153 



DELPHINIUM SIMPLEX Dougl. 



Canescent throughout with a fine 

 short somewhat woolly pubescence, 

 rarely nearly glabrous: st stout an 1 

 strict, l-2y 2 ft high, leafy: Ivs all 

 much dissected, with linear obtuse 

 lobed, on stout erect petioles: racemes 

 usually dense and many fl;l, pedicels 

 often short an;! near!.- erect: fls bl to 

 nearly w or yellowish; sep 4-5 li long, 

 usuallv about equalling the stout 

 straight spur, rarely much spreading: 

 ova-i^o a^t Lapsule pubescent. Mts, 



'Hanson's (Or 1200) ? north tq Wash, and 

 Idaho. 

 DELPHINIUM VARIEGATUM T. & G. 



Pubescent with straight sprea ling 



or often reflexed hairs, the pubescence 



iitiimes tomentose above or 



rarely nearly 0, sometimes tomentose 



throughout or short and appressed: sts 



1-2 ft high, sparingly leafy: Ivs all dis- 



: with oblong or linear, obtuse or 



cicutish lobes: fls large, on long pedi- 



eels in a short, open raceme, deep bl 



rarely w; sepals broad, spreading, 6-10 



II long; spur usually comparatively 



an 1 stout; upper pet not p- 



veined: ova and capsule pubescent. 



CO; Mohave SBar. 



Abrams, Fl LA 153. "Port Ballona. 

 Mi -My.' 



Genus CROSSOSOMA Xuttall. 



154 



Stout diffuse shrub, 4-12 ft high, 4 i 

 in uia-m: woo 1 whitish, black grav and 

 bitter: Ivs oblong, 1-3 i long, attenuate 

 to a very short petiole: fls 

 showy, on long stout pels, w: pet or- 

 bieuiar, 6-9 i long, carpels 6-9, oblong, 

 8-12 li long, 20-25-see.le J: sis over 1 li 

 in diam with a shining cr 

 u-sta, coveted with the brown fringe 

 of the arillus. 



Vaslit, Zo- 1:27. Cat. Guad. 12 ft 

 high, i i in diam. 



Nu'ttull, PI Gaaibel i&u t . 



Genus BERBERIS Linnaeus. 



Barberry. Shrubs with T - wood: Ivs 

 alt, prickly: ris y, in bra'cteolate ra- 

 cem-rs: sep petaloid: pet concave: fil 

 irruable: stig peltate-umbilicate: fr a 

 berry. 

 BERBERIS DICTTOTA Jepson. 



Erect, stem,, st ire ... 3-4 * 



ft high, sparsely leafy: Ifts 5-7, glauc- 

 eseent on the upper surface, little paler 

 but very prominently reticulated on the 

 un'ler suiface, ve:y strongly uniuiate, 

 lowest pair close to base, of petiole: fil 

 with a recurve;! tooth on each side near 

 the apex. Solano Co. 



Abrams, Fl L.A 157. "near Glendale 

 (Davidson); Switzer's trail, Gabriel 

 rot*}." 

 BERBERIS FREMONTII Torrey. 



Torrey, Bot '.oun.iary 





base of ex, persistent: anth attached 

 dorsally a little above the base, de- 

 hescing longitudinally don the sides: 

 els 2-5.. distinct, sessile upon a 

 short qtinp cnnnrprm^ fnllipiilar 

 manv seeded' sds . 2 rows wkh i 

 i -e frin--i arillus Globose 

 b'k and shintn- embrvo 



Viejo, BaJa.Brandeg*e, Cal ac pr, sr 



nearly as long, the narrowly oblong 

 cotyledons exceeding the radicle. 

 Smooth shrub with alt entire mucronu- 



Into lv<5 ft n ^ nlitarv fl; tprminatino- 



' solltar> ] terminating 



CPOSSOSOMA RICFLOVII <? Watson 

 "El Rancho Vie o Pariiso " Raia 



BrandeSe Cal ac or sr 2 2-19? 



vSslif Zoe 1:27 questions if this is 



more th^an rdepauperlte ?Srm f of Cros! 



Low and moV? slender than C. Call- 

 fnmipum- iv e-ianpii<? i fi li inne- 

 somewhat r X aJcfcled- U pedic;is "shortefl 

 pet p or w, spatulate-oblong, 6 li long: 

 sta 15-25, carpels 10-12-seeded, y 2 i 

 lon- SBer Co 



Santo Tomas,' Baja' CD (Parish). 



"Wood very brittle, exhaling a pleas- 

 ant birchy fragrance when freshly 

 broken." Greene. 

 CROSSOSOMA CALIFORNICUM Nut- 



tall. 



Cirnbo SD Co' 

 A Crav 



If ^ ? He" lanceo 

 ; ll^s pile, lanceo- 



late or oblong-lanceolate, often s.cumi- 

 nate - teeth not Demote, spinulose-ser- 

 rate ' 1 - 2 ' 5 om lon = : racemes loosely 5-7- 

 nd equaling or surpassing the Ivs; 

 Pedicels slender, Fernando, LA Co 



* f?. ' T^I T \ ^-~ 

 A ^ n ^% F ^, J/A *< . 



Jt>J!JfcvJDXtlB JriiNiNAJ.A Ljd.gd.8Cu. 



California Barberry. A few inches to 

 6 ft ni g" h: lfts usually 5-9, often 11-13 

 ^r even 17, an 1 rather crowded on the 

 rachis. ovate-elliptical to oblong, 

 l ~ 2 ^ * lon - Dining above, somewhat 

 !" Beneath, plane or moderately un- 

 dulate, shallowly repand and dentate, 

 ^ m ' QStl num teeth prickly; lowes t 



Pair cJose to base of petiole; racemes 

 clustered, dense; fil as in B. dictyota: 

 fr oblong ovoid, 4 li long Chollas 

 < cl , e Vi and) "' abundant near Julian, SD 

 Co - si< - . /T , . . ni0 A , , 



SBer hills (Parish 948. A dark ever- 



^een ornamental shrub. 

 BERBERIS REPENS lindl. 



Linclley, Bot Reg t 1176. 



Cockerell, w 5:3. Custer Co. Colo. 



SD Co ( Palmer, 1875); British Col- 

 umbia; NM. 



