Arctomecon. rAPAVKRACE/E. 85 



P. lineare, Benth. 1. c. 407. A spau or twi> lii;;h, braiicliing only at baso, sparsely l*arl>at<>- 

 hifpici ill tlie manner of Plalij-sUmou, wliiili il resemhles: leaves all sessile, linear, inoj.ll)- 

 2 iuthes lonj; : petals half inch loiij;: stamens numerous; anthers obloug-lineur. — Ilixjk. 

 Ic. t. 38, & Hot. Ma^^ t. 3575; Lin. 11. Bot. Keg. t. li>.54; Torr. &, (iray, Fl. i. f.5 ; Brew. & 

 Wats. 1. c. 20.1— \v. California, from Los Angeles,- to Oregon ; type coll. iiy iJuwjIas. 



§2. Stems leafy aud paniculately braii(liiii<r, filiform: capsule linear, with 



thin or membranaceous valves, commonly twisting in age : stigmas bubulate, — 



Meconella, Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, 1. c. 64. 



P.* Oreganum, Bknth. & Hook.^ Glabrous, an inch (in depauperate plant4<) U> a span 

 or two higli, witli spreading liranchcs or pefluncles: leaves a quarter to at most an imii 

 long; lowest sjjatulate or ol<oval'.' aud eontructed i.,i,o pi-tiole; ujiper lincar-<)lilong or 

 linear, sessile : petals 4 to G, from 1 to 2 linns in lengtli : stamens (4 or) 6, equal or nearly 

 so and in single ri>w ; anthers oval, very mmh shorter tiian the filaments. — Bentli. & lIo<jk. 

 ace. to Brew. & Wats. 1. c. ; Wats. Bibl. Iude.\, 43. Meconella Oreijamt, Nutt. 1. c ; Hook. 

 Ic. t. 360.* — Moist or dry ground in spring, Brit. Columbia to Oregon; first made known 

 by Nuttall. 



P.* Calif ornicum, Benth. & Hook. Flowers usually larger : petals 2 to 5 lines long : 

 stamens ft to 12, uue(|ual and biseriate : other characters closely as in the preceding (of 

 which Dr. Gray regarded it a form). — Gen. i. 51; Brew. & Wats. 1. c. Meconella Culi- 

 fomlca, Torr. & Frc'm. in Frem. Hep. 312; Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound. 31. Pluti/slemon 

 Torrei/i, Greene, Fl. F'rauois. 283. P. Oreijamui, M. K. Currau, 1. c, in part. —Low hilbi, &t.. 

 Central and Southern California. 



P. denticulatlini, Gkeexe. Very similar, more diffuse: weak stems a span to a foot 

 long: leaves from linear to spatulate, sometimes callous-denticulate: petals a line or two 

 long, apparently white: anthers (6) linear, equalling or double the length of tliu filaments. 



— Bull. Torr. Club, xiii. 218. Meconella denticulata, Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. ii. 59.^ — 

 S. California, between San Bernardino and San Diego, and on the adjacent islands, Cleve- 

 land, Parish, (jrecue. 



3. CANB YA, Parry, ( William Marriott Canhj, of Delaware, excellent 

 botanist and friend.) — Singular genu.s of two minute aeaulescent annuals, vernal 

 productions of the interior desert, glabrous; with a tiny root, a close tuft of 

 exceedingly short and densely leafy stems or branches, sending up filiform one- 

 flowered scapes of less than an inch in length ; the leaves crowded but mainly 

 :ilternate, fleshy, oblong to Ihiear, entire, the lowermost a line and upper (juarter 

 inch long: petals not over 2 lines long. — Parry in Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. xii. 

 61, t. 1. 



C. Candida, Parky, 1. c. Petals bright white : foliage green. — Wat*. Bot. Calif, ii. 429. 



— S. E. California, on the upper part of the Mohave Hiver, Palmer, 1876; Cajou Pas-s. 

 Parish, 1882. 



C. aurea, Watson. Petals bright yellow, deciduous in age: scapes capillary: foliage 

 glaucescent. — Proc. Am. Acad. xxi. 445. —On the sage plains of S. E. On-gou, June, iu 

 flower, Howell. 



4. ARCTOM:feCON, Torr. & Frem. ("Ap/cTo?, :i bear, fiijKm', iwppy, from 

 the hirsuteuess.) — Frem. Rep. (1845), 312, t. 2; Henth. & Hook. Gen. i. .^2 ; 

 Parry, Am. Nat. ix. 139, 268; Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. xii. 52, t. 2; Coville, 



1 Add syn. Platystemon linearis, M. K. Curran, Proc. Calif. Aca.1. Sci. s.t. 2, i. 2Vl. 



2 A dubious specimen from Ft. Mohave, Cooper. 



8 Description modified to exclude the apparently distinct P. Califomicum. 



* Add syn. Plntystanon Oregnnus, M. K. Curran, 1. c, so far as the northern plant u coQceiBwL 



6 Add .syn. Platji/tmondeHticulatus, Greene, Fl. Franci.s. 28-'}. 



