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Cori/IKK* AND UOSK — XolM'JI AMKHK AN T M lill 1.1 1 Kl{ A K. .) i 



'. Toi'f' If, 



pa N'alli'V, 

 ty. .It /'■•<iiii, 



-ill lcll\OS 



iolc). the 

 its: stem 

 IS. <> mill. 



spines- 

 iii\ i'rs(>ly 

 iius thus 



;iiiU' the 



lai'u'iiK'd- 

 the louo- 



le iiionn- 

 III :" eol- 

 Culil'. 



(lill'iisely 

 itteiiii.ite 

 . s[)iiiose 

 I s))iii()se 

 iteeillvx- 



'|'\ nr localilN. "'ill wet jj^'roiiiid. Sm Atiloiiio Kncr (Monterey 

 ('omit\). Cillironiili;" eolleeted l>y < ,' . /,'. \'iis, i/, no. 222. .Iiily ls><); 

 Ivpe ill llerh. Ciuiln (now in College of IMiiiniiiiey. New York City). 



Appiii'ently lit low levels, eentr.'il (.'ulit'orniii. 



Sni ciiiii lis I I'lliiinii '/.' 



('\iiiiii!M\: 'r\|i(' s|i(','iiiM'iis as citcil unilcr lypf Idcalit V, l.i iiiiium: ('hicn. r.iiitc 

 ('(iiiiitv. Ml". I!. M. Austin, in ISS,'!; Wilson ('rt'ri<, near \'ara\illi', Siiiinina 

 ('(iun(\', ./''/'■'-■"/'. .'■•(■pirinlicr .'«(l, iS'.i:!; nrar Mlniira, Snjaiin ('oniity. .Iiiisun. 

 ,\n\\v l:l, Is'.t.'i; near l'',sralnn ami llnrnci, louci- San .liKh|niii. Santa Clara 

 ( 'iiuni \ . .Ii jis-iiii. ,[uly, IslKi. 



2'.». Eryngium parishii ( '. i^c K.. sp. no\ . 



Low. llllieh Itranehed at base, the deiider stems efeet or sprcadillU", 

 I lo I dm. loiiLi': l>asal leaxcs from siin|)le to pinnate, the Idades oi- 

 seu'inenls from laeiniate-toothed to (d(d't. laperino' into a lonti' more oi- 

 lers s])j|ioscIy-tootlied petiole: inlloi'eseeiK't' l>e;^iiininu' near the hase 

 and dill'iisely hranehin^'. the heads on \'ery >liort peduncles, nearly 

 oioliose. alioiit t'> mm. loiiu': hrjicts \-ery narrow and ri^id. loiiu'('r than 

 the heads. 12 to Is mm. loiiu'. with a few s|)iiio>e bristles at base and 

 iKtl at all scariou>-niarL;'ined: bracth'ls \-ery narrow ami riii'id. much 

 loiejer than the tiowers. about tin' size of the bracts, with short scar- 

 idU^ margin below ( broaden Iiil;' uj)ward to a >liort lobe on each side), 

 ai the to]) of which and just al»ove there mayor may not i»e a few 

 liii--lle>. the mar<i'ined base inclosing' the fruit and fallini;' oil' with it; 

 ^I'pals o\ate. scarious-mai'iji'ined. l..'i mm. lonti'. taperinu' above into a 

 cuspidate-bristly ti|): styles loiio-er than tin- se])als. 



Type locality. Oceanside. San Dieu'o County. Cal.: collected l)y 

 .V. //. P<ir!.sli, no. 44:!<). in lsi»T: type in V. S. Nat. Herb. 



Sandy u'round. southern California and exteiidiiiL;' into Lower Cali- 

 fornia. 



Sjii null lis I'XdIllilii'il : 



('Ai.ndUNiA: Mi'sas near San TMcun. Ormll. ,Iune. ISSl' iiiid ISSil; San l.nis()l)ispo 

 Ciinnty, Lnniiiiiu i)\, .lime. 1SS7; Oceanside. San Dieiro (.'dunty. aititude (i to 

 1.") meters, J'arisli 44:!(), June Il-lti, 1S!»7. 



'Pile lolldwiiiLr t'nnns are ilnnhtt'n! ix'canse of immaturitviir insnllieieney of matorial, 

 and We (1(1 iidl \-entiire 1(1 diaracleri/.e t liein i'liliy or In n.mie tliein. iait tlieyseem 

 sHliicienlly distinci to inenlidn. and may jii'dM' In lie new species. Tiieyall lieldii".'' 

 Id I lie LirdHp with idiijr styles, and bract lets cdnspiciKiUsly scarit^iiis-w in<.'ed heldW . 



A specimen cdllected by .)f. il. .Imns. ud. ;1()(1L'. near Auburn, I'lacer ("dunty, Cal., 

 .inly S, ISS'J. iiiis cdus]iicndusly spiiidse-bristly bracts and bractlels much exceedinjr 

 llic head, but the llowers are in bud and basal leaves are lackiiijr. The station of the 

 specimen if^ also (|uite ilistinct from that of the species it most resembles. 



A s|n'cimeu cullected by (nori/r Ilitiism. no. ;>!tl. n('ar IMuejrrdve. .\mad(ir County, 

 Cal., at an altitude dl" .")tiO meters, .lunc 17, lSit;>, is a t. w plant, with basal leaves 

 piimately cut into dl.stant almost spine-like se^'ineiits. 



