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Sitgreaves Pass in western Ar (New- discoid or more or less 2-lobed: fr a 



berry) and So Ut, Parry." Brewer & silique or silicle, usually 2-celled, 2- 



Watson, Bot Cal 1:23. valved or rarely indehiscent: Endos- 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA CLSVELANDI. perm 0; cotyledons incumbent, accum- 



"Diffusely dichotomous maritime ann, bent or conduplicate. 

 often forming a loose mat 2 ft wide, r^n-na nut it A i ;.,*,..,,* 

 glabrous, or with some minute and ob- RABA Linnaeus. 

 scure roughness on branches and pe- Low tufted mostly stellate-pubescent 

 tioles, glaucescent rather than glauc- herbs, with scapose or leafy sts, sim- 

 ous; Ivs and fls sm; seg of Ivs either pl e Ivs and racemose fls: silicles ellip- 

 broad, short and divergent, or narrow- tic, oblong or rarely linear, com- 

 er, longer and almost parallel on the pressed: stig entire or nearly so: valves 

 same plant: ex oblong-conrcal, about % dehiscent, nerveless: cotyledous accum- 

 i long, thin and translucent, the very bent 



short apiculation blunt: cor nearly ro- JJRABA CUNEIFOLIA Nuttall 



tate, 1% i broad, early and sparse fls Lo osely stellate-pubescent, ' usually 



y, later smaller, deeper y or orange: sta branching from the base; branches 



many, the nl very short and stout p leaf below and obovate to oblanceo- 



above, the a*th linear elongated: stig lat acute or acutish i /2 _ 2 ' long: 



4, slender, unequal: pod slender 1% i rec eme pedunculate, at length elongat- 



long; torus under it sm, but with the ed: fls sm: pods i in ear-obl6ng, usually 



spreading rim conspicuous: sds.sm, not acut i s h, 3-6 li long, 16-50-seeded, hispid 



quite spherical, apiculate at one end, with short su b-appressed simple hairs 



reticulate." Greene Pittonia 5:248. (very rare i y glabrous), on spreading or 



Type locality: 'Abundant at and divaricate pedicels 1-3 li long; stiff ses- 



near SD along the seashore, thence sile or near ly so. Ill; Ky; Ala; Ark; 



southward apparently to Ensenada, on Tex; ut; Ca Baja! 



the peninsula of Lower California; also variety BREVIPES S. Watson. 



S^^o^rtTmlfT^^TVcmwaTTc Variety INTEGRIFOLIA S. Watson. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA AUSTRALIS. TV fl tnn Am r> nr 9^>-9^R 



"Allied to E. Cleveland!; apparently Ooast ran-^s of sonthPrn Cnl 

 as large and as widely spreading but sm^lVr ?han ?L tvn P 2 <F rm hi*rh- 

 with comparatively few Ivs; the stout . Smaller than the type, 

 branches largelv naked, with smallish \ vs smaller, mostly entire; capsule gla- 

 Ivs rather more' glaucous: ex very dif- br Y s ; pech ,f s T \ m lo "^ o r less. 

 ferent, ovate-conical, and witk a dis- Abrams, Fl LA 176. Same range as 

 tinct and not short apiculation; torus the type and apparently more common, 

 both larger 'and with broader rim: cor. Variety PLATYCABPA S. Watson, 

 the same as in E. Cleveiandi: pod and Pods oblong-oval, mostly obtuse, 

 sds not seen. Confined to shores of the 2% -4" long, equaling or exceeding the 

 Lower California peninsula teelow En- pedicels. Tex; Ar. 

 senada, the type from San Quentin by Variety SONORAE Parish. 

 Dr. Edward Palmer, on sheet n 2534, Cal Much resembling the type in size 

 ac herb." Greene, Pittonia 5:249. and habit; racemes often nearly ses- 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA OBCUTTIANA. sile; capules hispid with stellate hairs. 



Habit Of E. iSOStlgma, but not as Ahrams F 1 ! T,A 17fi <3nmp rnne-P a<* 



^V^'gf IV^t ^tS^ ? 

 slender, all the seg short, narrowly ^ Ul ^\ u ( Palmer 



linear, acutish: ex smaller, thin, slen- 5, d l > ** r - i; , Tr ., n ., ^ n 



derly almost conical, yet with evident ^P, 6 locality: northwestern So- 

 and not very short apiculation: cor 1 i nora. 



wide, or-color: torus long and narrow- Draba Sonorae Greene, Cal ac b 2:59 

 funnelform, the thin herbaceous rim ob- (1886) ( 



vious: pods IV 2 or 1% i long. Type DRABA UNILATERALIS M. E. Jones, 

 from Solada, Baja, C. R. Orcutt, 5 My Branching from Ihe base: branches 

 1886, the specimen In hb Field Mus. spreading, elongated; lax, leafy below: 

 In US hb on sheet 3346 is a specimen Ivs cuneate-obovate to oblanceolate, 1' 

 by Miss Fink, from Todos Santos Is- or less long: racemes com nearly ses- 

 land, that may or may not be the same, sile: fls very sm: siliques round-oval, 

 It has a somewhat different aspect and somewhat twisted, pubescent, distant, 2 

 a wider torus-rim." Greene, . Pittonia or 3 li long, on pedicels 1 li long or 

 5:254. less, 12-sds; stig sessile. 



_ TriT1 -, T , -, Jones, Torr Cl b 9:124. 



CKUCirEKAE, Valle de las Palmas, Baja COr 1392). 



Herbs or rarely suffrutescent with Colusa Co Cal. 



acrid juice, alt Ivs and racemous or Heterodraba unilateralis Greene, Cal 

 corymbose fls: Sep 4, deciduous or per- ac b 1:72: 



sistent, the 2 outer narrow, the inner STREPTANTHUS LONGTROSTRIS 

 similar, concave or saccate at base: Pet Watson. 



4, rarely 2 or 0, hypogynous, cruciate, Leaves not clasping nor auriculate; 

 rTarely^^er^r/p^ynS'uT'tetraf^ ^- laucou % annual. Wash, to 

 namous: Pistil 1, compound, consisting Baja Cal. Sonora, Utah, 

 of 2 united carpels, the parietal pla- STREPTANTHUS CAMPESTRIS Wat- 

 centae united by a dissepiment; sty son. 



generally persistent, sometimes 0; stig "Annual or biennial, glabrous and 



