204 CONTIHIJUTIONS FK«)M TIIK NATIONAL IIKUHAIUITM. 



tilde 400 meters; collected l>y JrjMiui, March ii."» (in How*'!) mid .Fiiiie 

 20 (in fruit), l.Sl>:>; typo in llerh. Tniv. Calit'. 



We luivc lint Kct'ii thin jtlniit, and Hiiiiply iicIm|>I iIic miirinnl ilcsciiiitioii. 



Leptotaenia californica dilatata .Icpson. Krvtlical: (KJ. iMi;!. 



""Leaves ncai-ly as in the (ypr*; p(>duncles at sununit ahiMij)!!) 

 widened into a disciform dilatation '.» lines in diameter; fi'iiit 7 line- 

 lonti', T) lines wide, narrowly inaroined; oil tiilnvs anastomosin]|,^" 



'I'ype locality not j^iven; collected by /toliindt r. no. (iriL'l>. presiinia 

 l)ly in Calil'ornia; type in Herb. Univ. Calif. 



\Vi' lia\i' fjci'ii iin siK'i'iiiicns. 



58. LOMATIUM Kal". Jour. Phys. 89: 101. ISIO. 



((xjsin/liii Spri'ii^'. in Uncni. i*i: Scliult. Syst. 6: xlviii. is-JO. 

 J'iiifi(liiiiiiiii l<. iis til Niirtli Anici'icaii species. 



Calyx teeth ol»solete (vei'y I'arely e\i(lent). Fruit strongly llaltenefl 

 dorsally, ol)l()n<;' to orbicular. Cai'pel with lilit'orni and approxiniatr 



Vut. (K).— Lonintiinn ncvadL'iisi': a, x 3: h, x 4. • 



dorsal and intei-nu^diate ribs, and winj^ed latei'als coherent till maturitv 

 w ith those of th(^ other carjxd; piM'icarp thin, with stren<ithenint;" cell^ 

 beneath each rib and nerve. Stylopodiuui wanting-. C)il tubes one In 

 several in tlie int(n'vals (i-arely o])solete), 2 to 10 on the commissuml 

 side. 8(>ed dorsally Hattened, with plane face (rarely slij^'htly concave). 

 Acaulescent or short cauh'sceiit dry ground perennials, Avith fusi- 

 form or tuberous roots, ternate (sometimes piruiate) to dissected leave-, 

 no involucre, inA'olucels mcstly present, and 3'ellow, white, or purple 

 flower.s. 



