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Bracts herbaceous. 



Inflorescence thyrsoid-paniculate. Tube of tlie corolla shorter than the limb. 



3. R. polystachya. 

 Infloi'escence verticillate-spicate. 



Corolla about 1 cm. long 4, R. stachyoides. 



Corolla nearly or fully 2 cm. long. 



Outer bracts acute or short-mucronate 5. R. Cleveland!. 



Outer bracts with long aristate tips 6. R. vaseyi. 



1. Ramona pachystachya (A. Gray) Heller, Muhlenbergia 1: 4. 1900. 

 Audihertia incana pachystachya A. Gray, Syn. Fl. ed. 2. 2^: 461. 18S6. 

 A.udibertia pachystachya Parish, Erythea 6: 91. 1898. 



Mountains of Baja California. California ; type from San Bernardino 

 Mountains. 



Leaves spatulate, 2 to 4 cm. long, rounded at apex, attenuate at base to 

 a slender petiole, minutely canescent-tomentulose or glabrate ; inflorescence 

 verticillate-spicate; bracts large, oval or rounded, purplish; corolla nearly 2 

 cm. long. 



2. Ramona capitata (A. Gray) Briq. Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2: 440. 1894. 

 Audibertia capitata A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 7: 387. 1867. 

 Northwestern Sonora. Southern California ; type from Providence 



Mountains. 



Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, 1 to 2 cm. long, obtuse, acute at base, slender- 

 petiolate, very rugose, minutely tomentulose; flowers in terminal solitary 

 heads, the bracts whitish ; corolla nearly 2 cm. long. 



3. Ramona polystachya (Benth.) Greene, Pittonia 2: 235. 1892. 

 Audihertia polystachya Benth. Lab. Gen. & Sp. 314. 1833. 

 Northern Baja California. California. 



Shrub, about 1 meter high, densely white-tomeutulose throughout; leaves 

 lance-oblong, 5 to 8 cm. long, obtuse, acute at base ; corolla white or nearly 

 so, about 1 cm. long. 



The white sage is a very common shrub in southern California and it is 

 an important honey plant. The Indians of the region gather large quantities 

 of the seeds, parch them, and grind them into meal in a mortar. The meal 

 is stirred into water and salted, tlius forming pinole, which is eaten or drunk. 



4. Ramona stachyoides (Benth.) Briq. Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2: 440. 1894. 

 Audibertia stachyoides Benth. Lab. Gen. & Sp. 313. 1833. 



Baja California. California. 



Shrub, about 1 meter high ; leaves oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, mostly 

 1.5 to 2.5 cm. long, obtuse, attenuate at base, glabrate and green above, to- 

 mentulose beneath ; corolla white or lilac. 



Known in California as " black sage " ; like R. polystachya, an important 

 honey plant. 



5. Ramona Cleveland! (A, Gray) Briq. Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2: 440. 1894. 

 Audibertia clevelandi A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 10: 76. 1874. 



Northern Baja California. Southern California ; type collected near San 

 Diego. 



Leaves oblong or lance-oblong, 2 to 7 cm. long, obtuse, acute at base, cinere- 

 ous-tomentulose ; bracts usually tinged with purple. 



