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6. GRAYIA, Hook. & Arn. 



CaJyx mostly 4-parted. 13racts with a small naked orifito at the apex, ncu 

 veined. — Sliglitly scurfy or mealy undersliruhs : leaves alternate, entire: 

 flowers small, in axillary clusters or terminal spikes. 



1. G. polygaloides, Hook. & Arn. Krect, 1 to 3 feet hir^h, the branrhea 

 frequent! ij spinescent: lea res glabrous or at first with the yonn;; hranches wjnn»- 

 what mealy, ohianceolate or spatuhite to ohovafe: staminate flowers in axillary 

 clusters; the pistillate mostly s])icate: fruitinrj bracts glabrous, emarginatc, 

 white or pinkish, adherent helow to the pedicel of the orarg : sti/lcs slender, at 

 Jirst exserted. — On alkaline soil eastward of the Sierras from the Columbia 

 to Wyoming, Utah, and S. E. California. 



2. G. Brandegei, Gray. Loa-er and unarmed, more meali/: leaves linear- 

 spatulate : fruiting bracts smaller, slightlg mealy, reoase at ba.'^e, Hometiraea 

 3-winged ; wings somewhat undulate : orarg sessile, stijle Jiort, included. — 

 Proc. Am. Acad. xi. 101. S. VV. Colorado. 



7. SUCKLEYA, Gray. 



An annual, with branching prostrate stems, suborbicular leaves on long 

 petioles, and flowers in axillary clusters. 



1. S. petiolaris, Gray. Leaves acutely repand-dcntate, pale green on 

 both sides, nearly glabrous : bracts of the sessile fruit deltoid : male flowers 

 terramerous. — Obione Sucklegana, Torr. Near Denver [Meetian). 



8. EUB-OTIA, Adamson. 



Calyx 4-parted. Stamens with slender exserted filaments. Styles 2, some- 

 what hairy, exserted. — Stellately tomentose undershrubs : leaves entire : 

 flowers in small axillary and somewhat spicate clusters. 



1. E. lanata, Moq. White-tomentose throughout: leaves linear to nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, with revolute margins : calyx-lobes hairy : fruiting br.u-t.n 

 lanceolate, nearly covered by four dense spreading tufts of long silvery-white 

 hairs, and beaked above with two short horns — From New Mexico to Oregon 

 and the Saskatchewan. Known as " White Sage " or " NVintcr Fat," 



9. CORISPERMUM, Ant. Jussien. Buo-skkd. 



Perianth usually of one sepal, erose or lacerate at the apex. Stamens 1 to 

 5, unequal. — Low% branching ])ale green: leaves sessile, mostly narrow: 

 flowers spicate, solitary in the axils of reduced bracts. 



1. C. hyssopifolium, L. Somewhat floccose- or villous-pul>escent. at 

 least when young : leaves linear, cuspidate : spikes short and clo.^e, bo<oming 

 more or less elongated: central stamen longest, the lateral ones partly de- 

 veloped or wanting. — From New Mexico to the Arctic regions, and fn.n: 

 California to the Great Lakes. 



