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CONTKIIUITIONS KUoM TIIK NAI'IOXAL HKIiHAKH'M. 



Spi ciiiii IIS I I iiiiinii il: 



( ' Mil (iKM A : Till' type MS cilrd. 



A siiiiicwlint iniiiialiirr s|i('ciiiicii ripllcctcil liy .(I'pyiiii, Miiy 'S.'i. I.s!i7, ;il "" Wells 

 Hill, rpipcr \'iic!i Viillcy. Nit|iM l!i\cf I'asin," may lirlmii.' licic, Imt it lias iiarmwiT 

 aixl less s|iiinil(is(' Icaxcs and siiialln- heads and luacts. 



^i'J. Eryngium jepsoni ('. iSc \l.. sp. iiov. 



Krcct. ;> to t! (Ill), liiii'li. I roll! almost simple t<» iiiucli hrMicliiiit:': hasal 

 loaves iiaiT()^:ly oltlaiiccolatf. tapcrinu" into loiiii' pctioh's. spinosc- 

 tootlicd and soiiK^init's with a I'cw narrow segments; upper leaves 

 opjjosile. shoiM-petiolecl or sessile: heads on wry short peduncles, 

 neaidy elohose. al>oiil (1 mm. lonu': hiaets very narrow and lieid. imieli 

 ionu'er than the heads. S (o l!(I nnii. lon^'. the lowest thii'd with spinos(> 

 l)i'istles. hardly searious-mariiined at l»ase: hi'aetlets narrowly linear- 

 lanceolate, a little lonti'er than the llowers. with conspicuous scarious 

 margin i)elow (liroadeninu' u|)war(l to an acuminate tip or loi)e on each 

 side), at the top of which and just above are a few itristles; sepals 

 <)l)lon<:'. scai'ious-mareitied. i' nun. Ion<i'. with an al)riiplly cuspidate- 

 bristly tip about one-thii'd as lonj^"; styles lonu-er than the sepals. 



'rv])e locality. near()rin(la I'ark. ( "out ra ('osta ( "ounty. Cal. : col- 

 lected by ir. /.. J, jisnii in is'.i.'.; ty|)e in l'. S. Nat. ilerl*. 



In the liay Ivco'ioii of ('alifornia. Contra ("osta County. 



S/ii'i-iinriis I rinniiiril : 



Cm, ifouma: \Vri<ilil. in IS."):;-.")!!; Cunti'n Custa Cunnly. (<. /.'. I'".^/// L'l.'.">, .Inly, 

 ISSI); near ( )rinda I'ark. Cniitra Cosla ('ciunly, ./i/ismi, Seiiteniliei' 1, ISKf). 



2H. Eryngium minimum ( '. iJv; K. 



l'!. jiil'iiiliitii III iiiiiiiiiiii III ( '. c^ !!. \{v\ . N. Am. I'mWell. its. ISSS. 

 I\. iirliciildhi III iiiicnici jilidliiiii ('. iV 1!. I. e. !l!l. 



Low. 1 to ;! dm. hiuh oi' excn less. Iea\ cs and the few nearly simple 

 stems clustered at l)ase: basal lea\('s narrow, with moi'e oi- less elon- 

 pited p'ctioles. from simple and si)inosely-tooth(Ml to piniiat(dy-se(»'- 

 inented: the seouients from toothed to lacerate oi' piiuiately-parted, 

 more oi' less distant below and represented on the petiole by spinous 

 ])rocesses; heads on \t'ry short peduncles, nearly eilobose. about (! nun. 

 lonti"; bracts linear-lanceolate, as lon<i" as the heads or a little lonyer, 

 () to 10 nun. lon*»'. the lowM'r two-thirds with spinose bristles, hardly 

 scarious-mar*;ine(l at base; bractlels linear, a little lon<>('r than the 

 flowei's, with consi)icuous scai'ious mariiin below (l»roadeiunii' down- 

 ward), at the top of which and just al)ove are a. few bristles: sepals 

 ovate, scarious-mariiined. 1 mm. h n<i'. with an al»ru])tly cuspidate- 

 bristly tip about as lont;: styles ion^'cr than the sepals. 



Type locality, '■ Donn.er Lake." California: collected l>y C. /-'. Sn/i/ir. 



In the Sierra Nevada of noi'thciistern California. 



Speciiiiviix t.iiiiiii 111(1: 



Califohnia: "Sierra Nevada j\Iouiitains," I.iiiiiikhi, in 1875; I'lunias ("onnty, 

 Mrx. Ji. M. Austin, in 1H7H (type of IL arllriiliiliuit iiilcforiphuhiiii C &. K. ); 

 dry meadow at Doniier J.ake, Nevada Comity, iSouiie, August 1892. 



