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CoNTKlJUTKiNS FHo.M THK NATIONAL IIKUlJAIillTM. 



St!'. 

 J'i'" 



Tvpr l(><';ility. " liillsidcs. 1 )iilii('l(rs Ivaiicli. Sicrnt NcNiidii."" ('ali- 

 foi'iiiii: collrclril li\ r>!<i' loir; lypc in Ilcrl». ('()lMinl)iii l'iii\. 

 ("iilifoniia, rxtcndiiiu' into Lower ( "iilit'oniia. 



Sjiiciiiii !,■■< I iiiiiiiiii 'I: 



( ' M.iinKNi \: llii/(l(,ir, in 1 sr).'!-.") ( ; Hill, I, I'll /'Kill, in iSlili; Hull:!!, .">{)(). in ISIiO-ISdT; 

 I'kiali, k'l ll(i(/(j iV 11(1 rjn,' I :',0-2, Mi\y 'h isdi); l'"all llruck, ■/-//(cs- ;>0'.tS, Maivlii'li, 

 ISSL': I-i'H Anv:flfs, Ihiss,. May, isss and Iss'.i; (irccii Horn Muniitains, 

 allillliic I. Slid tu 'J,\{)n inclcl's, Kern ('olinl>-, I'nlimr 4s, .Iiinc 7-1.'). ISSS; 

 llunilidldl Cdunty, Mhi-sIkiII, in ISSS; sanic slatimi, ('Insunl A- hnir; San 

 Ital'at'l. llnniilii/ii, .\\i]\\, Iss'.i; I'liunaH CdUnty, Liiir.nni ;>1 , .Mav L'S, ISSi); 

 Summit, <irii m , Awly I'.i, lS!t;;; La.-scn ( 'dunty, I'xiLir A- \nllimj, ,]\\\\ W, IS!)4; 

 Santa ISailiara ('dimly, hln M. lUoflninni. April .'!, ISit."); Mliioradd Conntv, 

 llaiixni 1117, .lunc I 1, IS',).'); I'.uttf Cdunty, .l//v. /,'. .1/. Ansliii :]{Y2, .Iidy, ISltti; 

 Amaddi- Cdunly. //<///.-.v // C.s, Marcii L'd, isiKi. 

 Prdfcssdi- (Irccnc fcjiids 1 his sjiccics as an au|rrci:ati', and tlic di\-('i'sity in lialiit 



suu'ircsts this as a iMissiliilily. With tlic 

 material at liand, hdwcvcr, we dd nut iVcl 

 justiticd in attcmptin;^' any sf^'rc.iratidii. 



5. ERYNGITJM L. Sp. IM. 1: 

 :1^\:>. it:.:;. 









Sepals very proiniiKMit. riuid. 

 iiiid i)('i'si.'^t(Mit. I'^niit <)\()i<l. 

 llatlciKMl laterally, coxci'ed with 

 liyaliiie sciiles or tiihercles. Car- 

 pel with rilts obsolete. Stylo- 

 l)()dium waiititie-; styh's .short or 

 loiid'. often ridid. ( )il t u hes 

 mostly •'» (;'> dorsal and -2 eoiimiis- 

 sural). See(| t'aee plane. 



( ilabrous perennials, w ith letivos 

 often rid'id. coriaceous. s))inose|y 

 toothed or divided, and white or 

 hliie Ijowers sessile in dense hrtlc- 

 tciite heads. The outer l)i'((c(x 

 form the involucre: the iimei'oiios, 

 liriitllrls, intermixed with (lie 

 tlowcrs. re])resent the iinoluccls. 

 First speci(\scited. h\t'<><i!<linii L. 

 .\ oToiii) of iihoiit :Lino speci(>s 



distrilaited chielly throiidhoul temperate and siit)tro])ical reo-jons. 1J1» 



of whi<'h occur in the I'liited States and Cantida. 



LE.VVMS cldiiirated lincai', cdi-iaceons. ])arallel-vt'in('d, either eiilii'e di- with maryjin 

 si)ariiigly liristly. 

 Leaves w ith numerdus maruinal liristles. 



Mafffinal liristies i-emote and Sdlitary 1. /•,'. i/iirrifoHitin. 



\rai'gitial bristles nidfc numei'dus and in clusters dl' L' td 4 . l!. A', siitirlifiitmii. 



I^'uvcH with no marginal hi'iHtle.s (rarely I di'i') li. I'J. spdrgauvphi/lluin. 



V\i,. Ti, — lu-yii^'imii ^|la^,^:^lllllll> llinii. 



