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erect or diffuse non-twining sts: sep 

 fc, nearly equal: cor w, tube oblong- 

 campanulate, equaling the sep; limb 

 6-parted into lightly convolute-imbri- 

 cate lobes which are somewhat indu- 

 plicate in the bud: fil filiform, exserted 

 from the .nroat of the cor; ova 2- 

 celled, 4-ovuled: cap by abortion oft- 

 en 1-seeded. 

 CRES3A CRETICA Linn. 



Low tufted plants 3-6 i hi, densely 

 branched from base. Especially abund- 

 ant in saline or alkaline soil, often 

 covering: thousands of acres. Vaca- 

 ville,, Cal, to Baja! 

 CV SCUTA ARVENSIS Beyrich. 



Sts filiform, pale y; fls nearly ses- 

 sile in am clusters; ex-lobes broad, ob- 

 tuse; cor campanulate, its lobes as 

 long as Ui6 tube, acute or acuminate, 

 reflexed; scales large, ovate, equaling 

 or exceeding the tube, densely fringed 

 all around; cap depressed-globose. 



Abrams, Fl LA 310. On various 

 CUSCUTA CALIFORNICA Choisy. 



Fls pedicelled in loose few-fld cy- 

 mes; lobes of ex acute; lobes of cor 

 lanceolate-subulate, delicate w; no 

 scales below the sta. 



Abrams, Fl LA 310. 

 NICOTIANA GLAUCA R. Gratu 



Arborescent, 3-6 m hi, glaucous and 

 glabrous; Ivs long-petioled, ovate, sub- 

 cordate; fls loosely paniculate; cor 

 g'ish-y, 3-5 cm long, tubular, contract- 

 ed at the throat, its limb erect, 5-cre- 

 nate. 



Abrams, Fl LA 354. 



Davidson. Erythea 1:98 LA. 



Parish Zoe 1:124. 



FROSOPIS FUBESCENS. 



Sm tree or shrub similar to the mes- 

 quit but smaller, more or les puberulent: 

 stipules spinescent: Ifts 5-8 pairs, pairs 

 3-5 mm distant, oblong, 5-8 mm long, 

 obtuse at apex: spikes on peduncles 

 about 1 cm long, 4-6 cm long, often lax: 

 fls sesile, 3 mm long, pods com several- 

 many developing, twisted into a straight 

 cylinder, 25-35 mm long, about 5 mm 

 broad, on stipes less than 2 mm long. 

 CD! Baja! 



Bentham, London J bot 5:82 (1846). 



Abrams, Fl LA 206. SBer. 



Type locality: "California between 

 San Miguel and Monterey" (Coulter). 



BAMONA POX.YSTACKYA Greene. 



White Sage Shrubby below, 1 m hi 

 or more, minutely tomentose-canescent, 

 the branches virgate; Ivs mostly very 

 w on both surfaces, oblong-lanceolate, 

 minutely rugose and crenulate, 5-8 cm 

 long; infl v^yrsoid-paniculate, 3-6 dm 

 long; floral Ivs, bracts and bractlets sm 

 and loose, at length reflexed. lanceolate 

 or subulate, cuspidate-tipped; fls sessile, 

 loose, upper lip of ex truncate or 3- 

 toothed, at length concave or galeate, 

 longer than the triangular-subulate low- 

 er lip; cor w or nearly so, the lower lip 

 much enlarged, middle lobe rounded, 

 emarginate at apex, unguiculate. upper 

 lip short; tube very short; sty and di- 

 vergent sta long-exserted: filiform con- 

 nective continuous with the fil, its low- 



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er end usually indicated by a minute 

 tooth. 



Abrams, FLA 345. 

 DBABA COBBUGATA 



Pubescent throughout with loose 

 branching hairs; stems branching 

 from the base, very leafy; leaves en- 

 tire, oblong-oblanceolate: calyx pu- 

 bescent: pods lanceolate to broadly ob- 

 long, acute or obtuse, much corrugated 

 and twisted; style long, attenuate to a 

 minute stigma. San Bernardino mts., 

 Cal. 

 ERYTHEA ARMATA Watson. 



The Tecos grandes is the fruit of the 

 beautiful blue palm of Lower Cali- 

 fornia, and forms an important article 

 of food with the Indians, ripening in 

 July and August. The fruit is the 

 size of a common marble, with sweet 

 mealy pulp surrounding the large stone 

 (. % inche in diameter). The tree grows 

 40 feet high, bearing its fan-shaped 

 glaucous leaves in a very graceful 

 manner. This palm was first found 

 in the Camillas canyon, Lower Cali- 

 fornia, which opens out onto the Colo- 

 rado derest, by Dr. Edward Palmer. 

 Dr. J. N. Hose has since found it in 

 Mexico, east of Mazatlan, I believe. 

 The seeds require from six months to 

 three years in which to germinate 

 the older seeds germinating more 

 quickly than when fresh from the 

 tree. I have had them germinate 

 readily when over ten years old. 

 QZI.XA ACHII.I.AEFOLIA Bentham. 



Sts 3-5 dm hi, glandular-puberulent 

 throughout; Ivs mostly bipinnately dis- 

 sected into linear, somewhat recurved 

 seg; branches few, naked, bearing a 

 dense cluster of usually deep blue fls; 

 ex glandular-pilose, mainly hyaline, its 

 lobes incurved in fr; cor-tube cylindric; 

 throat very short and broad; lobes ob- 

 long, scarcely spreading; sta exserted. 



Bentham, Bot Reg 19 sub t 1622 

 (1833). 



Abrams, Fl LA 314. 



Hall, U 103. 



Coville, CNH 4:155. 



Type locality: "California." 



See Gilia multicaulis Benth. 

 CONVOLVULUS ARVENSIS Linn. 



L, Sp PI 153. 



Per, prostrate; sts 3-10 dm long; Ivs 

 oblong, sagitate or hastate, 2.5-5 cm 

 long, basal lobes short; pedicels 1-3- 

 fl1, with a pair of subulate bracts near 

 the base; cor w with a tinge of p on 

 outside, neither lobed nor angled; stig 

 filiform. Eu. 



Abrnms. Fl L \. 20^. "Occasional in 

 cult fields, and waste places. M^'-N." 

 CONVOLVULUS PENT APETALOI DBS 



Diffusely branched from the base, 



