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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALirGRNIA 
  

  

  ovate-lanceolate, 
  glabrous, 
  cunescent 
  ciliate 
  with 
  articulated 
  liairs; 
  interior 
  

   linear-lanceolate, 
  acuminate, 
  % 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  pappus, 
  obscurely 
  herbuceous 
  

   above, 
  about 
  1 
  inch 
  in 
  length 
  ; 
  receptacle 
  alveolate, 
  naked 
  ; 
  achcnia 
  oblong, 
  

   obcompressed, 
  cuneate, 
  glabrous 
  and 
  obscurely 
  ribbed, 
  the 
  upper 
  broader 
  end 
  

   abruptly 
  narrowed 
  into 
  a 
  (purplish) 
  beak, 
  scarcely 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  achenium 
  

   (or 
  about 
  1 
  line) 
  ; 
  pappus 
  of 
  soft 
  finely 
  attenuate 
  hairs 
  equal 
  or 
  unequal, 
  outer 
  

   series 
  successively 
  shorter, 
  inner 
  nearly 
  }4 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  length 
  ; 
  florets 
  with 
  a 
  long 
  

   filiform 
  tube 
  often 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  ligule, 
  hirsute 
  chiefly 
  at 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  expan- 
  

   sion. 
  Flowers 
  yellow. 
  Mature 
  achenia 
  not 
  seen. 
  

  

  Found 
  at 
  Cisco, 
  C. 
  P. 
  R. 
  R, 
  Sierra 
  Nevada 
  Mts., 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  about 
  

   6,000 
  feet, 
  by 
  Kellogg 
  and 
  S. 
  Brannan, 
  Jr., 
  May 
  19th, 
  1870. 
  

  

  Probably 
  most 
  nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  M. 
  retrorsus, 
  but 
  in 
  that 
  the 
  beak 
  is 
  " 
  more 
  

   than 
  thrice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  achenium," 
  or 
  " 
  ^ 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  long 
  " 
  — 
  a 
  stouter 
  

   plant 
  than 
  this 
  every 
  way. 
  It 
  also 
  combines 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  characteristics 
  of 
  M. 
  

   humilis 
  ; 
  but 
  that 
  has 
  entirely 
  " 
  hirsute 
  " 
  scales 
  which 
  are 
  also 
  " 
  obtuse 
  "; 
  and 
  

   a 
  beak 
  " 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  achenium 
  " 
  — 
  or 
  " 
  thrice," 
  which 
  would 
  

   make 
  that 
  species 
  M. 
  Lessingii 
  ; 
  but 
  that 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  caducous 
  pappus, 
  

   etc., 
  consimular 
  scales, 
  elongated 
  ligules, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Calais 
  gradliloba, 
  Kellogg. 
  

  

  Stems 
  several 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  fusiform 
  perennial 
  root, 
  branching, 
  flexuous, 
  

   puberulent 
  and 
  pearly-glandular 
  throughout, 
  few 
  to 
  many 
  long 
  axillary 
  1 
  flowered 
  

   peduncles, 
  with 
  usually 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  simple 
  linear-bractoid 
  leaves, 
  flowers 
  nod- 
  

   ding 
  before 
  expansion 
  ; 
  radicle 
  leaves 
  with 
  a 
  linear-lanceolate 
  narrowed 
  rachis, 
  

   very 
  openly 
  pinnatifid, 
  or 
  sub-bipinnatifid, 
  lobes 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  sub-filiform, 
  

   these 
  again 
  irregularly 
  sub-lobed, 
  the 
  terminal 
  one 
  much 
  attenuated 
  (3 
  to 
  4 
  

   inches 
  long), 
  membranous 
  expanded 
  base 
  sheathing, 
  (about 
  6 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  

   lobes 
  2 
  to 
  4 
  inches 
  long) 
  ; 
  cauline 
  leaves 
  similar, 
  upper 
  and 
  terminal 
  lobes 
  re- 
  

   latively 
  longer 
  ; 
  involucre 
  cylindrical, 
  scales 
  in 
  3-series, 
  bractoid 
  scales 
  ovate- 
  

   acuminate 
  6 
  — 
  second 
  or 
  middle 
  bractoid 
  series 
  6, 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  or 
  

   2 
  to 
  3 
  lines, 
  the 
  proper 
  involucral 
  scales 
  8 
  to 
  12 
  in 
  a 
  double 
  row, 
  thrice 
  tl 
  e 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  last, 
  lanceolate 
  oblong 
  acuminate, 
  7 
  to 
  9-nerved, 
  short 
  pubescent 
  

   on 
  both 
  surfaces, 
  chiefly 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  above, 
  hairs 
  black, 
  margins 
  scarious, 
  cil- 
  

   liate 
  ; 
  all 
  minutely 
  glandular 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  ; 
  achenia, 
  somewhat 
  obtusely 
  10- 
  

   ribed, 
  very 
  minutely 
  scabrous, 
  sub-villous 
  near 
  the 
  crown, 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  rostrate, 
  

   base 
  short-attenuate 
  terete 
  (23 
  or 
  4) 
  ; 
  pappus 
  of 
  9 
  to 
  20 
  or 
  more 
  minute 
  lance- 
  

   linear 
  entire 
  scarious 
  chaff, 
  plumose 
  awned 
  from 
  between 
  the 
  minutely 
  bifid 
  or 
  

   toothed 
  apex 
  — 
  pappus 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  achenia 
  — 
  plume 
  8 
  or 
  9 
  times 
  longer 
  

   than 
  scarious 
  chaffy 
  portion, 
  slightly 
  united 
  into 
  an 
  extremely 
  narrow 
  ring 
  at 
  

   the 
  lowermost 
  base, 
  requiring 
  a 
  little 
  force 
  to 
  detach 
  them 
  ; 
  receptacle 
  alveo- 
  

   late. 
  Flowers 
  pale 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Found 
  ne.ar 
  Cahto, 
  Long 
  Valley, 
  on 
  Dry 
  Creek 
  banks, 
  May 
  27th, 
  1869, 
  

   Mendocino 
  Co., 
  Cal. 
  

  

  Probably 
  a 
  rare 
  plant 
  in 
  that 
  vicinity, 
  as 
  we 
  have 
  since 
  searched 
  diligently 
  

   in 
  order 
  to 
  obtain 
  a 
  supply 
  for 
  exchanges 
  : 
  it 
  was 
  recognized 
  as 
  new 
  at 
  the 
  

   time, 
  and 
  then 
  diligent 
  search 
  was 
  made, 
  but 
  only 
  three 
  specimens 
  obtained. 
  

  

  