(444 ) 
Specimens examined: Northern base of the San Bernardino 
Mountains, Mohave Desert, S. B. & W. F. Parish 1300; 
Mohave Desert, about 1200 meters, Parish 3847; Acton, Hasse, 
May 21, 1893; Mescal Creek, Antelope Valley, Hall 3026; Mo- 
have Desert, near Burcham’s ranch, Parish 4935; Rock Creek, 
Abrams &§ McGregor 547; Palmdale, Abrams &§ McGregor 523. 
2. Ramona pacuystTacuya (A. Gray) Heller, Muhlenbergia 1: 4. 
1900. 
Audibertia incana pachystachya A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2, ed. 2, pt. 
1: 461. 1886. 
Audibertia pachystachya Parish, Erythea 6: 91. 1898. 
Salvia carnosa compacta Hall, Univ. Calif. Pub. Bot. 1: 111. 1902. 
Type locality: “Bear Valley in the San Bernardino Mountains. 
Southern borders of San Diego Co.” 
Distribution: In the vicinity of Bear Valley, San Bernardino 
Mountains, and in the San Jacinto Mountains. Upper Sonoran 
and Transition. 
Specimens examined: Eastern base of the San Jacinto Moun- 
tains, Hall 2160; Bear Valley, San Bernardino Mountains, Parry, 
1876; Parish 330; The Pines, Santa Ana Canyon, altitude 1650 
meters, Abrams & McGregor 523. 
3. Ramona capitata (A. Gray) Briquet, Bull. Herb. 
Boiss. 2: 440. 1894. 
Audibertia capitata A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 7: 387. 1867. 
Salvia mohavensis Greene, Pittonia 2: 235. 1892. 
Type locality: “Summit of Providence Mountain, Mohave 
Wesert.’ 
Distribution: Known only from the type locality. Upper 
Sonoran. 
4. Ramona HumiLis (Benth.) Greene, Erythea 1: 144. 1893. 
Audibertia humilis Benth. Lab. Gen. & Sp. 313. 1833. 
Salvia sonomensis Greene, Pittonia 2: 236. 1892. 
Type locality: “Hab. in California septentrionali.” 
Distribution: Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada of northern and 
central California, also in the Cuiamaca Mountains. ‘This is 
merely a low herbaceous plant with a woody caudex. ‘Transition. 
