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Colorado and Mohave deserts, the bordering ranges, and north to Inyo Co. ; 

 east to Utah and Arizona. Apr.-June. 



Locs. Bishop Creek, Inyo Co., Hall $ Chandler 7237; Pleasant Canon, Panamint Mts., 

 Hall $ Chandler; *Barnwell, K. Brandegee; *Randsburg, K. Brandegee 34e; Daggett, Jepson 

 5846; Barstow, Jepson 5808; Stoddard's Well, Jepson 5917; Shay's Well (w. of Warren's 

 Well), Jepson 5953; Palm Sprs., Mt. San Jaeinto, Parish 4106; San Felipe Gap, T. Brandegee 

 le; Vallecito, Jepson $ Dutton 8911. 



The following spms., which we have examined and determined as B. minutiflora Wats., have 

 been segregated by Greene or Fedde as indicated: Pah Ute Peak, Kern Co., Purpus 5107 (E. 

 petrophila Greene aec. Fedde in Engler, Pflzr. 4 104 :196); Erskine Creek, Kern Co., Purpus 

 5324 (E. minuscula Greene ace. Fedde I.e. 188) ; Manzana, Antelope Valley, Davy 2489 (E. 

 modesta Greene ace. Fedde I.e. 191) ; Ells, Leonis Valley, w. Mohave Desert, Davy 2593 (E. 

 multicaulis Fedde ace. Fedde in Engler, Pflzr. 4 1U4 :191), robust, diffusely much branched, per- 

 ennial ace. Fedde, but the perennial character not apparent; * Alpine, Los Angeles Co., Parish 

 1951 (E. modesta Greene ace. Fedde l.c. 191); Mohave Desert, N. C. Wilson, June 14, 1893 

 (E. micrantha Greene ace. Fedde. I.e. 192) ; *Bagdad, Mohave Desert, Hall 6081 (E. micrantha 

 Greene ace. Fedde I.e.); Coyote Canon, Colorado Desert, Hall 2781 (E. micrantha Greene ace. 

 Fedde I.e.); Santa Maria Mts., Sohellenger, Apr., 1905 (E. micrantha Greene ace. Fedde l.c.). 



Var. parishii Jepson n. comb. Petals 4 to 6 (or 7) lines long. Colorado Desert: .San 

 Felipe Gap, T. Brandegee 2e; *0olorado Desert, T. Brandegee; Mason's, Mason Valley, K. 

 Brandegee; *Chuckawalla Sprs., Hall 5898. The following with petals 3 to 4 lines long are 

 intergrades between the species and var. parishii: Panamint Mts., Jepson 7117 (Emigrant 

 Canon), 7055, 7067 (Hanaupah Canon); Nelson Range, Inyo Co., S. W. Austin; Blue Mt., 

 Greenhorn Range, Hall #Babcock 5006; Whitewater, e. of San Gorgonio Pass, Parish 6103. 

 Var. rutaefolia Jepson n. comb. Stems slender, many from the base; leaves ternate or 

 biternate, the lobes broadly cuneiform. Havilah, Kern Co., T. Brandegee, May 15, 1891. 



Refa. ESCHSCHOLTZIA MINUTIFLORA Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 11:122 (1876), type loc. nw. 

 Nev. to Ariz, and 9. Utah, Parry; Fedde in Engler, Pflzr. 4 104 :194, fig. 24" (1909). E. oovillei 

 Greene, Pitt. 5:275 (1905), type loe. Death Valley region, Inyo Co., Coville $ Funston 334; 

 Fedde l.c. 192, fig. 24". E. micrantlia Greene I.e. 277, type loc. Mohave Desert, Curran; Fedde 

 I.e. .fig. 24 12 ; var. fusigemmata Fedde, Rep. Nov. Sp. 3:184 (1906), type loc. Palm Sprs., 

 Selman in 1902; Fedde in Engler, Pflzr. 4 104 :192, fig. 24" (1909). E. minuscula Greene l.c. 

 270, type loe. Hawthorn, Nev., M. E. Jones; Fedde I.e. 188, fig. 24 5 . E. modesta Greene, Pitt. 

 1:169 (1888), type loc. Los Angeles Co., Parish 1951; Fedde Lc. 191, fig. 24 13 . E. multicaulis 

 Fedde, Rep. Nov. Sp. 2:145 (1906), type loc. Leonis Valley, Los Angeles Co., Davy 2593; 

 Fedde in Engler, Pflzr. 4 104 :191, fig. 24 11 (1909). E. petrophila Greene, Pitt. 5:283 ' (1905), 

 type loc. Pah Ute Peak, Kern Co., Purpus. E. pusilla Greene I.e. 281, type loe. Kernville, 

 Kern Co., T. Brandegee, May 13, 1891. E. tortuosa Greene Le. 278, type loe. Byrne's Spr., ne. 

 San Bernardino Mts., Parish in 1894; Fedde Lc. 193, fig. 24 18 . Var. PARISHII Jepson, E. 

 parishii Greene, Bull. Cal. Acad. 1:183 (1885), type loc. Colorado Desert, Parish; Fedde in 

 Engler, Pflzr. 4 104 :187, fig. 24 3 . Var. RUTAEFOLIA Jepson. E. rutaefolia Greene, Pitt. 5:271 

 (1905), type loe. Havilah, Kern Co., Brandegee, Apr. 15, 1891; Fedde Lc. 188, fig. 24 8 . 



3. E. elegans Greene. Stout leafy-stemmed annual, much branched above 

 the base, 1 foot high; herbage glaucous, glabrous or slightly scabrous; leaves 

 very finely cut; torus narrow-campanulate, the scarious inner ring conspicuous; 

 corolla % inch long; mature seeds reticulate. 



Santa Barbara Islands. Apr.-May. 



Locs. Santa Cruz IsL, T. Brandegee; Santa Catalina Isl., K. Brandegee, May, 1889 (in 

 part), Geo. B. Grant 3777 (in part); Pebbly Beach, Catalina IsL, Seed 2842. 



Refs. ESCHSCHOLTZIA ELEGANS Greene, Bull. Cal. Acad, 1:182 (1885), type loc. Guada- 

 lupe IsL; Fedde in Engler, Pflzr. 4 101 :187, fig. 24* (1909). Var. ramosa Greene Le., type loc. 

 Guadalupe Isl. E. ramosa Greene, Bull. Torr. Club 13:217 (1886); Fedde Lc, 185, fig. 24 1 . 

 E. trichophylla Greene, Pitt. 5:268 (1905), type loc. Santa Cruz IsL, T. Brandegee, Apr., 1888. 

 E. vrossophylla Greene Le. type loe. Santa Catalina IsL, T. Brandegee, May, 1889. 



4. E. lemmonii Greene. Stems usually somewhat leafy, branching, 6 to 12 

 inches high ; herbage more or less pubescent with white hairs ; torus urn-shaped, 

 glabrous, 3 to 4 lines long ; calyptra white-pubescent ; petals orange, % to 1 inch 

 long; capsule 1^4 to 2% inches long. 



San Carlos Eange, south through inner San Luis Obispo Co. May-June. 



Locs. * Alcalde, Eastwood, May 10, 1893, T. Brandegee in 1891. Var. asprella Jepson n. 

 comb. Buds lightly pubescent to quite glabrous. Plaskett Ranch, Kings City, K. Brandegee 

 33e; Waltham Creek, San Carlos Range, Jepson 2660. 



