Nutt. Coastal Box Thorn. 



Suffrutescent shrub. Widespread and frequently dominant on all terraces, 

 southern bluffs, and western headlands; frequently a component of the 

 Suaeda-Larus biome. Also on other southern islands; mainland coast to 

 Baja California. Endemic to areas of southern California and Baja California 

 maritime climate. 



PLANTAGINACEAE 



Plantago insularis Eastw. Island Plantago. 



Annual. Occasional on southern bluffs. Also on the other southern islands; 

 adjacent mainland coast. Endemic to areas of southern California maritime 

 climate. 



CUCURBITACEAE 



Echinocystis macrocarpa Naud. Common Man-root. 



Climbing geophytic herb. Abundant in canyons and on eastern bluffs. On 

 all the islands; mainland to edge of desert. Indigenous. 

 COMPOSITAE 

 Heliantheae 



Coreopsis gigantea (Kell.) Hall. Giant Coreopsis. 



Suffrutescent shrub with fleshy trunk. Common in all but the most extremely 

 wind-swept areas ; dominant on the lower eastern terrace, bluffs, and can- 

 yons. Undoubtedly dominant over more extensive areas before cultivation 

 of the terraces. On all the islands, including Guadalupe; adjacent mainland 

 coast. Endemic to areas of southern California maritime climate. 



Madieae 



Hemizonia Clementina Brandg. Island Bush Tarweed. 



Suffrutescent schrub. Forma prostrata, a low prostrate form with short 

 internodes, abundant on main ridge and southern breaks. Forma erecta, a 

 small, rounded shrub with erect branches and long internodes, common on 

 the breaks of the eastern bluffs. H. Clementina also on Anacapa, and the 

 other southern islands, with related species on Guadalupe Island. Insular 

 endemic. 



Hemizonia fasciculata (DC) T. & G. var. ramosissima (Benth.) Gray. 



Slender Tarweed. 

 Annual. Common on eastern terrace. Also on Santa Catalina and San 

 Clemente islands; adjacent mainland coastal areas. Taxonomic status un- 

 certain. Probably indigenous. 



