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13. C. Douglasii, Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. Vol. XVII., p. 418 — 

 C. Douglasii, Parry, 1. c, ex. character — C. pungens, var. diffusa. 

 Parry, 1. c, in part : 



Four to eight inches high, branching and assurgent from the base, or 

 erect and simple for the" first joint, dichotomous spreading above, hoary 

 pubescent throughout; radical leaves oblong -spathulate, gradually 

 tapering below to a narrow winged petiole, upper leaves short petiolate, 

 passing above to sessile apiculate leaf bracts; inflorescence in small 

 terminal clusters, with crowded aeicular bracts; involucres oblong ca'm- 

 panulate, slightly contracted near the throat, sharply angled, transversely 

 corrugated between the ribs, teeth divergent, shorter than the tube, 

 membraneous margined to near the uncinate tips, usually light pink; 

 perianth short pedicellate, lobes slightly unequal, erosely denticulate 

 and apiculate, one-third as long as the tube; stamens nine, anthers ob- 

 long ; akens narrowly-winged, embryo, with narrow cotyledons and short 

 radicle. 



Habitat: — 'Abundant in the valleys of the Santa Cruz Mountains, 

 near Felton and Ben Lomond, in sandy soil, usually low-spreading. Is 

 easily recognized by the purplish aeicular bracts, and the lighter pink 

 membraneous margins of the involucre. 



What has been in the paper above referred to, designated as C. 

 Douglasii, is hereafter described as C. robusta, n. sp. 



Variety albens. Low-branching, 3-6 inches high, of a hoary gray 

 color, the inflorescence albescent, and the expansion of the involucre 

 conspicuously white ; not otherwise distinguishable from the typical C. 

 Douglasii. Grows in extensive patches in the Salinas Valley, flower- 

 ing in May. 



TWO NEW SPECIES. 



21 2 . Chorizanthe Andersoni : 



Two to eight inches high, densely-branched from the base, spreading, 

 hairy pubescent, joints slender, fragile; leaves mostly radical, oblance- 

 olate, tapering below to a margined petiole, occasional leaf bracts on 

 the lower joints, upper bracts aeicular; inflorescence rather loosely 

 cyrnose; involucres sharply -ribbed, intervals somewhat corrugated, 

 longer segments equal to the tube, alternate one-half shorter, all 

 membraneous winged at base, and with uncinate teeth; perianth short 

 pedicellate, narrowly obconic, lobes spathulate, one-fourth as long as 

 the tube, equal, entire, or short apiculate; stamens nine, on slender 

 filaments, anthers short; akene and embryo similar to allied species. 



