Ccannthus. KH AMX ACK.K. 415 



C. dentatus, Toru. & Gray. l?athor low densely branched Bhrnh, with prav or red-l>rown 

 ill liisi very villous-tonieiitose slightly verrucose rigiil twigH : leaves elli|iti(al, rr)uu<leil at 

 Lotli en<ls, or appearing retuse from the infolding of tiie apex, 2 to G linuH l<Jng, pajiillaie 

 only on and near tiie margin ; tiie darker waxen njiper snrfaeo louwly hairy, lighter and 

 coarsely spreading-hairy beneath : inHorescente siibgiobose, very titnientose ; the jjeilnm le 

 with reduced leaves : eapsnb-s globose or somewhat depressed, 2 lineH in diameter, smuiith. 

 slightly crested, scarcely loiu-d. — Fl. i. 2G8 ; Planch. Kl. SerrcM, vi. KKJ, t. 507. f. '2 ; Morren, 

 Belg. ilort. iii. 101, t. 16, f. 2 ; Torr. Hot. Mex. H<.und. 46, t. 10 ; Trelejwe, 1 c. 112, in part ; 

 I'arry, I.e. 190; K. Brandegee, I.e. 202. C. jxtjiillosns, var. diutaiits, I'arry, I.e. 170. — 

 California, in the Santa Cruz Coast Range. With very numenjus and dense scarcely |»e- 

 dnncled (lower-dusters, it is var. klokihindls, 'I'relea.se, n. conil). ; ('. /torilniuJiis, Hook. 

 JJot. Mag. t. 4806, Leni. 111. Ilort. vii. t. 2.J8, whicii hi»« l)een regarded as a hylirid with C. 

 thijrsi/lonis. With nearly round leaves having the veins deei)ly iinpre.s.sed on the upjier sur- 

 face, it is var. imi'kessi s, Trelea.'^e, u. coml>. ; C. iin/ir^ssiis, Trelea-se, l'r<jc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 

 scr. 2, i. 112 ; from Sta. l}arl)ara County, Sta. Barl)ara, Miss Plummer, Sta. Maria, ./««</. 



C. papillosus, ToKii. & Gu.vY. Haliit of the la.st, with at Hrst (b-nsely yellowish villous- 

 tuiiieiito.-ie slightly vcrruc<jse twigs : leaves elliptical to narrowly oblong, rouiKb-il or slightly 

 coniate at base, from 2 inclie.s to more commonly 1 inch or less long (tiien short-peti<deil) ; 

 the tiark waxeu upper surface slightly villous and irregularly and rather do.sely glandular- 

 j)a])illate, like tiie margin ; the paler lower surface loosely and densely villous: inflorescence 

 more ol)long, about 1 inch loug, very villous, the pediuides of like length : capsules as in the 

 liu-it, ratiier less than 2 lines in diameter. — Fl. i. 268; Hook. Ic. t. 272, & Bot. Mag.t. 4815; 

 riauch. Fl. Serres, vi. 103, t. 567, f. 1 ; I'axt. Fl. Card. i. 74, f. 50, & Baines ed. i. 70, f. 

 48 ; Morren, Belg. Hort. iii. 101, t. 16, f. 1 ; Trelease, L c. 112 ; Parry, 1. c. 170, exd. vars. 

 C. dentatus, var. papillosus, K. Brandegee, 1. c. 20.3. — California, Santa Cruz Mts. Too 

 near the last in some forms, but typically very distinct. It appears to hybridize with C 

 thyrsijlorus. 



■*-- 9. I.«aves medium-sized, 3-nerved (the lateral nerves sometimes closely marginal and 

 then concealed), finely toothed, more or less revolute; tlie surface not jiapillate : iiiHores- 

 cence ample, forming a compound thyrsus: flowers dee]> blue: twigs .strongly angled, 

 neither rigidly divaricate, spinose, nor pruinose. 



C. Parryi, Trelkase. Rather large sjireading shrub, with green or red-brown at first 

 looselv and softlv toniento.<e rather abundantly verrucose twigs: leaves ellijuical, or the 

 largest occasionally somewhat ovate, rounded at base, obtuse, glabrous above, lighter green 

 and densdv cobwebl)y beneath, half inch to 2 inches long, on short cobwebby petioles : iuHo- 

 resceuce rather narrow, 3 or 4 inches long ; tlie few-leaved peduncles of like length : capsules 

 globo.se, 2 lines in diameter, sometimes slightly crested and wrinkled. — Proc. Calif. Acail. 

 Sci. ser. 2, i. 109 ; Parry, 1. c. 170 ; Davy, Card. Chron. ser. 3, xx. 363. C. intefjeirimus, var. 

 Pnrri/i, K. Brandegee, 1. c. 183. — California, Napa and Sonoma Counties. Also in herb. 

 Gray, as fmm Humboldt Co., BoJander, no. 6572, bis. 



C. thyrsiflorus, Eschs. From a small prostrate shrub in exposed places becoming a small 

 tree with green or at length deep brown nearly glabrous scarcely verrucose twigs : leaves 

 ellijitical, acute at base, obtuse, glabrous except for a few apjjressed rather coarse hairs along 

 the very prominent veins beneath, drying brown, about an inch long, on short hairy petioles : 

 inflorescence mostly about 3 inches long, olilong, at length usually thyrsoid, mostly long- 

 ])eduncled with leaves subtending one or two of the lower fascicles, .somewh.it loosely hairy 

 to nearlv glabrous: flowers varying to white : cap.sules globo.se, 2 lines in diameter, smooth, 

 not cre.stcd, little lobed. — Mem. Acad. St. Peter.sb. .ser. 6, x. 285; Lindl. Bot. Heg. xxx. t. 

 38 ; Nutt. Sylv. ii. 44, t. 57 ; Wats. 1. c. .334 ; Treleai^e, 1. c. 108 ; Parry, 1. c. 170; K. Bran- 

 degee, 1. c. 191 ; Davy, Gard. Chron. ser. 3, xx. 363, f. 65. C. bicolor, Kaf. New Fl. Am. iii. 

 57. ? C. elpffans. Lem. 111. Ilort. vii. t. 268. — Near the coast, f)reg<m. Curry Co., Howell, 

 to California, Monterey Bay. Hybridizing with C. dentatus ? (= C. Lohhianus, Hook. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 4810, or by error 4811, Planch. Fl. Serres, x. 125, t. 1016), V. papillosus, C. s«re- 

 diatus, C. foliosus' and possibly C. rii/idits ( = C. Vtitc/tianus, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5127. 

 known only in cultivation). 



Var. griseus, Tkei-eask, n. var. Leaves more broadly ovate, about an inch long and 



