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12. C. parryi AVats. Stems several from the base, spreading horizontally 

 and repeatedly forking, forming low flat-topped plants 3 to 15 inches broad, 

 the involucres clustered at the ends of the branchlets ; leaves oblong, narrowed 

 to a short petiole, 4 to 9 lines long ; involucres 1 line long, cylindric but some- 

 what contracted below the spreading teeth, the tube acutely 6-angled; teeth 

 uncinate, 3 large alternating with 3 small; calyx white, its segments erosu- 

 late, the inner half as large as the outer ; stamens 9. 



Sandy or gravelly plains, San Bernardino Valley. 



Locs. Lugonia, Parish; West Eiverside, Hall; San Bernardino, Parish 3674, Jepson 5523; 

 Eedlands, Jepson 5537; Colton, Cleveland. 



Befs. CHORIZANTHE PARRYI Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 12: 271 (1877), type loe. Crofton, 

 Parry. C. fernandina Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 481 (1880), type loc. San Fernando Canon, Los 

 Angeles Co., Mrs. A. E. Bush; awns of the involucre, or some of them, straight; calyx-lobes 

 nearly equal, the alternate narrower. 



13. C. procumbens Nutt. Stems procumbent, several from the base, elon- 

 gated and sparingly branched, 3 to 13 inches long, the involucres in small 

 clusters along and towards the ends of the branchlets ; herbage soft-pubescent ; 

 leaves spatulate or oblanceolate, in a basal tuft and at the lower nodes ; bracts 

 lanceolate; involucres 6-ribbed, with mostly 6 equal spreading teeth, or the 3 

 alternate shorter ; calyx yellow, the inner lobes much smaller than the outer. 



Southern California in the coastal region. 



Locs. Point Loma, San Diego, K. Brandegee; Elsinore, McClatchie 49; Witch Creek, Al- 

 derson; Palomar, Jepson 1557, Hall 1983; San Bernardino, Parish 3663. 



Eef. CHORIZANTHE PROCUMBENS Nutt. in Jour. Aead. Phila. ser. 2, 1: 167 (1847), type 

 loc. San Diego, Nuttall. 



14. C. uniaristata T. & G-. Stems prostrate, 2 to 6 inches long, with a short 

 soft pubescence; leaves broadly spatulate, the bracts oblanceolate and cuspi- 

 date or nearly acicular towards ends of branches; involucres numerous and 

 rather loosely cymose on the branches or sometimes densely clustered, cylin- 

 dric-urnshaped, 6-ribbed, iy 2 to 2 lines long; involucral teeth awned, one awn 

 long and straight, the others very short and hooked ; flowers cream-color ; outer 

 calyx-lobes obovate, entire, the inner half as long, oblong, crenate; stamens 

 6 or 9. 



Mt. Diablo and through the South Coast Ranges to San Luis Obispo Co., 

 thence east to the Sierra Nevada in Kern Co. 



Locs. Jolon, K. Brandege.e; Estrella, Jared; Havilah, Kern Co., K. Brandegee; Walker 

 Basin, Coville. 



Eefs. CHORIZANTHE UNIARISTATA T. & G. Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 195 (1870), type loc. New 

 Idria, Brewer; Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 151 (1901). 



15. C. Cleveland!! Parry. Stems prostrate, branched from the base, 4 to 10 

 inches long; herbage hairy pubescent; basal leaves ovate-spatulate, cauline 

 leaves narrow and pungent; involucre 6-ribbed, with unequal divergent un- 

 cinate teeth; outer calyx-lobes broadly oblong, truncate, erosulate or denticu- 

 late, the inner about half as long as the outer ; stamens 3. 



Region of Clear Lake. Closely allied to C. uniaristata. 



Locs. Mt. Hanna, Jepson; Kelsey, K. Brandegee; Mt. Konocti, Jepson; Grizzly Canon, 

 K. Brandegee; Scotts Valley, Tracy 1740; Eel Eiver, Purpus 1245. 



Eefs. CHORIZANTHE CLEVELANDII Parry, Proc. Davenp. Acad. 4: 62 (1884), type loc. 

 Allen's Sprs., Lake Co., D. Cleveland; Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 151 (1901). 



16. C. spinosa Wats. Stems several from the base, prostrate, forming a 

 loose spiny mat 8 to 16 inches broad ; herbage puberulent ; basal leaves oval or 

 obovate, narrowed to a petiole with a broad or clasping base ; bracts lanceolate, 

 setaceous, conspicuous, their axils bearing clusters of 3 or 4 involucres; invo- 

 lucres short-cylindric, 4 or 5-costate, the teeth very unequal, usually with 1 

 long tooth, 1 or 2 minute ones and 1 or 2 of intermediate size, all straight- 

 awned ; flowers 2 or 3, pedicelled, usually only 1 developed ; calyx white, the 3 



