rt) CONTRIBUTIONS TO WESTERN BOTANY 
Franseria aceritfolia n. sp. No. 27765, Cuyuca ranch, Ovt. 
23. and Arroyo Undo, No. 2.764, Oct 261930, A sietder ehrub 
erect and openly branched above but not rigid, 6-8 ft. high, pan- 
iculately branched above and with the slender branches ending in 
ovate panicles not over | ft. long, the involucres rotate and with 
warts, Leaves ovate in outline, not over 1 ft. long, on stout pet- 
wles rarely | inch long, alternate, pinnately 7-9-loked to below 
tie mille, with the lower 1-2 pairs of leaflets much reduced, all 
lobes triangular-acuminate and inegularly and sharply serrate, 
vhe terminal leaflet much the longest. Flowers yellow. Heads 
vn capillary peduncles, 
nvitalia longepedunculata n, sp. Nos. 27761 and 
27729, Jue B rranca, Guadalajara Nov. 19 1930. An erect and 
widely brancied annual. Leaves ovate, inclincd to be acuminate 
wud cymose, Heads ovate, with conical receptacle, Rays non 
. Chaff o ; 
single and capillary awn on the corners. A weed in fields. 
San agoon pass, Ariz., Sept. 24 1931 
has involucral bracts scarcely distinguishable from the chaff, but 
thin and hyaline-edged. _ 8 
nnia barrancz n, sp. No. 27698 rranca’ » 
Guadalajara, Nov. 17 1930. Tall ana erect, 3. fre bee high, 
with the simple stems pubernlent. Leaves pustulate-acerose on 
both sides, 3-5 inches long by 23 wide, oblong-lanceolate, shortly 
acuminate, rough-veined below, minutely crenulate. Flowers 
Im terminal and cymose heads, the central head -bracteate. Pe- 
Heals lem, long and wide, 
racts ovate, 6-S mm. 
ayn red-orange, 1 cm, long, spreading. 
