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in diameter, cleft nearly to the middle 

 into 6 rather obtuse lobes; extetior seg- 

 ments of the perianth nearly four times 

 broader than the inner. P'ilaments & o- 

 vary smooth. Styles short. Achenium 

 smooth. Embryo strongly curved. No 



mens 9 (or less), with short filaments on 

 the throat; anthers dull reddish, orbicu- 

 lar; stigmas short, recurved; akene nar- 

 rowly triangular; embryo 1" in length, 

 with linear cotyledons and slender radi- 

 cle." — Parry, Proc. Dav. Acad. Natl. Sci., 

 iv. 54-5 (1SS4). 



CHORIZANTHB PARRYI S. Watson. 

 CHORIZANTHE PERPOLIATA A. Gray. 



CHORIZANTHE RIGIDA T. & G. 

 CHORIZANTHE SPINOSA S. Watson. 

 CHORIZANTHE STATICOIDES Benth. 

 CHORIZANTHE THURBERI S. Watson. 

 CHORIZANTHE WATSONI T. & G. 

 CHORIZANTHE XANTI S. Watson. 



Genns OXYTHECA Nuttall. 



hraf-tf>ol*^Q: xj,'prp dpteripd ■ in their nlacp CHORIZANTHE POLYGONOIDES T.-G. 

 bracteoles were detected, m tneir place chorizanthe procumbens Nutt. 



are only woolly hairs." * * * Torr bot m 

 boundary 176-7 Or j; da 14 



EKIOGONUM NODOSUM f^mall. 



"A vvhite-tomentose shrub, .5-1.5 me- 

 ters tall, with spreading, forking branch- 

 es. Loaves small, 2-6 mm. long; blades OXYTHECA CARYOPHYLLOIDES Pry. 



elliniir nr ellintie-ovite arutish revo- ^^^'^'^H^*^^ ^^^^^^^ S.Watson, 

 elliptic or eiiipne-ovaie, acuusn, revo qxytheca LUTEOLA Parry. 



lute, narrowed into short petioles: bracts OXYTHECA PARISHII Parry. 



, ,., , . ^ . , OXYTHECA PERFOLIATA T. & G. 



scale-like, acute or acuminate: mvolucres oXYTHECA trilobata a. Gray. 



Genus LASTARRIAEA Remy. 



LASTARRI^A CHILENSIS Remy. 



"Involucral whorls closely adherent, 

 and similar to the external caullne bracts; 

 perianth sharply triangular, coriaceous, 



un- 

 cinate awns." — Parry, Proc. Dav. Acad. 

 Natl. Sci., V. 36 (Nov. 1, 1886). 



turbinate-rampanulate, 2.5 mm. long, 

 angled, sessile: segments broad, much 

 shorter than the tube; calices glabrous, 

 pink, 3 mm. lung; segments rounded at 



thp anex the 1 outer oblon? or obovate- segments unequal, with prolonged 

 tne apex, me 3 ouiei ouiong or ouovaie (,jn„|p awns."— Parrv. Proc. Dav. 



oblong, the 3 inner cuneate: filaiients 

 villous below the middle: achenes 3-an- 

 gled, scabro-pubescent above the mid- 

 dle." — Small, Bull. Torr. club, xxv, 49. 

 J I 25 1898. e 



ERIOGONL'XI TRICHOPODUM Torr. 

 ERIOGONUM UMBELLATUM Torr. 

 ERIOGONUM VIMINEUM Dougl. 

 ERIOGONUM WRIGHTII Torr. 



Genus CHORIZANTHE R, Brown. 



CHORIZANTHE BREVICORNU Torr. 

 CHORIZANTHE CALIFORNICA A. G. 

 CHORIZANTHE CORRUGATA T. & G. 

 CHORIZANTHB FERNANDINA S. Wat. 

 ( HORIZANTHE FIMBRIATA Nutt. 

 CHORIZ/.NTHE LACINIATA Torr. 

 CHORIZANTHE LEPTOCRROS S. Wat. 



CHORIZANTHE ORCUTTIANA Parry. 



"Decumbent, 2-6' broad, appressed 

 pubescent throughout, densely branched 

 from the base; radical leaves narrowly 

 lanceolate, obtuse, tapering to a slender 

 petiole: cauline leaves smaller, sessile, 

 oppos te, connate, obtuse; upper involu- 

 cral bracts broadly triangular, scarious, 

 accumirate; involucres in the lower forks 

 and loosely scattered on the slender 

 branches, sharply triangular, with short 

 chartaceous tube (not corrugated); divi- 

 sions 3, nearly equal, not conspicuously 

 loliaceous, broadly divergent, with re- 

 curved uncinate awns; fl. partly exsert, 

 redicellate; perianth as long as the pe- 

 dicel, tube narrowly turbinate, segments 

 equal, narrowly spathulate, with long 

 c'liate hairs externally, extending beyond 

 the segments In an irregular fringe; sta- 



Genns HARPORDIA Parry. 



HARFORDIA FRUTICOSA Greene. 

 HARFORDIA MACROPTERA Parry. 



Genus PTEROSTEGIA F. & M. 



PTEROSTEGIA DRYMARIOIDES Nutt. 



AMABANTACEAE. 

 Genus AMARANTL'S Tournefort. 



AMARANTUS ALBUS Linn. 

 AMARANTUS CALIFORNICUS S. Wat. 

 AMARANTUS FIMBRIATUS Benth. 

 AMARANTUS PALMERI S. Watson. 

 AMARANTUS REFLEXUS Linn. 



Genns IVITROPHILA S. Watson. , 

 NITROPHILA OCCIDENTALIS S. Wat, 



Genus CCADOTHRIX IVnttall. 

 CHLADOTHRIX LANUGINOSA Nutt. 

 CHLADOTHRIX OBLONGIFOLIA Nutt 



CHENAPODIACEAE. 

 Genus APHANISMA Xuttall. 



APHANISMA BLITOIDES Nutt. 



Genus CHl^aVOPODIUBI Tournefort. 



CHENOPODIUM ALBUM Linn. 

 CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES Linn. 

 Chenopodium Ambrosioides L. — "A 

 common weed in many parts of the 

 world, is used as a vermifuge under 

 the name of worm seed." (Mrs. Bing- 

 ham). 



