416 ERICACEZ ARCTOSTAPHYLOS 
bracts: corolla rose-color, 2-3 lines long: filaments sparingly hairy: ovary 
glabrous: fruit not seen. On bottom lands along Smith river at Gasque 
Del Norte Co. California: no doubt in adjacent Oregon. 
A. intricata. Stem erect, 3-6 feet high with very dark-colored bark, 
irregularly and intricately branched, the branchlets tomentose and gland- 
ular: leaves oblong to ovate, acute and cuspidate, usually abruptly con- 
tracted below to a short glandular-hispid petiole, bright green, minutely 
tomentose, the margins ciliate: bracts acuminate-ovate with a broad base, 
hispid-ciliate, somewhat foliaceous: pedicels very short, glandular: corolla 
bright rose-color, about 3 lines long: filaments loosely hairy: ovary dense- 
ly tomentose: fruit not seen. On stony hillsides near Smith river west of 
Gasque, Del Norte Co. California; no doubt in adjacent Oregon. 
A. cinerea. Erect, 3-6 feet high, densely branched from the base, 
with rather light-colored bark and cinereous branchlets: leaves oblong 
or obovate, obtuse or acutish to acute, cuspidate, whitish-green, tapering 
below to a stout flat cinereous petiole, smooth: bracts not foliaceous, acu- 
minate-lanceolate with a broad base, minutely cinereous; pedicels longer 
than the bracts, minutely tomentose: corolla dark rose-color to nearly 
white: filaments densely hairy: ovary hairy at the top: fruit globose, flat- 
ened at each end: some of the nutlets coalescent. Rocky hillsides along 
the eastern base of the Coast Mountains near Waldo, Oregon. 
* * * Erect shrubs or low trees: leaves 1-3 inches long: flowers 3-4 
lines long, on short clustered racemes: drupes obcompressed-globose: 
some of the nutlets coalescent. 
A. oblongifolia. Densely branching from the base, with reddish- 
brown bark and cinereous branchlets, 4-6 feet high: leaves oblong or the 
lowest obovate, obtuse, cuspidate, usually abruptly contracted below toa 
rather long round petiole, whitish-green, smooth: bracts somewhat folia- 
ceous, acuminate-lanceolate with a broad base, minutely pubescent: pedi- 
cels longer than the bracts, minutely pubescent and sparingly glandular: 
corolla white tinged with red : filaments very sparingly if at all hairy : ovary 
pubescent at the top. Rocky hillsides, eastern base of the Coast Mountains 
near Waldo, Oregon. 
A. parvifolia. Stems branching from the base, with light reddish 
bark and minutely white-tomentose branchlets: leaves small, oblong or 
cuneate-oblong; obtuse or acutish, minutely cuspidate, whitish-green, on 
flattish petioles: bracts triangular, short-acuminate, minutely pubescent: 
pedicels not longer than the lower bracts, minutely pubescent: filaments 
sparingly hairy: ovary glabrous. On the high hills near Andersons, Jose- 
phine Co. Oregon. 
A. pulchella. Arborescent, 6-12 feet high, branching from the base, 
with dark-colored bark and minutely pubescent. branchlets: leaves ob- 
oyate to oblong, obtuse, obscurely mucronate, smooth, cinereous-green : 
bracts acuminate-ovate with a very broad base, minutely pubescent: — 
icels much longer than the bracts, sparingly glandular: filaments slightly 
hairy: ovary glabrous. On the mountains of Josephine Co. Oregon. 
A. viseida Parry Proc. Cal. Acad. ii, 496. Arborescent, intricately 
branched from the base, with dark-colored bark and glabrous branchlets : 
leaves orbicular to ovate or oblong, acutish to rounded at the aqex, with 
or without a small cusp, ashy-green and glabrous: bracts broadly triangu- 
lar, shortly acuminate: pedicels much longer than the bracts, densely 
viscid-glandular: filaments densely hairy: ovary glabrous. Common in — 
Josephine and Jackson Counties Oregon and adjacent California, _ 
A. Manzanita Parry 1. c.?.  Arborescent, 6-10 feet high, with reddish 
brown bark and the young branchlets black-glandular: leaves ovate to 
