mmm 



17H 



( ONTKIUI'TIONS KK()>f TIIK NATIONAL HERHAUH'M. 



r». Aulospermum jonesii (". iV: K. 



<)lnini,l,;-iis jmlixii C. \ li. Wcv. N. Am. rillhcll. SO. 1,SH«. 



Nciirly iU'iiulc.sccnt. oliiucoiis and <;liil>r<»iis; Iraxcs trniatp, then ])iii 

 natc to l>i|)innatc, with nltiiiiatc .sci^'-tncnts i-athcr Wi'oad aixl iiiucronatt 

 toothed; pcchnicle.s .stout and lon<»'('r than the Icaxr.s, ;"> to i;{ cm. hiyli: 

 unil)t'l,s a to I:i-i'ay<'d, with no invoiiKTc. and invohicrls of .small lancco 

 lute hractlcts somewhat united at base; rays al)()ut 2.r)ein. lony; ))edifel> 

 4 to «• imn. ionj''; Howers purple; I'ruit <,'lol)o,se, s nun. in diameter, 

 each carpel with h hroad thin winjis very thick at inscition; oil tuhes 

 solitary in the very narrow intervals, '2 on the commissural side; seed 

 face with deep and nai'row sulcus, which hroadens into a central cavity. 



'iyp»' l(H'ality. " Frisco," Heavi>r Countv, I tali, altitude :i,4(>0meter>: 

 collected by ./nt,>s, no. iSdS. June 'I'l, l.SfS(»; typ«' in U. S. Nat. llorli. 



Mountains of I'tah. 



SprriiniiiK ixitiiiUml : 



rr.Mi: TyiM' Ni)f('iiii('iis iis citrcl iinilcr lyiic lucnlity; ("ovc Cn-ck, ./<*;/(.•(, .liiiit- hi. 



1S!»S. 



7. Aulospermum cinerarium ((Jray) C. & H. 



< 'jliiKipliriix /■iiiiruriiis (iwy. I'ruc. .\iii. Aciul. 6: .").">ri. lHt)5. 



.Vcaul«>.scent. with suhterianean creeping; rootstock; peduncles (;> t t 

 7..") cm. hi«>'h) and jx'tioles ylattrous; leaves .somewhat cordate in out- 

 line, hipinnate with toothed se<»-nients, j^laucous-cinereous with a liiii' 

 roui;h pulu'scence: I'ays few. short or almost noiu'; Howei's ))ur])l(': 

 involucels of numerous united somewhat UKMuhriinous l()n«,''-acuminat(' 

 setfuients; fruit <> nnu. lonji*. the a winj^fs of each carind rather naiMow 

 and thick at insertion; oil tubes 8 in the interval.s, several on the com- 

 missural side; .seed face with nari'ow and d(M>p concavity. 



Tvj)e locality, "in volcanic ashes, on dry hills in the hijjfh Sieriii 

 Nevada, at Sonora I'a.ss. and above Lake Mono." California, altitude 

 ii, Too to :5.(KK) meters; collected by Iirrtr,r; type in Herb, (Iray, fraji- 

 ments in l'. S. Nat. lleil). 



Only known from the typo locality and from the original colioctioM. 



SjM'i'iiiii'iis t'.riniiini'd : 



C.\MKoi{xi.\: Typt! siuriiuens u,s cittMl under type locality. 



8. Aulospermum purpureum (Watson) V. t*c U. 



('iiiiiDjttirii.i fnirpiiniin Wut^im, Am. Nut. 7: :{<)<). 1871^. 

 Whole plant purplish, nearly acaulesctMit, glabrous; leaves Jn'oadly 

 triangular in outliiu'. twice to thrice pinnate, the segments coaiscly 

 niucronate-dentate; peduncles stout, exceeding the leaves; unilnl 

 uiuMjually S to 12-i'ayed. with more or less elongated rays and pedicels, 

 mostly no involucre, and involue<'ls of lanceolate braetlets united mur 

 the base and nearly eiiualing the yellowi.sh-purplo Howers; fruit .** to 

 10 mm. long, each carpel with 3 to 5 broad wings scarcely thii'kent'd 

 at insertion; oil tubes 4 or 5 in the intervals, 8 on the eommi-ssuial 

 side; seed somewhat flattened, with broadly concave face. 



