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Folia anguste linearia strigoso-hispida, pilis basi distincte calcaratis, 15 — 2 5 mm longa, 

 1 — 3 mm lata. Cincinni axillares et terminales breves ebracteati gemini vel ternati 

 densissimi, floribus fructibusque mox deciduis sessilibus; calyx florifer usque ad i / i longi- 

 tudinis suae connatus 1 */ 2 mm longus, lobis oblongis ; calyx fructifer fere usque ad medium 

 connatus 3^2 mm longus; corolla campanulata 2V2 mm l° n g a > 2 mm lata; fornices 

 semilunares; gynobasis filiformis cum stylo brevi 2V2 mm longa. Nuculae solitariae 

 ovoideae apice attenuatae brunneae 2 mm longae, facie exteriore dense, interiore parce 

 muriculatae; sulcus angustus basi bifurcatus. 



Nevada: Nye County: Rhyolite, 1200 m ü. M. (Heller n. 9629, als C.utahensis, 

 Herb. Berlin). — Blühend im Mai. 



109. C. excavata Brandegee in Bot. Gaz. XXVII. (l 899) 452; Johnston in Contr. Gray 

 Herb. n. ser. LXXIV. (1925) 74. — Annua hispido-villosa et strigosa, ramis ascendentibus 

 1 — 2 cm longis. Folia pauca linearia vel spathulato-linearia 1 5 — 30 mm longa, 1 — 2 mm 

 lata, obtusa. Cincinni gemini vel ternati ebracteati; corolla ca. 4 mm lata; calyx fruc- 

 tifer 2 — 2Y2 mm longus sessilis, lobis lanceolatis subaequalibus. Nuculae plerumque 

 solitariae ovato-triangulares ca. 2V2 mm l° n gae recurvo-acuminatae dense granulatae 

 vel granulato-muriculatae, plerumque parce tuberculatae ; sulcus basi late et profunde 

 excavatus; gynobasis angusta c. 1 mm longa. 



Californien: auf der nördlichen inneren Coast Range; selten. Yolo County: 

 Sandige Hänge bei Cache Creek. Lake County (nach Johnston). — Nicht gesehen. 



110. C. Grayi (Vasey et Rose) Macbride in Contr. Gray Herb. n. ser. XLIII. (1916) 

 43; Johnston in Proc. Calif. Acad. 4. ser. XII. (192 4) 1145. — Krynüxkia Grayi 

 Vasey et Rose in Proc. U. St. Nat. Mus. XI. (l 889) 536. — C. Grayi var. genuina John- 

 ston in Contr. Gray Herb. n. ser. LXXIV. (1925) 39. — Annua 5 — 15 cm alta, cauli- 

 bus plerumque compluribus adpresse vel patenter villoso-hispidis. Folia numerosa linearia 

 10 — 40 mm longa, 1 — 2 mm lata, basalia aggregata. Cincinni plerumque gemini densi- 

 flori, corolla 2 — 3 mm lata; calyx fructifer sessilis vel subsessilis 1 — 2 mm longus, lobis 

 lanceolato-linearibus. Nuculae 4 conformes minimae y 2 — ^/^ mm longae triangulari- 

 ovatae nigrae albido-tuberculatae ; sulcus plerumque clausus basi in areolam tenuem 

 deltoideam dilatatus; gynobasis subulata nuculas subaequans. 



Mittleres Nieder-Californien: Lagoon Head, Calmalli, Magdalena Island, Magda- 

 lena Bai, Santa Margarita Island (nach Johnston). — Nicht gesehen. 



111. C. muricata (Hook, et Arn.) Nelson et Macbride in Bot. Gaz. LXI. (1916) 42. 

 — Myosotis muricata Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. (1839) 369. — Eritrichium 

 muriculatum DC. Prodr. X. (4 846) 132; A. Gray, Syn. Fl. II. 1. (1878) 194. — Kry- 

 nüxkia muriculata A. Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. XX. (1885) 273; Syn. Fl. II. 1. Suppl. 

 (1 886) 427. — C. muriculata Greene in Pittonia I. (1887) 113. — G. horridula Greene 

 1. c. V. (1902) 55, teste Johnston. — C. muricata var. genuina Johnston in Contr. 

 Gray Herb. n. ser. LXXIV. (1925) 70. — Annua erecta parce ramosa 10 — 100 cm alta. 

 Folia linearia vel lineari-lanceolata, 10 — 50 ( — 90) mm longa," 2 — 4 mm lata. Cincinni 

 terminales longe pedunculati multiflori ebracteati, floribus fructibusque sessilibus; sepala 

 oblonga obtusa 2 — 3 mm longa densissime breviter hirsuta et praeterea longe et parce 

 setosa; corolla fere tubiformis .S 1 /^ — 4 mm longa, 3 — 4 mm lata; fornices semilunares; 

 gynobasis anguste pyramidalis cum stylo brevi calyce fructifero 3 — 4 mm longo supra nu- 

 culas connivente ca. sesquibrevior. Nuculae 4 conformes triangulari-ovatae ca. 2 mm longae 

 dr corrugatae distincte et elevatim muricatae; sulcus angustus basi divaricato-furcatus. 



West-Californien: von der Santa Clara- bis zur Los Angeles County, außerdem 

 bei Tehachapi. Santa Clara County: Loma Prieta Peak (Eimer n. 4996). Die folgenden 

 Standorte nach Johnston: Point Sur, Sur River, Salinas River, Santa Lucia, Pine Moun- 

 tains hinter der San Simeon Bai, Painted Cave Ranch, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Topatopa 

 Mountains, Santa Clara River, Ojai Valley, Sulphur Mountains, Oakgrove Canon, Leonis 

 Valley, Antelope Valley, Saugus; Topango Canon und Sepulveda Cafion in den Santa 

 Monica Mountains, South Beach, Los Angeles, Pasadena. — Tehachapi (Greene, 22. Juni 

 1889, Herb. Berlin). 



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