isms Peg ts aR SO aN So NN cae area mR Res RM ot 
Studies on the flora of Southern California — II, 
LE Roy ABRAMS 
“ Xylothermia montana tomentosa subsp. nov. 
Distinguished from the typical form by the broader and larger 
leaves which, together with the twigs and legumes, are densely 
hoary-tomentose. 
This subspecies is confined to the chaparral region of Southern 
California, extending from the vicinity of Los Angeles to the 
Mexican boundary. The typical form extends from Santa Bar- 
bara northward both in the Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada. 
Type collected by the author (3530) near El Nido, San Diego 
County, May 20, 1903. 
’ Chamaebatia australis sp. nov. 
Chamaebatia JSoliosa var. australis Brandegee, Bot. Gaz. 27: 447. 
1899. 
“Much less glandular-pubescent than the type; leaves nar- 
Tower in outline, three times as long as wide and barely more than 
twice pinnate, calyx-lobes shorter: ovary smooth.” These are 
characters that hold well and since no intermediate forms have 
been found it seems only logical that a plant so isolated geo- 
Staphically should be considered asa distinct species. The range 
and habitat of the two species, as pointed out by Brandegee, are 
quite different. In addition to the localities cited by Brande- 
gee may be added San Ysidro Ranch, Lower California, Mearns 
3861, July 2, 1894. 
ADENOSTOMA FASCICULATUM DENSIFOLIUM Eastwood, Bull. 
Torrey Club 32: 199. 1905 
This variety was based upon specimens collected by Mr. 
Fordyce Grinnell Jr. on Mt. Wilson, near Pasadena. During a 
short stay in Southern California the past summer I had an PE: 
tunity to study somewhat closely the chamiso in the mountains 
263 
