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tho baso with short l.hint teeth: seed fully a half line broa.l. -Watson 1 c 113 

 Obwne Conlteri, Moquin, 1. c. 113. ' * 



Known only from scanty specimens in the herbari.un at Kew, collected I-v ConKn- nmh^hlv i. 

 Sont ,e.n Cal.lonua : said to be perennial and frnticose. The chan cEeras to lX\^.d fnl L. 

 IS t.k.n horn Mo4U,n's description and may be erroneous. See under ^ mLo;!?/"^ ^°'''«'' 



he mnrg,n above the mid e rounded, coarsely and ac.tely tootl e.l - At M S & 



California, ISarchy ; only imperfect si.ecin.cns in the Kew herbarium. ° ^' '' 



HH. ^ Bracts orbicular, 2 to 2^ lines broad, united, surrounded hj a gash-toothed 

 herbaceous margin. 



n.p!lv^'i^°''°'^^*^' Tf^""''- ■ ^^?"^' "■''■^' "" ^""^ ""' ^"'° '''«'•' l^'-'-^'iching and leafy, 

 me. y : leaves lanceolate entire, 1 to 1 inch long, acute or acuminate, Attenuate t^o 

 stromrvJ' «^7;f''«= fl:•^ve,-cluste.rs axillary, an.lrogynous : fruiting bracts 



St ongly compressed, the margin nearly as broa.l as the body, sessile or shortly ])edi- 

 ccllate, the sides rarely slightly muricato : seed f line broad. — Rev. Chcuon. 114 



Near Fort Mohave {Cooper) ■ San Joaquin Valley, Contra Costa County, Brcvxr. 

 ■^ -^ -^ Fruiting bracts coriaceous, triangular-cordate, not herbaceoush, marahied 

 nor muricate, united to above the middle : leaves oblong-ovate, opposite, sessile. 

 10. A. decumbens, Watson. Branching from the base, slender and decum- 

 bent or procumbent, the stems becoming somewhat woody at base densely hoarv 

 scurfy : leaves mostly opposite, cuneate-rounded at base, acute or acutish, \ to 1 inch 

 long or less : staminate flowers in dense clusters in short interrupted terminal spikes- 

 calyx o-cleft : fruiting bracts sessile, slightly cordate at base, acute, 2 lines lon'r and 

 broad, compressed, entire or slightly denticulate : seed nearly a line lon-^ — Proc 

 Am. Acad. xii. 275. ° 



Near San Diego, Pa/iucr. 



■^ "^ "^ "V ^f""^'/'.'7 ^'"•^'■/•^- 2 /« 4 lines long, indurated or spom/>/, rhombic-ovate, 

 vmted ; the sides more or less convex and vsuallg conspicuousb, muricate ■ 

 the margin somewhat herbaceous and toothed. ' ' 



•H- Leaves broadbj obovate to ovate^blong, alternate, entire: decumbent. 



1 1. A. leucophylla, Dietrich. Stout, densely hoary-scurfy, decumbent or pro- 

 cumhent : stems a foot or two long, somewhat woody near the base • leaves thick 

 I to U inches long, obtuse or acutish, cuneate at base, sessile, 3-nerve.l • staminate 

 llowers in dense clusters in very short terminal spikes; calyx rather lar-e 5-cleft • 

 fruiting bracts in axillary clusters, sessile, 2i to 31 lines long, acute T ihe sides 

 usually conspicuously 2-crested ; the narrow margin obscurely toothed or entire- 

 Tc lol ' ^^o^^l--^^atson. Rev. Chenop. 117. Ohione leucophylla, Moquin,' 



On the seashore, from San Francisco to Snn Diego. Described by Moquin as perennial but 

 probably only an annual like the last, which it much resembles in habit. ^ '^rennial, but 



■w- -H. Leaves triangular-hastate to rhombic-ovate, the lower opposite. 



12. A. argentea, Xutt. Stout, erect or subdecumbent, densely mealy or scurfy 

 1 to 1^ feet high, branching from the base : leaves rather thick, h to 2 inches lonrr' 

 acute or obtuse, petioled or the upper sessile : staminate flowers in dense clusters in 

 the upper axils or in short .spikes; calyx deeply .'.-deft : fruiting bracts shortly 

 pedicellate in axillary clusters; the more or less dilate.l margins not reachin" the 

 base, often bifid at the summit, sharply and deeply toothed ; the sides usually muri- 

 cate with herbaceously tipped projections or with a double toothed crest : seed a 

 Jine broad. — Watson, 1. c. Obione argentea, ]\Ioquin. 



Sierra County, Lemmm. Frc(iuent in the valleys eastward to Colorado and the Upper Missouri. 



