244 Vitaceae 



6. C. hirsutus Nutt. Shrubby or arborescent, 3-5 m. high, 

 with grayish or reddish, densely villous, rather flexible twigs; 

 leaves ovate to broadly elliptic, rounded or subcordate at base, 

 obtuse or acute, 2-4 cm. long, hirsute with rather long appressed 

 hairs above, loosely hirsute beneath especially along the veins ; 

 inflorescence loosely puberulent, villous, 2.5-5 cm. long ; flowers 

 deep blue to purplish ; capsule depressed, smooth, slightly lobed, 

 strongly crested. (C. oliganthus Nutt.) 



Frequent in the chaparral belt of the San Gabriel Mountains. 2500-4500 

 feet. 



** Fruit crested and with horns; stipular base large and corky. 

 *- Leaves alternate. 



7. C. macrocarpus Nutt. Shrubby, 2-3 m. high, with gray 

 or reddish, at first appressed-pubescent twigs ; leaves rather thick, 

 spatulate or obovate, cuneate, obtuse to emarginate, glabrous and 

 dull above, minutely canescent beneath, 1-2 cm. long, margin 

 slightly revolute, entire or rarely denticulate; capsule 8-12 mm. 

 in diameter, laterally horned, apical crests low, scarcely lobed. 



Frequent in the Santa Monica and Santa Ana Ranges. 



*-*- Leaves opposite. 



8. C. cuneatus Nutt. Much resembling the last, but the 

 branches more rigid ; leaves similar but opposite, capsule slightly 

 oblong, 5 mm. in diameter, with 3 conspicuous horns near the 

 top. 



Occasional along the southern rim of the San Gabriel and San Bernardino 

 Ranges. 



9. C. crassifolius Torr. Shrub, 2-3 in. high, with grayish white 

 or rusty tomentose twigs ; leaves thick, elliptic-obovate, cuneate 

 or rounded at base, obtuse, somewhat revolute, pungently den- 

 tate or rarely entire, 1.5-3 cm. long, minutely roughened, at 

 length glabrous and pale green above, densely tomentose beneath ; 

 stipules very large ; capsules 8 mm. in diameter, with 3 stout, 

 erect horns near the tip. 



Common In the chaparral belt of all our mountains. 



Family 53. VITACEAE. GRAPE FAMILY. 



Climbing or erect shrubs, with nodose joints, alternate 

 petioled leaves, and small flowers in panicles, racemes or 



