(•(M'l/I'KK AND KOSK — NOIM'Il AMKUK'AN I' M HKLIil KKUA K. T)!) 



r.r. 



n;irni\vt'r 



L>-J:'., .Inly, 

 . ISll."). 



ly simple 

 CSS cloli- 



itcly-sco;- 



y-piUtiHl. 



k' spinous 

 at (> nun. 

 (' loiiiicr. 

 s. liiirdly 

 tliiin tlic 

 lu' (lowii- 

 s: sepals 

 iispidiite- 



/•'. Sl)/I/H'. 



las County, 

 )2. 



We li;i\(' Mill liccii alilf III I't'cNiiiiiinc llii' ty|i(' of /■,'. uiiiiiiiniiii, aiiil t liiTcI'drc ran 

 Mill ict'cr /'.'. iirliriiliihiiii iiiirniri'/iliiiliiiii \i> it with cci'taiiit \ . An cNainiiiatinii ni' 

 H|)('<'iiiit'ns I'lMiii tlir type Incality ni !•'.. niiiiiiiuiiii, linucvcf. tiiu't'llirr with a ncxaini- 

 iiatidii ni the type ni' /-'. ailiriiliiliini iiiicriiciiiliiihiiii, scciii to jii-lil'y tliis Iciilativc 

 rct'crciicf. aitiiniiLrli the scjial.^^ <il' tiu' latter aiv .Sdiiicwliat ilifferent, aihl the lieads 

 liave ;l (lecideilly liluisli tint. 



L'l. Eryngium alismaefolium (ifeeiic. Ki'vtlieii 3 : til. is'.tr). 



The iiiiiiiei'oiis l(>a\'es uiid stems eiiistered at base and. ai'isiiio' from 

 a laseiele ot" ('(tai'se roots; stems dilluseiy hraiieliino-. n\ tirst miieli 

 >lioi'tei' than the leaves, later often exeeedine- them; l»a-<al leaves 

 elongated, sometimes '.', dm. lonu'. the lono' more or less nodose petioles 

 (nodose ones terete and not spinose. the others Hat and spinose) with 

 or without spiiiosely seri'ate or somewhat laeiinate ohianceolate hiades; 

 upper leaves sinnlar. t)ut nmeli smaller; heads usually on short peihm- 

 cles. neai'ly u'lohose. 1> to 10 nun. hioh; hracts suhulate-Iaueeolate. 

 usually somewhat lonyer than the heads. li> to ['J nmi. lon^'. with or 

 without a few spinose hristles. somewhat searious-mai'Lj'ined at base; 

 hraetlets subulatedaneeolate. a litt le exeeedine- the llowers. with eon- 

 spieuotis searioiis margin below (hroadeninu' downward), w itii or with- 

 out a few bristles; sepals o\ate-oltlony. searious-maro'iued. I mm. lonj;'. 

 tapering' into a cuspidate-bristly tij); styles louyei' than the sepals. 



Txpe localitN. " Ke'i>- Lake. Modoc (ountv. ('al.;'" collected bv 

 /;.^/v/«l' XiiftiiHi, Auo'ust •i:k ls'.»4: tyjx' in llci-b. rui\. ( alif. ^ 



Nortiieastern California and eastern ( )ree-on. 



Sjii (I nil 11^ 11 iiiiii III <l .' 



( Al II iiiiM \ : Miiiinlain iiicaiiiiw,-, i.asscii ('miiily, .l//v. L'. M. Ansfin. Aiil'IIsI, 

 isso; l.as.-cii billies, I'liinias ('Miiiily, altitinlc i.soi) inctiT-. Urmrii npj, 

 AiiiTiisl 11."), 1S'.)7. 



((HKiioN: Near Siixci- l,ai<c. Lake ('(ninty, allitndc l.">liu incicc^, LiUnrij T."))!, 

 Aiiuiisl li», ls!i4: near Uiiildii Spriiiirs, l,ai<c Cniiiily, allilinlc 1,170 mcicrs, 

 l.iilii n/ I'-M'i, Aui.Mi.~l •_':;, ISD); (irand Ifcuide N'allcy, Cusirh I'll?, ,Sc|.triiiliei 



;;, is<is. 



:;;). 



Eryngium longistylum ( '. c^I: H.. sp. nov 



Low. 1 to '2 dm. hie-h. from a fascicle of thick I'oots. 1>raiicliiii_y 

 tliroiieliout and spi-eadiiio-; basal lea\'es narrow, pimiately cut into 

 distant almost spiiie-like seu-unMits; heads nearly sessile. o'|()b()S(>. 

 about I mm. lonn-; bracts narrowly lanceolate, spi'cadiuo- as in A'. 

 (iniKiliiiii. much loiid'cr thai! the heads, ti to s mm. lone", mostly 

 entire, sliujitly sc!irious-mare-ine<l at Itase; bra<tlels similar, but som(>- 

 what |)uberulent, narrower, and with broad<'r scarious maieins at 

 base; se])als lanceolate, scarioiis-mareined. 1 mm. lone, taix'rino- above 

 into a W(^ak acuminate tip; styles very much loiie-er than the sepals. 



Type locality. San Simeon. San Luis ( )bispo County, Cal.; collected 

 by .)/. A', (')iri'(in, ,Iune. bsss; type in Herb. Coulter. 



Tile type is the only speciiuen seen. 



