398 Astereae 



* Leaves flat. 



1. C. Parishii Greene. Arborescent, 2-4 m. high ; leaves lanceo- 

 late, 3-5 cm. long, 6-10 mm. wide, acute, subcoriaceous, strongly 

 punctate, glutinous ; heads numerous in crowded corymbs, termi- 

 nating the erect branches, small, 10-12-flowered ; involucre tur- 

 binate ; the bracts few, irregularly imbricated, lanceolate, acute, 

 with a green midrib ; achenes turbinate, minutely silky. (Bige- 

 lovia Parishii Greene.) 



Occasional in the lower portions of the chaparral belt of the San Gabriel, 

 San Bernardino and Santa Ana Ranges. August-October. 



2. C. cuneata (Gray) Greene. Freely branching and spread- 

 ing, about 3 dm. high; leaves coriaceous, cuneate-obovate or 

 spatulate-obovate, often retuse, 10-14 mm. long, resinous-punctate, 

 glutinous; heads about 12 mm. high, in a terminal fasciculate 

 corymb ; bracts lanceolate or linear, obtusish ; rays 1-5 or none ; 

 achenes pubescent. (Aplopappus cuneatus Gray.) 



On rocky ledges in the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains . 



** Leaves very narrow and subterete. 



3. C. ericoides (Less.) Greene. Diffusely branching, 8 dm. 

 high or less, the branches fastigiate-corymbose, very leafy through- 

 out ; leaves linear, terete, those of the branches about 1 cm. long, 

 deflexed, bearing in their axils very short branchlets hidden by 

 2-ranked closely imbricated shorter ones; involucres turbinate, 

 about 6 mm. high; bracts tomentose-ciliate, all erect, the outer 

 successively shorter, becoming greenish and passing into the 

 very short leaves; rays about 3-5, short; achenes glabrous. 

 (Ericameria microphylla Nutt.) 



Frequent on bluffs and sand-dunes along the seashore. 



4. C. Palmeri (Gray) Greene. Paniculately much branched, 

 about 1 m. high or less; leaves all filiform terete, those of the 

 branches about 2 cm. long; lower bracts of the involucre green- 

 ish-tipped ; rays 3-4; achenes pubescent. (Aplopappus Palmeri 

 Gray.) 



Occasional in the foothills about Los Angeles and San Diego. 



5. C. pinifolia (Gray) Greene. Rather stout, with rigid, 

 erect branches, 15 dm. high or less; stem-leaves filiform, 2.5 cm. 

 long or more, mucronate ; heads rather few in a contracted panicle, 

 or scattered, campanulate ; proper bracts of the involucre broadly 



