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Euphorbia Montereyana, spec. nov. '^ Tithymalopsis, 



Glabra; radice tenui elongata, caulibus virgatis striatis superned ich- 

 otomis; foliis petiolatis, inferiorasparsa, ovato-lanceolata vel nulla, 

 superiora longa, anguste Hnearia, acuta, margine integri non 

 revoluta; involucris solitariis in axillis supremis terminalibus 

 ■ dichotomialibusque, longe pedunculatls, breviter campanulatis, 

 extus glabris ; glandulis 5, transverse ovatis, concavis, viridis, ap- 

 pendice alba ovata Integra ; capsula glabra longe-pedicellata ; sem- 

 ina depressa-punctata. 



Scattered thinly through cool, shaded, mossy canons on north- 

 ern slope of the Sierra Madre near Monterey, June 15. (2069.) 

 Plant 25 to 35 cm. high, branches 10 to 18 cm. long, lower leaves 

 when present i to *2 cm. long, 5 to 10 mm. wide, upper leaves 

 I ^ to 8 cm. long, i to 5 mm. broad. 



Euphorbia campestris, Cham, et Schl Linn, 1830, p. 84. van 

 FOLIOSA, var. nov. Leaves very numerous above, oblanceolate 

 mucronate attenuate at the base, sessile, 3 to 7 cm. long, 5 to 10 

 mm. broad, those at the bifurcation of the rays opposite, ovate, 

 mucronulate, rays of umbel 5, 5^ to 6 cm. long, twice to thrice 

 branching, no teeth between the horns of the glands. Wooded 

 slopes of Sierra Madre near Monterey, June 23. (2068). 



CrOTONE/E. 



Croton ciliato-glandulosns, Ortega, Plant, rar. hort. matrit., 

 dec. 4, p. 51. River gravel near Monterey, July 7, (1914) 



Croton 7nonanthogynus, Michx., Flor. Bor. Am. it. 215; 

 {Gynamblosis monanthogyna, Torr. in Marcey's Rep. 295). This 

 plant differs from the description in that it has a one-celled capsule 

 splitting into four equal valves, four styles, and only one seed 

 to each capsule. C. monantliogynus is often by abortion one- 

 celled and one-seeded, but the specimens in this collection are 

 constant as described. Fields, valley near Monterey, July 7. 

 (1913)- 



ACALYPHE^:. 



Argyrothamnia serrata, Muell. Arg. I.e. 147. {Aphora 

 serrata, Torr. Mex. Bound. Survey, 197.) Sierra Madre near 

 Monterey, June 16. (2075). 



Acalypha hederacea, Torr. 1. c. 200. {Acalypha hederacea, a 



