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ocean, the most glandular specimens are to be found; while 

 on the Mill Valley Trail, the hills near Larkspur, and those 

 above the reservoir of the San Rafael Water Company 

 (localities somewhat protected from the ocean winds), it 

 becomes almost glabrous except on the pedicels, the ovary, 

 and the young growth, where some glandular hairs are al- 

 ways evident. When fresh shoots spring up where a fire 

 has formerly swept over the mountain, they appear so dif- 

 ferent from the most common form as to suggest, at least, a 

 good variety. The young leaves are often a bright red, 

 appearing like a brilliant flower from a distance. Usually 

 they are green, and often tinged with red, especially on the 

 margins. 



This species has been included under A. tomentosa, but 

 its peculiar characteristics have been ignored in all descrip- 

 tions of that species. In some of its features it resembles 

 A. Pringlei, which was also formerly included under A. 

 tomentosa. It resembles A. tomentosa in the shape and ar- 

 rangement of the leaves and the erect tendency of the 

 branches. The long, loose, woolly hairs so noticeable on 

 young stems of A. tomentosa are in this species replaced 

 by shorter and usually glandular hairs. The ovary and 

 fruit are glandular and this, according to the various de- 

 scriptions, is never the case with A. tomentosa. Theglandu- 

 losity is so pronounced in typical specimens of this species 

 that the leaves feel gummy when touched, and stick to each 

 other if placed together. When drying, they are very fra- 

 grant. 



While this species somewhat resembles A. Pringlei in 

 the character of its pubescence, it differs from it in the 

 shape and texture of the leaves, the persistent bracts, and 

 the flattened instead of conical ovary. 



Arctostaphylos montana, sp. no v. 



Shrubby, widely spreading, young branchlets usually erect; lower stems 

 glabrous, dark reddish brown; upper stems canescent, with a dense covering 

 of short curly hairs; leaves venulose, minutely punctate, oval, 1-2 cm. long, 

 with narrow cartilaginous margins and prominent mucro, canescent when 



