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CORNACEAE. Docwoop Famity. 
Flowers in aments, dioecious; stigmas lateral. 1. Garrya. 
Flowers not in aments, perfect; stigmas terminal. 
Flowers cymose, not subtended by an involucre. 2. Svida. 
Flowers capitate, subtended by a large petaloidinvolucre. 3. Cynoxylon. 
1. GARRYA. SILK-TASSEL TREE. 
Pubescence on lower surface of leaves of tangled or matted hairs. 
1. G. Veatchii Palmeri. 
Pubescence on lower surface of leaves of upwardly appressed hairs. 
2. G. pallida. 
1. Garrya Veatcui Patmerti (S. Wats.) Eastwood, Bot. 
Gaz. 36: 458. 1903. 
Garrya flavescens Palmeri S. Wats. Bot. Gaz. 1: 276. 1876. 
Garrya Veatchii undulata Eastwood, Bot. Gaz. 86: 458. 1903. 
Type locality: ‘““Milquatay, 60 miles from San Diego, on the 
Fort Yuma Road.” 
Distribution: In the chaparral belt of the mountains from 
Ventura County south to northern Lower California. Upper 
Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: La Cumbre trail, Santa Ynez Mountains, 
Abrams 4308; Switzer’s trail, San Gabriel Mountains, Grinnell 
16; Arroyo Seco Caynon, San Gabriel Mountains, Grinnell 40; 
Sisar Canyon, Topatopa Mountains, Abrams (F McGregor 64; 
Lytle Creek Canyon, Abrams 2805; Lone Pine Canyon, San 
Gabriel Mountains, Abrams § McGregor 671. 
2. GARRYA PALLIDA Eastwood, Proc. Calif. Acad. III. 2: 287. 
1902. 
Type locality: “Kings River Canyon,” Kern County, Cali- 
fornia. 
Distribution: Southern Sierra Nevada south to the Cuiamaca 
Mountains. Upper Sonoran and lower altitudes of the Transition. 
Specimens examined: Buckhorn Tavern, near Fort Tejon, 
Abrams (3 McGregor 283; La Cumbre Peak, Santa Ynez Moun- 
tains, Abrams 4318; Topatopa Mountains, dbrams & McGregor 
104; Rock Creek, Abrams &§ McGregor 568; Cold Creek, San 
Bernardino Mountains, Abrams 9 McGregor 814; Mount Santiago, 
Abrams 1811; Middle Peak, Cuiamaca Mountains, Abrams 3872. 
