194 Platanaceae 



glandular-hirsute; leaves thin, 1-4 cm. broad, 3-5-lobed and 

 incised; peduncles 1-2-flowered ; bracts round-ovate, usually 

 3-lobed, 6 mm. long; calyx-tube oblong-campanulate, 6 mm. 

 long; lobes reflexed, 6 mm. long, purplish red; petals pinkish 

 white, rounded, erose-toothed at summit; stamens equaling or 

 slightly exceeding the petals; anthers sagittate, mucronate, 

 purplish; berry 12-20 mm. broad, densely covered with glandu- 

 lar bristles. 



Frequent on shaded slopes in the San Gabriel Mountains below 4000 feet 

 altitude. February-March. 



6. B. hesperium McClatchie. Shrub, 1.5-3 m. high, with 

 spreading branches; stems smooth, beset with dark-colored com- 

 monly single spines ; inflorescence and young branches puberu- 

 lent; leaves thin, 12-20 mm. broad, 3-5-lobed, the lobes incised; 

 peduncles 1-2-flowered; bracts broad, fan-shaped with ciliated 

 membranous pink margins; calyx-tube campanulate, slightly 

 inflated, about 2 mm. long, lobes greenish-red, 6-8 mm. long, 

 petals cuneate-oblong, 3-4 mm. long, 2-3-toothed at summit or 

 entire; filaments 4-6 mm. long; anthers mucronate, greenish ; 

 berry 12-20 mm. in diameter, densely beset with rather long 

 spines. 



Common in the Santa Monica and San Gabriel Mountains below 3000 feet 

 altitude. January-February. 



-- -- Flowers 4-merous. 



7. B. speciosum Pursh. Evergreen shrub, 1.5-3 m. high, 

 with leafy red bristly branches ; subaxillary spines 3, united at 

 base ; leaves subcoriaceous, dark green, smooth and shining above, 

 rounded, 3-lobed, lobes short, crenately toothed; peduncles pen- 

 dulous, 2-5-flowered; flowers bright red, drooping; calyx 12-18 

 mm. long, its tube short, somewhat inflated, lobes oblong, not 

 spreading ; petals about % the length of the calyx-lobes ; filaments 

 filiform, much exceeding the calyx; anthers small, oval; berry 

 small, densely prickly. 



Frequent in the foothills. March-April. 



Family 40. PLATANACEAE. PLANE-TREE FAMILY. 



Large trees with thin exfoliating bark, alternate 

 petioled palmately lobed leaves and small green monoe- 



