Ceanolhus. UHAMNACE.i:. 417 



2 lines loiii^ ; sti|iiilt's vcrv l:irjx<" : tapMilis siiIii;1<>1miso, 4 linos in ijiaincter, with tliii k c-x<»- 

 ciiri) and tliii'C stout suImtciI Imrns ni-ar llif tn]i. — I'acif. K. i;<-|i. iv. 75, & Hot. Mex. 

 IJouikI. 40, t. II ; Wats. 1. c .'}.»«; 'rrcl.:i.s.'. 1, .-. Ii;j; I'am , 1. c. 17;{. C. virmcsHs, snr. 

 criissijhlius, K. Hrandi'ffi-e, 1. o. 208. — C'aliforfiia, in tlie Miiiille and Soutiicru C'oaiil Hangc. 



C. perplexans, Thki.k.vsk, n. .sp. Related to the precedinjj ; the ^ray or red twifjs <lo,««"ly 

 tonniilosi', licconiin^ f^labmns and ^los.sy : leaves very tliitk, Hiil)elli|ilical, mostly m-iite, not 

 revolute, entire or mostly piinficntly lo\v-t<M»tiied, from minutely fjray-velvety on Ixdh hides 

 heiomintj nearly j^lalirous, (> to 12 lines long, the uiijier surface fre(|uently eoinave ; the 

 .stout petioles 2 line.s long: capsules gloltose, aliout .'J lini-s in diameter, with thin (smooth 

 flesh, the three small dor.sal horns spreading. — S. W. California ; Arizona, Vampai Valley, 

 Bifft'/ow. (Lower Calif, and (iuadalupe Isl.) 



++ ++ Klowers Mue or purple, only exceptionally white: leaves toothed, at least near the 

 apex. 



C. rigidus, Ni tt. Medium-sized rigidly intricate sliruh, with green or brownish at first 

 luosclv toiiiiiito.sc 2-liiiid twigs: leaves firm hut rather thin, ohovate, cuneate, ohtu.«-e to 

 ohcordate, 2 to G lines long, nearly .sessile, the upper half finely dentate, soon nearly glahroii.s 

 on both sides, the lower surface little paler: ca])sules nearly as in C cnneatus but a little 

 larger. — Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 268 ; Jour. Ilort. Soc. Lond. v. 197, fig ; Hook. liot. 

 M.ag t. 4664; I'axt. Fl. Card. i. 74, f. 51, & Raines ed. i. 70, f. 49; Morren. Relg. Ilort. 

 iii. 102, t. 16, f. 3-5; Wats. 1. c. 3.39, in part; Trelease, 1. c. 113 ; Parry, 1. c. 173. C mni- 

 cosiis. Hook. Rot. Mag. t. 4660. C. vernirosns, var. rifiidiis. K Rrantlegee, 1. c. 207. — Cali- 

 fornia, from above San Francisco to Monterey. In shape and size of leaves very similar 

 to (\ verrucosus. 



Var. grandifolius, Toru. Leaves from thick to quite thin, at length glabrate on 

 both si<les becoming an inch or more long capsules globo.<5e, about 3 lines in diameter, w it h 

 three .stout somewhat dorsal horns. — Pacif. H. Hep. iv. 75 ; 'irele.'i.se, 1. c. 113. <'. crns- 

 s{/olius,\SiT, (/labratus, Gray in Rolauder, Cat. 8. C. rerrumsus, \:{t. fjraii(lifolius, K. Bran- 

 degee, 1. c. 207. — California, Mendocino Co., Dolandcr, no. 4713, Bnindegee, no. 82, 

 Birirhm: 



C. pinetorum, Cdville. Low but erect densely branched slirub : twigs gray, brown, or 

 re (lilish, stout, divaricate, at first appresscd-puberulent : leaves elliptical, very thick, abrujit 

 at both ends, often folded along the midrib or crisped, soon glabrescent except between the 

 veins beneath, 6 to 8 lines long, very short-petioled, the margin somewhat revolute, coarsely 

 pnngently dentate, like holly leaves: flowers often white: caj)sules oblong, 3 to 4 lines in 

 diameter, with .strong suberect horns near the apex and low intermediate crests. — Contrib. 

 U. S. Xiit. Herb. iv. 80. C. prostralux. var. /liiiilonim, K. Bran<legee, 1. c. 211. C. Jipsimii, 

 Greene, Man. Ray-Hog. 78. — California, from Lake Co. to Mt. Tamalj)ais and Tulare Co. 

 (the original locality). _ 



C. prostratUS, Rkntii. Procumbent and rooting, with somewhat comi)ressed freijuontly 

 liright ri<l at first often appressed-hairy twigs: leaves thick and firm, ohovate or spatul;ite. 

 cuneate, flat or sometimes revolute, ])ungently several-toothed ai>ove. one to three of the 

 teeth mostly apical, at first often minutely silky, about half inch long, short-petioled : 

 flowers blue : capsules slightly elongated, 3 or 4 lines in diameter, with thick often red 

 flesh, three large wrinkled horns somewhat spreailing from near the ajiex, and low inter- 

 mediate crests. — PI. Hartw. 302; Wats. 1. c. 339, in part; 'I'releiise, 1. c. 113, 116, in 

 part ; Parry, 1. c. 173 ; K. Rrandegee, 1. c. 209. — Klikitat Co., Wa-shingtou ; Humboldt Ct>. 

 anil the Sierra region of California, an<l W. Nevada, Carson, Audirsun, Wa.shoe Mts., 

 Wdtxnn. C. ruf/nsits, Greene, Fl. Francis. SS, from near Truckee, Cnlif., has been held 

 tr) 1)0 a hybrid of which this species or C. miientus is one parent, iifid C. rrluliiius the 

 other. 



Var. divergens, K. Ruandegee. Low spreading or scrambling shnib, with at first 

 tomentose slender but rigid twigs : leaves obovate-spatulate, very thick, cuneate. ."iomewhat 

 revolute and cris])0(l, pnngently dentate, more or less persistently loosely white-hairy, about 

 half inch l<mg, nearly sessile ; capsules rounder than in the type, about 3 lines in diameter, 

 with smaller more lateral horns. — Proc. Calif. ?\cad. Sci. ser. 2, iv. 210. C. divergens. 

 Parry, 1. c. 173. — California, Napa to Santa Cruz Counties. 



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