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ARCTOSTAPHYLOS OPPOSITIFOLIA P 

 'Shrub 3-10 high, densely branched 

 above, more or less naked be'ow; stems 

 1-3' in diameter, with light greenish or 

 gray bark smooth or with loose, shred- 

 dy fibers on the upper branches, young 

 shoots minutely tomentose; leaves oppo- 

 site or ternately whorled, narrowly lan- 

 ceolate, entire, revolute, 1-2' long, 2-3 / 

 wide, light green above, minutely to- 

 mentose beneath, with a prominent mid- 

 nerve, the narrow blade gradually taper- 

 ing to a short or obsolete petiole. Inflo- 

 rescence paniculate, the lower floral 

 branches in the axils of the upper oppo- 

 site leaves, which higher up pass gradu- 

 ally into deltoid, more or iess acuminate 

 bracts, di-posed in whorls ot 3 or less at 

 regular intervals, each bract subtending 

 a branch or pedicel, A decurrent as a 

 ridge down the rachis; pedicels 3 or 4 

 times longer than the bract, bibracteo- 

 late close to .the base; corolla orbibular, 

 2-2 Va" high, shortly urceolat?, with 

 broad, reflexed lobes; stamens 10, an- 

 thers comparatively large, as long as the 

 appendages filam nts short, densely 

 bearded at base; style about twice the 

 length of the ovary, included, or slightly 

 exsert; ovary densely tomentose at the 

 summit; fr orbicular, 2-3" broad, with a 

 smooth, thin pericarp A scanty pulp, be- 

 % coming wrinkled at maturity, enclosing 

 5 easily separated nutlets, nearly equal 

 in size, A 2-celled by a partition from the 

 ventral suture, occasionally both cells 

 feitile or more or less abortive." Parry 

 Davenport ac pr 4:36-37. Baja! 

 PHOLISMA DEPRESSUM Greene. 



"Stems solitary, completely covered 

 by the rhombic-ovate, or sometimes ob- 

 long, closely imbricated scales, fls in a 

 depressed, barely convex head, an inch 

 or 2 broid: sepals 6, linear niform, mi- 

 nute I v glandular ciliolate: corolla tubu- 

 lar-fu.melform, 6 lobed, li!ac-p: stamens 



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shorter A style longer than in P. arenan- 

 um." Greene, Cal ac b 1:198. Baja. 



ARCTOSTAPHYLUS ARGUTA Zucc. 

 Variety DIVERSI FOLIA Parry. 



"Shrub 6-15 ft high; stems 1-3 inches 

 in diameter, with light gray bark slight- 

 ly furrowed, on the upper branches 

 shreddy, A on the young, growing shoots 

 tomentose; leaves varying greatly in 

 size A form, according to position or sea- 

 son of growth; in young, vigorous off- 

 shoots or suckers, broadly lanceolate, 

 sYz' long by 1^2' broad, smooth on both 

 sides, reticulate, scarcely at all revolute; 

 on the upper A fl'ing branches, narrowly 

 lanceolate, strongly revolute, & tomen- 

 tose beneath, in all more or less irregu- 

 arly serrate, with mucronate cartilagin- 

 ous teeth A short petioles Inflorescence 

 racemose, from the axils of the upper 

 terminal leaves, secund A horizontal, ra- 

 chis, bracts, pedicels, and calyx long to~ 

 mentpse; bracts about > 2 as long as the 

 pedicels, corolla 3 lines long, stamens 10 

 (occasionally 8), filaments bearded be- 

 low, anther appendages about as long as 

 the anthers; style shortly exserted; ova- 

 ry hairy hispid above. Fr small, 2 lines 

 broad, warty, with a solid 5-celled puta- 

 men, cells more or less abortive. Needs 

 comparison with the Mexican type, 

 which probably includes several pub- 

 lished species." Parry, Dav ac pr 4 35. 



A colored portrait of this in Datos pa- 

 ra la materia medica Mexicana, (pt 311) 

 well represents our shrub. It enjoys in 

 Mexico the names madronyo borracho, 

 and gnrambullo the latter name in Baja 

 is applied to Cereus sargentianus and 

 is in medicinal repute. SD! Baja! 



A. polifolia B-W, n.n H KK. 

 DODECATHEON CLEVELANDI Greene 

 "A foot or 2 high, pale green A glan- 

 dular: new roots formed not at the end 

 of the dry season but at its beginning, 

 remaining dormant through the summer, 



