Amsinckia. 



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Soc. Cient. Argentina L1II. (1902) 137, teste Johnston. — A. pustulata Heller in 

 Muhlenbergia II. (1906) 243. — A. tessellata var. macrosepala Jones in Contr. West. 

 Bot. XII. (1908) 58. — Hispida. Caulis erectus crassus simplex vel ramosus 25 — 50 cm 

 altus. Folia elliptica vel oblonga 4 — 8 cm longa, 10 — 25 mm lata, apice obtusa, in- 

 feriora basi quasi in petiolum attenuata, superiora basi rotundata, semiamplexicaulia. 

 Gincinni terminales densi multiflori, floribus fructibusque sessilibus; sepala oblonga 7 mm 

 longa duo vel bina usque ad apicem fere connata; corolla tubiformis 9 mm longa 



Fig. 21. A — F Amsinckia tessellata A. Gray. A Habitus. BFlos. G Corolla longitudinaliter secta. 

 D Nucula a facie exteriore, E a facie interiore visa. F Embryo. — O — L A. vernicosa Hook, 

 et Arn. O Calyx fructifer. H Nucula a facie exteriore, J a latere, K a facie interiore visa. L Em- 

 bryo. — Icon. origin. 



3Y2 mm ktf* 1 » lobis brevibus; stamina fauci affixa; Stylus calyce fructifero 9 — 10 mm 

 longo paulo brevior. Nuculae brunneae 3 — 3Y2 mm longae ovoideo-acutae utrinque 

 dense tessellato-corrugatae, facie exteriore obtuse carinatae; cicatrix magna elevata supra- 

 basalis. — Fig. 1\A—F. 



Pazifisches Nordamerika: Auf trockenen Hügeln, weit verbreitet. Standorte 

 nach Macbride. Washington: Pasco, Franklin County; North Yakima; Waitsburg; 

 Sprague. Oregon: Lexington, Morrow County; bei Matthew Butte (Leiberg n. 2023, 

 als A.lycopsoides). Idaho: Lewiston Hills; New Plymouth; bei Boise; Weiser, Washington 

 County. Nevada: East Humboldt Mountains; Goldfield, Esmeralda County; Eagle Valley, 



