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PI Wright 1:102 (1852), with first de- 

 scription. 



Genus STYLOCLINE Nuttall. 



Low and diffuse w-woolly ann, with 

 alt Ivs and terminal subglobose hds: 

 bracts of inv and of the receptacle 

 decid with the mature fr. those of the 

 fertile fls involute or saccate-condup- 

 licate, embracing the obovate or oblong 

 obcompressed ak; those of sterile fls 

 plane or concave: pappus in the fer- 

 tile fls, composed of a few caducous 

 bristles in the sterile ones. 

 STYLOCLINE GNAPHALIOIDES Nutt. 



Sts 5-10 cm long 1 ; Ivs linear or the 

 upper oblong, obtuse; fr'ing bract hya- 

 line, broadly ovate, woolly on the back 



Calmalli (Br); SD! Stanislaus Co: Cruz; 

 Rosa. 



Abrams, Fl LA 408. 



Genus FILAGO Linnaeus. 



Erect slender floccese-woolly an, 

 with alt entire Ivs and sm discoid hds 

 in capitate lateral and terminal clus- 

 bracts of inv few. scarious: recep- 

 tacle convex or subconic, chaffy, each 

 chaff-scale subtending- an ak: outer fls 

 of hds in sev sr pistillate cor filiform, 

 minutely 2-4-dontnte: central fls few, 

 perfect, but mainly sterile, their cor 

 tubular, 4-5-toothed: ak terete or 

 slightly compressed 

 FILAGO CALIFORNICA Nuttall. 



Slender, erect an. 2 dm hi or less; 

 Ivs linear or lowest spjJtulate; hds 

 ovate, slightly angular; pistillate fls 

 8-10-bractcate, their bracts broadly 

 ovate and deeply, boat-shaped, some- 

 arcuate-incurved, very wooly, 

 with brcHsiish obtuse hyaline tips; in- 

 facts oblong, concave, nearly gla- 

 brous; nkenes narrowly oblong., min- 

 utely papillose-granular; pappus of the 

 embraced 0; of the others copious-: 



Abrams, Fl LA 409. 



Nuttall, Am phil soc tr, n sr 7 "405 

 (1841). 



Type locality: "near St Barbara." Cal. 



Coville, CNH 4:128. Panamint nits. 



Guad; Cruz; Rosa; Utah; Oregon. 

 Genus GNAPHALIUM Linnaeus. 



Everlasting fls; woolly erect or dif- 

 fusely branched an, biennial or per 

 herbs with alt Ivs and 



discoid hds of staminate and 

 perfect fls: involucral bracts sca- 

 ious, w or y'ish, imbricated: receptacle 

 fat, naked: staminate fls in several sr, 

 flat, naked: staminate fls 



in several sr, their cor fil- 

 iform, minutely dentate or 3-4- 

 lobed: central fls perfect, their cor tub- 

 ular, 5-toothed or lobed;aks not ribbed: 

 pappus a single sr of scabrous capillary 

 bristles, sometimes thickened above. 

 GNAPHAL11TM CATLIPORNICUM DC. 



Jepson, Erythea 1:12. 



f'latchie, Erythea 2:125, Cat. 



Bien, 6-10 dm hi, stoutish, corym- 

 bosely branched at the summit, bear- 

 ing rather loose' cymosely disposed 

 clusters of broad hds; Ivs lanceolate, 

 glabrate above, glandular and balsam- 



188. 



ic-scented, strongly adnate-decurrent;. 

 hds 5-7 mm hi, nearly as broad, w or 

 y'ish; outer bracts ovate or oblong, the 

 inner acute. 



Abrams, Fl LA 410. 

 GNAPHALIUM CHILENSE Spreng. 



Sts rather stout, from an ann or bien 

 rt, 3-6 dm hi, loosely floccose or the 

 upper faces of the Ivs often nearly gla- 

 brous; Ivs lanceolate or the lower 

 often spatulate or oblanceolate; hds in 

 close clusters at the ends of the 

 corymbose branches; inv hemispheric, 

 with a y'ish-g tinge; bracts oval or ob- 

 long, obtuse. 



GNAPHALIUM LEUCOCEPHAALUM 



Gray. 



Per from a lignescent rt; sts sever- 

 al, 4-6 dm hi, strict, mostly simple, 

 very leafy; herbage w with close wool 

 except the under sides of the Ivs; st- 

 jvs narrowly linear, attenuate, acute, 

 erect, short-decurrent at the narrow 

 base, viscid-glandular above; hds in a 

 sm close cyme; inv broadly campanu- 

 late, much imbricated, pearly w; bracts 

 ovate and oblong, obtuse. 



Texas; Arizona; So Cal (Parish). 



Abrams, Fl LA 410. near Monrovia. 



Biol. Erythea* 1:17. 



McClatchie, Erythea 2:125, Gabriel 

 nitS. 



Genus MICROPUS Linnaeus. 



Low floccose an, with all entire Ivs 

 and sev-fld-scatered hds: pistilate fls 

 in 1 or 2 sr on a sm receptacle, each en- 

 clo*ed in a conduplicate bract which 

 has a scarious, appendiciPate lip: nei- 

 maphrodite sterile tls central, few, 

 mostly naked: inv outside v>f the ir -& 

 bracts, scanty and scarjous: akeiics 

 gibbous, obovate, each enclosed in its 

 bract and falling away with it: papus 0. 

 MICROPUS CALIFORNICUS F. & M. 



Slender, erect, 1-3 dm hi; Ivs mostly 

 linear; fructiferous bracts 5-6, becom- 

 ing firm-coriaceous, somewhat semicor- 

 dat e or semiobovate in outline, straight 

 anteriorly, the soon erect bract-like tip 

 mostly scarious. 



Guad- Cruz; Baja! SD mts! Oregon. 



Abrams, Fl LA 408. 

 Genus PSILOCARPHTJS Nuttall. 



Sm usually depressed and much 

 branched floccose ann, with opp 

 and globose lids which are sessile at 

 the axils or at the forks. Fr'ing bracta 

 num. crowded on the globular or oval 

 receptacle, cucullate-saccate, semiobo- 

 or semiobcordate, rounded at the 

 lip somewhat membranaceous, apex 

 introrse. the ovate or oblong hyaline 

 appendage inflexed or erect. Ak loose 

 within the bract, oblong or narrow,. 

 straight, slightly compressed. 

 PSILOCAKPHL)* GLOBIFERUS Nutt. 



Abrams, Fl LA 408. 



Branched from the base and spread- 

 ing or prostrate;- Ivs linear or narrow- 

 ly spatulate, the upper-most little sur- 

 passing the very woolly hds; ak obo- 

 vate-oblong, about 1 mm long. 



