the keel-like raised striae retrorsely 



scabrous: scapes 14-20' hi, glab, glau: 



umbel 40-70-fi'd; pedicels nearly 2' Ig: 



perianth rotate, %' broad, g'ish w; sep 



oblg-linear, pet oolg: fil stout-subulate, 



little compressed; anth y 2 ' lg, lurid p. 



Com among the mts in the interior of 



Southern Cal." Er 1:152. Ab 85. Ha 68. 



Par 375. 



M. TBANSMONTABTA P 1:73, Reno 



Nev (Miss Amy Pease). 



MTTIiCrEDIUM Cass in Diet sc nat 33: 



296 (1824). ;=Lactuca fide IK. 



M. HETERGPHYLLUM Nutt, Am phil 



sc tr, ns, 7:441. B 1:442 as L: pulchella. 



M. LEUCOPHAEUM DC B 1:442 as L: 



leucophaea. 



M. PULCHELLUM Nutt. B 1:442 as L: 



P. 



(Chrypsis squarrosa Nutt.) Brit Am to 

 Mex. 



a-ourn, Dlel ex I, syst ed 



M. AIijPESTRIS L Parry Wyo 12 14 



M. CAUFORtfICA P & M. B 1:526 'as 



Eritrichium C 



M. CKORISIAXfA C & S, Linnaea 4:444. 



P 1:13 as Allocarya c. B 1:525 as Erit- 



richium c 



M. FLACCIDA Lehm, Pugil 2:22. Hook 



Fl 2:82. P 1:115 as Cryptanthe f. A 1: 



206 s B 1-522 s 528 s 



M. FULVA H & A B 1:526 as Eritri- 



chium f 



M. GLOMERATA Nutt. B 1:528 as Eri- 



trichium g. 



M. LEUCOPHAEA Dougl, Hook Fl 2:82. 



P 1:82 as Oreocarya 1. B 1:529 as 



M. SCOULERI H & A B 1:526 as Eritic- 



chium S 



M. SUFFRUTICOSA T, Ann Lye NY 2: 



225. P 1:57 as Oreocarya s. 



M. SYLVATICA Hoffmann. B 1:522. 



Variety AIifESTZtlS Koch. B 1:522, Ore, 



Arctic regions, Asia, Eu. 



M. TENELLA Nutt. B 1:526 as Eritri- 



chium t. 



M. "VERNA Nutt. B 1:522. 



M VERSICOLOR Hook Fl? B 1-522 as 



verna in part. 



MYGINDA Jacq, Enum pi Caril 1 (1760). 



M. MYRTIFOLIA Nutt, Gen 1:109. B 



1:99 as Pachystima myrsinites Raf. 



MYOSURTTS L, A 1:148 d. 



M. AFZ2TAZ.US Gay. A 1:148 d. 



Variety LEPTUSUS G. A 1:149. 



M. ARISTATUS Bth. B 1:51. A 1:149 as 



apetalus. 



1C. MAJOR P 3:257. 



M. MINIMUS L. A 1:149 d. B 1:5. P 3: 



257. 



Variety APUS Greene. A 1:49. 



Variety FIX.IFORMIS Greene. A 1:149. 



M. SHORTII Raf. A 1:149 S. 



M. TENELLUS P 3:257. 



Genus MYRICA Linnaeus. 



Shrubs or sm trees, with entire, den- 

 tate or lobed mostly resinous-dotted Ivs, 

 mon or dioe: stam aments oblg or nar'ly 

 cylindric; sta 4-8: pist aments ovoid or 

 subglobose; ova subtended by 2-4 sh 

 bractiets: fr globose, waxy. 

 M. CAI.IFORNICA Cham. Da 16. Ab 98. 



7UU 



B 2:81. Z 2:336. 



ThicKly branched evergreen shrub, 2-3 

 m hi; Ivs thick, giab, oblg- or oblanceo- 

 late, tapering to an acute apex, nar'd 

 below to a sh petiole, 6-12 cm Ig, re- 

 motely serrate or nearly entire; stam- 

 aments below the pist, 2 cm ig or less; 

 sta 7-16, united by hi; bractiets 2, nar'ly 

 oblg, hairy at apex; pist aments in axils 

 of upper Ivs, 6-10 mm lg; ova ovate, 

 with 2 exserted sty, r; bractiets minute; 

 fr brownish-p, covered with a whitish 

 wax, 4 mm in diam. Monica (Hasse). 

 M. GALE L, sp pi 1024. <.Bth 336 = 

 Hartwegi fide B 2:82.) 



M. HARxW^Crl Wat 10:350. B 2:81. Z 

 2:159. 



M raiOFH YItXiUM L. A 1:328 d. 

 M. HIPi'UJ&OfDl!^ Nutt, T & G Fl 1:530. 



SL sS^n^M Mich* Fl 2:190. (C * S. 

 Linnaea 4:506 := hippuroides fide B 1 

 2HL SlrlCAI'UM L, sp pi yy2. B 1:215. Z 



' 6 t SP P i ^. 



U syst ed 1 (1786). 

 A1 - OCCIDENTALIS B & H, Gen 1:857. 

 B 1:262 as Glycosma o. 

 NABALLS Cass, m Diet sc nat 34:1*4 

 ^1825). = Prenanthes fide IK. 

 N. ALATLS Hook Fl 1:294 t 

 alata fide IK. M 1:8 as N. hastatus. 

 N. BARBATUS M 1:8, based on N. Fras- 

 eri vaf. barbatus T & G Fl 2:481 (Pren- 

 arithus serpentaria var. barbatus G, syn 

 Fl 1 (2>:434. 



N. HASTATLS M 1:8 based on Sonchus 

 hastatus Less, Linnaea 6:99, 

 N. MAINENSIS M 1:8 based on Pren- 

 anthes Mainensis G syn Fl 1 (2): 433. 



dmn* NAIAS LinnaeuN 



Sts slender, branching, from fibrous 

 rts: Ivs all submerged, opp or whorled, 

 spiny-toothed, sheathing at base: fls mon 

 or dioe, axy, solitary, sessile or pedicel- 

 led: stam with a double perianth; the 

 outer entire or 4-toothed at apex, inner 

 one hyaline, adhering to anth: sta sessile 

 or stalked; anth 1-4-celled, apiculate or 

 2-lobed at summit: pist fls of a single 

 ova, which tapers into a sh sty; stig 2-4, 

 subulate: fr a solitary carpel, sessile, 

 ellipsoidal, with a crustaceous pericarp. 

 N. CANADENSIS Michx, Fl 2:220. B 2: 

 1 1 J1 as fiexilis. 

 NAIAS FLEXILIS R-S. 

 Rostk & Schmidt, Fl Sedin 382. Eu, 

 Egypt. Ab 13. B 2:191. Da 17. 



St slender, forking: Ivs linear pellucid, 

 acuminate or acute, 1-2 cm lg, 1-2 mm 

 wide, num and crowded on upper branch- 

 es with 25-30 minute teeth on each mar- 

 gin; fr 2-4 mm lg, 0.5-1 mm in diam; 

 sty lg, persistent; stig sh. Da 17. SF. 

 NAIAS MAJOR Allione. 

 Fl Pedem 2:221. B 2:191. 



Sts rather stout, oft armed with broad 

 prickles: Ivs broadly linear, 3-18" lg, 

 coarsely and sharply toothed, the dilated 

 base entire: fr 2-2%" lg: sd very finely 

 lineate, oblg. slightly compressed. Nev, 

 Ar, Ut, NY, Eu, Cal. 

 NAXOCR~i27E~ Rydb. M 3:146. 

 N. FILICAULIS M 3:146 based on Clay- 



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