Eriogonum. rOLYGONACE.E. OY 



Ions, obtuse or acute, at base rounded or cordate or rarely cuneato, the luar^in often 

 undulate and upper surface becoming glabrate; petiole often slmrt and n.ar"ined • 

 pedunces erect or ascending, 6 to 20 inches high and very stout, not fistulous" 

 bracts triangular : heads large and dense, often compound, h to 1 inch in diameter 

 sohtaiy and terminal or few in a simple or nearly simple uiubel : involucres tomen- 

 tose, 2 hues long : flowers glabrous, light rose-color, 1^ lines long. — Torr. & Gray 

 ]. c. 166 K oblon;,lfolinm, JJentli. ; Torr. & Gray, 1. c. 167, the form with nar- 

 rower and more cuneatc leaves. 



On tlie rocky spa-coast, from San Simeon Bay {Palmer) to IlumlwUlt County. 

 32. E. nudum, Dougl. More slender, sparingly leafy at base, mostly glabrous 

 above : leaves broadly ovate or ol)long, obtuse, ^ to 2 inches long, cordate or abruptly 

 cuneate at base, on slender petioles, undulate, densely tomentose beneath, becomiu" 

 glabrate above : peduncle (fistulous and sometimes inflated) and sfiaringly branched 

 panicle a foot or two high, smooth : involucres 2 or 3 lines long, glabrous or nearly 

 so, usually 3 to 6 in each cluster : flowers glabrous or sometimes more or less vil- 

 • lous, 1 to U lines long, white or reddish, sometimes sulphur-yellow. —Torr. & 

 Gray, 1. c. 167. K. umlnm Sc auriailafiim, Denth. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 13. 



Var. pauciflorum, Watson. Involucres solitary or occasionally in pairs, much 

 scattered: peduncle often inflated. — Proc. Am. Acad. xii. 264. 



Var. Oblongifolium, Watson, 1. c. Often somewhat tomentose throughout : 

 leaves oblong, acute or obtuse, an inch or two long, narrowed to a long slender 

 petiole: bracts occasionally foliaceous : perianth usually somewhat pubescent, at 

 least on the inner lobes. — E. ojjine, Penth. 1. c. 



A very variables species, ranging f,om Washington Teriitoiy to Southern California, the last 

 variety more common liom Mcmlocuio County and tlie Upper Sacramento nortliwaid. 



33. R elatum, Dougl. Leaves villous-pubescent or somewhat tomentose be- 

 neath, ovate-oblong to lanceolate, acute, 2 to 6 inches long and on elongated 

 petioles, abruptly cuneato or rarely subcordate at base: peduncle (fistulous" and 

 sometimes inflated) and rigid panicle 1^ to 3 feet high, smooth and glaucous: 

 involucres smooth, in clusters of 2 to 5, usually rather broadly turbinate and 

 obscurely nerved, 2 lines long : flowers somewhat villous, grcenisli white or rose- 

 colored, 1^ lines long. — Torr. & Gray, 1. c. 168. 



Dry mountain-slopes and valleys, from Washington Territory to Western Nevada • abundant 

 on plains near Yreka, E. L. Greene. 



••- •»- Stout woody perenniah, the stems virrjatehj branched and vith numerous 

 short-j)etioled often fasr id exl leaves : bracts mosfly foliaceous : involucres capi- 

 tate, or fascicled and the clusters more or less closely cymose-umbellate. — 

 (§ Fascicul.vta, Benth.) 



34. E. cinereum, Benth. Shrubby, 3 to 5 feet high in dense clumps, hoary- 

 tomentose throughout : leaves orbicular to oblong, 6 to 9 lines long, on very short 

 petioles, obtuse, undulate, strongly nerved : peduncles elongated, sparingly dichot- 

 omous, bearing few rather open heads : bracts short : involucres 2 hues long : 

 flowers very villous, rose-colored, 1 h hues long or less. — Bot. Sulph. 45 & DC. 

 Prodr. xiv. 8; Torr. & Gray, 1. c. 168. 



On tlie sea-shore, Southern California, at San Pedro {Hinds) and Santa Jlonica, Brewer. 



35. E. parvifolium, Smith. Shrubby, 3 feet high, more or less white-tomen- 

 tose throughout : leaves broadly ovate to oblong, 4 to 9 lines long, acute, abruptly 

 narrowed at base to a very short petiole, revolute and undulate on the margin, 

 becoming glabrate above : peduncles usually rather short, bearing a few close heads : 

 lower bracts conspicuous, the up]ier smaller : tomentose involucres and glabrous 

 rose-colored flowers about U lines long. — Benth. 1. c. 12; Torr. & Gray, I.e. 169. 



Near the sea coast from Monterey to Santa Barbara ; Santa Lucia Mountains, Palmer^ 



