cot'LTKR AND llOSK — NORTH AMERICAN UMlUaHKERAK. 



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111 Mr. lA'il)fr>,''H lirld iiDtcs ir* tlw I'ulluwiii^' iiitcnv'Jtiiii.' "It'Hcriptioii of flic lialtitat: 



■'I'lic s|«'('i('s uus fciimil III! tlic liiirli liiisallic tiiMr-lanilH wli'uli Innn tlic wcxtmi 



iirs nt llif llliic Miiiiiitaiiis in (iilliam ami Moimw nnintifs, Orcyuii, at allitinlcs 



iryiii^' I'liiiii <)0() to l.L'tii) iiictcrs. It in a xciy HtfiUiiijr ami peculiar jilaiit in tlic 



il .ra III' iliat ic^'inn, nwin;: |iartly tn its aspect ami partly tn the close liiiiitatinii of 



iialiitat. ( )ii the siiiiMiits nf the plateaus ami almi); the upper slnpes where they 



icak iilf tn the ;,'real canyiiMs that cut them, are I'niiml in laiye nunihers Inn;;, siiiu- 



.. IS, narrow lines of hasaltic tains that nieamler in all directions throU).'h the otiier- 



wise grassy or turfy plateau. These lines of tiilus mark the existemH- of sliallow 



ilcpressions in the lava sheet, ami form the (Irainagi' channels of the more h'vel por- 



tiiii) of the tahle-lamls. Anionji; the loose rocUs of these <lraina^re chaMiiels arrows 



tlicjilant. The lari.'e starchy roots lie hoi'izoiitally ami rather loosely aiiioiiL' the 



ii'cks at a (le|iih xaryiii;.'' from almut •") to I 'J cm. There is no soil about them except 



n sli;rht coNci'iiii.' of closely ailhcrin^' mnil ileposit<'il by ilie percolatiii'^' wateis." 



Mr. Howell also writes that this sjiecies is very local, "prohahly imt f^rowing out- 

 >i'le of a district "xi miles si|nare.'' 



IJ. Leptotaenia californica Niitt. in 'Vow. S: (lijiy. Fl. 1 : ♦'>:*>(•. i64<>. 



l-'iriilii rdlii'nriiirii Ctv.xy, I'fiic. Am. .\cad. 7: .'M.'^. iSdH. 



About »l tliii. Iiioli. ohihfoiis tlii'oiio'hout. with 1 cf -2 Avn\ Icavo.s; 

 lea\ cs tcfiiiite Mild i)iiiiiiilr or twice tcniate; Iciilh'ts ciiiicutc-oltovato, 

 •l.'i (o .-) till. loiio', usually ;;-lol)('(l, c'oai'."5oly tootiicd iihoNc; uiiiliol 15 

 to 2<)-i'ayt'(|. with iiivolucic of 1 of 2 iitiffow l)fa((s oi- none, and no 

 iiivoluccis: I'ays ."> to in cm. loiio-; pedicels -i to S iiiin. lonj^; Howin'.s 

 yellow; Ifiiit H» to II nun. lone-, <; to S nun. broad, with nuffower hit- 

 erals than in any other species; dorsiil and iiitefinediate ribs indistinct; 

 oil tubes ;! or 4 in the intervals, (i on the eoininissiiral side. 



Type locality. "Santa r)ar))ara. rpi)er Califoniiii;'" colle<'ted by 

 ^uttull. 



( alit'ornia and adjacent Oreo-on. 



Sjii film iif t'.'iliHiiii '/.• 



('Ai.ii'oiiMA: lioiax Lake, 'Jhrni/ ])>S, in l.sti."); Killof/i; it- HdrJ'Drd DIS, in 

 IS()S-(;;i; near I'ort Tejon, Kern County, altitude 1,000 meters, Corillf tC- 

 illusion \H;-2, July 2, 1S!»I; I'ah-t'te. Teak, southeastern California, altitude 

 ],S()0 to 2, 100 meters, Pur/inx i'My2, Ai)ril-Si-ptend)er, LSI)?. 

 Okkuon: (irave Creek, llitiirll, May L'l, 1SS4; Uo>rne lliver Valley, IfoirdI, April 

 15,1887; near Little Klamath Lake. Klamath County, altitude l.i'ilO meters, 

 • I /'/'/'. '/"\-^''>'5, May II, ISiis. 

 riic specimens of ()rCi;on differ somewhat from the Californian forms, hein^ more 

 jrhiucous, with larsrer fruit (11 mm.) and hroadcr laterals. 



Leptotaenia californica platycarpa J ei)son, Eryth(>a 1 : s. KS!>P>. 



Caulescent. 12 dm. high; leaves biternate then i)innate. with dilated 

 })etiole.s; leailets cuneate-obovate, B-iobod or tiie ieriuiiiid ;^-j)arted, 

 the lobes coarsely toothed; ray.s equal, 5 to 7.') cm. lono-; pedicels It) 

 mill, long; fruit oblonj^-ovoid. 14 nun. lonjj, lt> mm, broad, 1)roadl3' 

 wiiio'ed, emarginate tit both ends; oil tubes 3 in the interviils, (*> on the 

 ooiiimissural side. 



Type locality, "Gates C'anyoii, Vaca Mountjuns," California, alti 



