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CHUCiFEK.E. - Cauluuthus. 



mure or less attenuate to the base, 1 to 2 iiichus long, entire or usually sinuate- 

 toothed : sepals broad, 4 to lines long, half the length of the bright yellow or 

 orange petals: anthers long, sagittate: pods U to 2 inches long, \\ lines wide, 

 some°\vhat carinate, spreading on rather stout pedicels : stigma 2-lobed : cotyledons 

 accumbent or slightly oblique. — Liunti-a, i. 1-i ; Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound. 32. 6'. capi- 

 tatus, Dougl. in Hook. M. i. 38, A'rt/simum </raiiJijlorum, IMutt. 



Oil the sea-slioie from Monterey to Mendocino Co., usually stunted and the base of the stems 

 crowded with the i.ersisLcnt petioles of old leaves. It seems also to extend to sandy hills a few 

 miles from the coast, where it is taller and more slender, having unich the habit of Erynhnum 

 asperura, with which immature .specimens may be confounded. 



9. CAULANTHUS, Watson. 

 Pod terete, eloiigati'.d, sessile upon the receptach* ; valves l-nerved. Sii'ds in one 

 row, oblong, somewhat Uattened, scarcely or not at all margined ; cotyh'ik)ns more 

 or less incumbent. Sepals large, nearly equally saccate at base. Petals but little 

 longer, undulately crisped, the blade only a somewhat dilated rhomboidal extension 

 of the broad claw. Anthers linear, sagittate at base, curved : fdaments included. 

 Stigma somewhat 2-lobed. — Stout biennials ; with pinnatifid or toothed leaves, 

 and purple or greenish-white llowers. — Jiot. King Exp. 27. 



A genus peculiar to Calilbrnia and the interior basin. A fifth species, 0. hnstutus, Watson, 

 1. c, t. 23, is found in the mountains of Utah. 



1. C. procerus, Watson, 1. c. Glabrous or glaucous throughout : stems 4 to 7 feet 

 high, stout, branching : lower leaves petioled, coarsely laciniate-pinnatiiid, 4 to 12 

 inches long ; the upper lanceolate, sessile, acunanate : llowers greenish white, 4 to 5 

 lines long, on ascending pedicels half as long : pod terete, very slender, 3 to 5 

 inches long, less thau a line broad, pointed, erect or somewhat spreading : stigma 

 nearly entire. — Stvejdanthus Jlavescens, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. vi. 18G, in part. 

 IS. procerus, Brewer, in same, vi. 519. 



Rich clay soils from Monto Diablo to I'acheco I'uss ; locally known as "Wild Cabbage" and 

 sometimes used as a j)oor potherb. 



2. C. Coulteri, Watson, 1. c. Mostly Insipid : stems rather slender, 1 to 2 feet 

 high, sim[ile or branched : leaves mostly dentate, sessile, the radical broadly spatu- 

 late and sinuately toothed ; cauline oblongluiir.eolate, clasj)ing with a cordate base ; 

 the uppermost entire : so^jals 3 to I lines long, broad, acute, hispid : pod straight, 

 terete, 3 to 4 inches hmg, nearly I A lines bn.ad, pendent n])ou the liispid pedicel, 

 beaked by the stout style : stigma 2-lobed. — iStnplanthas htterojilii/llus, Gray, 1. c, 

 in part, not of Nuttall. 



Southern California {Coulter) ; Fort Tejon, Xanlus. 



3. C. pilosus, Watson, 1. c. Somewhat pilosely hispid, at least at base : stout, 

 erect, branching, 3 to 4 feet high : leaves petioled, lyrate-pinnatiliil ; lobes si)aringly 

 angular-toothed : llowers spreading, in a loose raceme, greenish wliite, the oblong 

 petals narrowed above, 4 lines long ; calyx slightly hairy : pod slender, 3 to 5 inches 

 long : stigma slightly 2-lobed, nearly sessile. 



Truckee and Humboldt Valleys, W. Nevada {JValsaa), and probably oi-curring in the low 

 valleys of Northeastern California. 



4. C. crasBicaulis, Watson, 1. c. Glabnm.s, glam^ous : stem hollow, inllated, 

 erect, 2 to 3 feet high, rarely branched : leaves mostly radical, petioled, runcinate or 

 runcinate-pinnatiiid : flowers 6 lines long, dark pur[)le ; calyx very woolly : pod 

 terete, 3 to 5 inches long, li lines broad, ascending on very short pedicels : stigma 

 2-lobed, sessile. — Strtptanthus crassicanlis, Torrey, Stansb. liep. 384, t. 1. 



From the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada to Utah, on dry foot-hills ; also known as " Wild 

 Cabbage " and at times used for food. 



