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hemispheric, 4 mm long 1 , its bracts oval 

 or oblong, all but the innermost very 

 obtuse; fls w; fertile pappus not over 

 8 mm long". 



Abrams, Fl LA 405. Monica (David- 

 son). 

 BACCHARIS PLUMMERAE A. Gray. 



Loosely pubescent throughout, not at 

 all glutinous; sts herbaceous from a 

 woody base, 6-12 dm hi, somewhat 

 branched; Ivs linear-oblong-, obtuse, 

 irregularly and acutely serrate, D cm 

 long or less, obscurely 3-nerved; hds 8 

 mm long; involucral bracts linear; ak 

 some.wnat compressed, puberulent, ob- 

 scurely o-nerved; pappus m fr 8 mm 



Fl LA 405.-"Topango can- 



1110) ' 



VVllld. 



Ann: sts erect, virgate, 3-10 dm hi, 

 Ify to the summit; herbage deep g, 

 glabrous and nearly tasteless, aromat- 

 ic; Ivs 1-2-pimiateiy parted into Ian- 

 ceolate or broadly linear laciniate or 

 toothed lobes, or the uppermost only 

 pinnatifld; hds sm, in close glomerules 

 on the spiciform short branches and 

 sts; inv hemispheric; ak with sm epl- 

 gynous disk. Eu - _ 



Abrams, .b 1 LA 437. LA. 

 ARTEMISIA CALIFORNICA Less. 



Hagenbuck, Erythea 4:39. "A strong 

 decoction is made, which is used to 

 bathe wounds and swellings." 



California sage; shrubby, with num 

 ascending branches, 6-12 elm hi, aro- 

 matic; Ivs cinereous with a minute ap- 

 preseed pubescence, the lowest parted 

 into a few linear filiform seg. the up- 

 per entire; hds many, nodding in long 

 racemose Ify panicles; inv hemispheric, 

 about 4 mm broad; ak truncate at sum- 

 mit, with a squamellate or coroniform- 

 dentate pappus. 



Less, Linnaea 6:523 (1S31). 



Type locality: "in California. near 

 SF. 



Coville, CXH 4:137. SBer mts. 



Abrams, Fl LA 437. 



S F; Las Huevitas, Baja (Br) ; Guad; 



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tire, g above, w-tomentose beneath; 

 hds mostly erect in dense terminal pan- 

 icles, the axis leafy; inv oblong; mar- 

 g-inal fls pistillate; disk-fls perfect, all 

 fertile. 



Abrams, Fl LA 437. 

 Hall, U 124. Cal Mug-wort. 

 Artemisia vulgaris Californica Bess. 

 ARTEM ISIA LUDOVICIANA Nutt. 



,, gt slmple and herbaceous; lower Ivs 

 subpinnatifid, the upper lanceo- 

 te and entire, on both sides pubes- 

 tnTr,^ntn<?P- fi<* ovate 

 sessile calix pubescent pan^ 

 Hab. On the banks of the 

 ; near St Louis; also on the 

 lains of ^^..ourl. ^ Ob.; 



'Si^SK. SLKSSSSSi 



' "~ 



DRACUNCULOIDES P.h , 



Per; sts clustered, herbaceous 6-12 

 dm hi, virgately branched, glabrous, 

 pung-eiit. scented when bruised, taste- 

 less; lowest Ivs 3-cleft at summit, the 

 others linear, entire; hds num nod- 

 ding on very slender short ped in a 

 close or open panicle, the clusters 

 sometimes secund: inv hemispheric, 

 about 2 mm broad, marginal fls fertile, 

 disk-fls Perfect, sterile. 





CNH 4.137. 





,A Xutt. 



; sts erect, somewhat woody at 



base, 1-2 m hi; Ivs lanceolate to ob- 

 long, ovate or elliptic, 5-10 cm long, 

 sparingly pinnatifid, cleft or often en- 



'n w" 



_ 4.32. near SF. 



, ue ' ^ iN " *' .' ^A^A 



Bmgham says this is recommended 



for the effects of poison oak." 



British Columbia to San Pablo. Baja 

 (Br); Rosa; Cruz. 

 ARTEMISIA PALMERI A Gray 



"(Seriphidium, licet receptaculum 

 paleis onustum.) rt videtur elata et 

 herbacea, cinereo-puberula; foliis 3-5- 

 partitis. ramealibus integerrimis lobis- 

 que angusto-linearibus elongatis sub- 

 t us tomentoso-incanis margine revolu- 

 ti s - p an icula amplissima floribuada; 

 invalucri squamis ovatis subscarioso- 

 m em'->ranaceis; acheniis immaturis dis- 

 C o epigyno majusculo. SD Co, in Jam- 

 uo i valley. 20 miles below SD, Or. 1. 

 p a i me r; habit nearly of A. Californica, 

 but apparently herbaceous throughout, 

 aR(1 w i t h the Ivr? or lobes broader and 

 fl ' at a ^ or mO re in diam; hds a li and a 

 j-, a j^ in (jjam: fls all perfect; most of 

 them subtended by paleae, the outer 

 ones similar to the involucral scales, 

 the inner shorter and smaller." Gray, 

 ^ m ac pr 11-79 (1876). 



Jamul valley SD Co (Palmer); Baja. 

 ARTEMISIA PARISHII A. Gray. 



"Seriphidium. frutescens. 3-4-pedalIs, 



bus) aut linearibus integerrimis (lin- 

 eam latis) aut inferioribus apice dila-r 

 tato tridentatis; panicula ampla laxaf, 

 ramis, gracilibus polycephalis; capitulis 

 (lin. 2 longis) 6-7-floris; involucra 

 campanulato: acheniis utriculatis glan- 

 dulosis et pilis arachnoideis parce vil- 

 losis. NewhalK LA Co, and Cajon 

 Pass. Cal. Oct. 1881, coll. S. B. and W. 

 F. Parish. It has the habit and ample 

 paniculate inflorescence of A. Palmeri." 

 Gray, Am ac pr 17:220 (1882). 



Parish. Zoe 5:120. "Cajon Pass is er- 

 ror, only at Newhall." 



Interior of LA Co (Parish). Baja. 

 ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA Nutt. 



"Woody plant. Canescently tomen- 

 tcse; Ivs cuneate, 3-toothed at the sum- 

 mit, upper ones entire and obtuse: fls 



