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3. SPHACELE. PirtcHer sace. 
I. SPHACELE FRAGRANS Greene, Pittonia 1: 38. 1887. 
Sphacele calycina Wallace: A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2, pt. 1: 365. 1878. 
Type locality: “In canyons of the south side of Santa Cruz 
Island.” 
Distribution: On shady slopes in the foothills and mountains 
of the islands and on the mainland in the San Gabriel Mountains. 
Upper Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: Santa Cruz Island, Brandegee, April, 
1888; southern California, probably Santa Catalina Island, Wal- 
lace; Santa Catalina Island, McClatchie, Sept. 12, 1893; near 
Claremont, Baker 5061; Switzer’s trail, San Gabriel Mountains, 
Davidson, June 12, 1893. 
4. RAMONA. 
Bracts scarious-membranous. 
Leaves entire, not at all rugose. 
Inflorescence villous; bracts less than 10 mm. long. 
1. R. pilosa. 
Inflorescence puberulent; bracts 15 mm. long. 2. R. pachystachya, 
Leaves crenulate, rugose. 3. R. capitata. 
Bracts herbaceous; leaves crenate, rugose. 
Stems woody at base, scape-like, about 2 dm. high. 4. R. humilis. 
Shrubs, 1-2 m. high. 
Inflorescence verticillate-glomerate and interrupted-spicate; corrolla- 
tube longer than the limb. 
Corolla about 1 cm. long. 
Bracts cuspidate-acuminate, somewhat tomentose. 
5. R. stachyoides. 
Bracts obtuse, hoary-tomentose. 6. R. nivea. 
Corolla 2 cm. long. 
Bracts acute or acute-cuspidate. 7. R. Clevelandi. 
Bracts conspicuously aristate. 8. R. Vasey. 
Inflorescence thyrsoid-paniculate; corolla-tube shorter than the limb. 
g. R. polystachya. 
1. Ramona pilosa (A. Gray). 
Audibertia incana pilosa A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2, ed. 2, pt. 1: 461. 
1886. 
Type locality: “Northern base of San Bernardino Mountains, 
on the border of the Mohave Desert.” 
Distribution: Mohave Desert, chiefly in the juniper and yucca 
belts. Lower Sonoran. 
