368 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



Encelia californica Nutt. Trans. Am. Pliilos. Soc. ser. 2. vii. 357 

 (1841). 



Specimens examined: California: Santa Barbara, 1873, Bolander 

 (G); also June 1875, Rothrock 82 (F), and May 1902, Elmer 3899 

 (FN); ocean bluffs, Santa Barbara, 1(3 May 1908, Eastwood 129 

 (FGN); near the 35th parallel, Whipple's Exp., 1853-4, Bigclow (N); 

 San Fernando Valley, Feb. 1861, Bretver 187 ("bad smell", GN); 

 beach above San Buenaventura, 5 Mar. 1866, S. F. Prckham (N); 

 Pasadena, May 1903, Grant 395 (F); Santa Monica, Oct. 1881, 

 Parish Bros. 964 (F); also 24 Jan. 1897, J. H. Barber 29 (N); near 

 beach. Long Wharf, near Santa Monica, 13 Aug. 1910, Blake 693 (G); 

 hillsides. May 1885, Los Angeles, Hasse (N) ; foothills, Griffith Park, 

 13 Mar. 1902, Brauntoh 242 (N); hillsides near Inglewood, 8 Mar. 

 1903, Abrams 3107 (G); Redondo, 25 May 1902, Braunion 288 (N); 

 hills, Wilmington, 1 Apr. 1882, Pringle (FN); near Riverside, alt. 

 366 m., Apr. 1902, Hall 2922 (N); San Diego, Parry, Newberry, 

 Nuttall (G); also 1875, Palmer 169 (F), 28 Feb. 1884, Orcutt (F), 

 15 Mar. 1882, Jones 3069 (N), 29 Jan. 1894, H. A. Sheldon 45 (N), 

 30 Mar. 1896, C. E. Cummings (G), 1 May 1902, Brandegee (Baker 

 distr. 1657, FGN), May 1906, Brandegee (F); La JoUa, 16 Feb. 1895, 

 Snyder (F); seashore, 30 m. from Lower California, 24 Feb. 1883, 

 G. C. Deane (G) ; Catalina Island, 30 Jan. 1874, Baker & Ball (GN) ; 

 Avalon, May 1898, Trask (N) ; San Clemente Island, 25 Aug. 1894, 

 Mearns 4067 (N); Chalk Canon, San Clemente Island, June 1903, 

 Trask 204 ("10-12 ft. tall; 1-4 ins. diam.", N); Arizona: Ft. 

 Mohave, 1860-1, Cooper 324 (N). Lower California: Todos 

 Santos, 13 May 1882, //. E. Fish (F); San Quentin Bay, Jan. 1889, 

 Palmer 661 (N), 662 (GN).— Bailey (Cyc. Am. Hort. ii. 529 (1900)) 

 states that this species is in cultivation. 



8/3. E. californica Nutt. var. asperif olia Blake, n. var., frutes- 

 centior capitulis foliisque plerumque minoribus; disco 1.2-1.8 cm. 

 diametro; pube caulium foliorumque asperiore; foliis ovalibus vel 

 ovatis 1.5-3 cm. longis 1-1.5 cm. latis scabris subintegris; involucro 

 breviore, pube densa aspera, squamis subglandulosis ad apicem sub- 

 glabratis; acheniis rare cum aristis 1-2 tenuibus. 



Specimens examined: Lower California: near Rosario and San 

 Fernando, 4 May 1886, Orcutt 1346 (FGN); Lagoon Head, 40 miles 

 inland, 6-15 Mar. 1889, Palmer 822 (GN); Cedros Island, 1875, 

 Streets (GN), also 18-20 Mar. 1889, Palmer 702 (FGN: 1 or 2 weak 

 awns present), Mar.-June 1897, Anthoyiy 292 (cotypes in FGN); 

 San Benito Island, Streets (G); San Bartolome Bay, Mar. 1889, Lt. 



