'J44 CONI'IUmTloNS KIMM THK NATIoNAI, lIKliHAUII'M. 



lout;', s nun. In'oud. rniiiiyiniilf at l»ast' and apex. \vi(li win^s as hroad 

 as l)(»(ly (ir Idoadcr. and intonspicuoiis dorsal iind inlci incdiutt' i'ili,>; 

 oil IiUh's nsiiallv •! in (he inlci'vals. ti on the connnissiiial side. 



'I\p<' lo<alily. "sand clills ovi'rlianiiiii<:' iM'iny urroyus." San Nidiolas 

 Island. Calil'ornia; collected l»y /lliimli, Trask. Api'il. IM»7: type in 

 llcrl). Calir. Acad., duplicate in l'. .S. Nat. Ilei'l». 



San Nicholas Isl.'ind. California. 



Sjn r'niH iix 1 .1 II iiniK il : 



('.\],\yitnsi.\: Type s|n'ciiiicns as cilcil umlcr l>|ii' luciilils-. 



60. CYNOMARATHRUM Null, in lleih. 



Calyx teelli evident. Fi'iiil stronji'ly llaltened dofsally. ohlopj;. 

 Carpel with sharp or win^'cd dorsal and intennediate rilis and l>i"(>':der 



l-'n^. t;:!.— Cyiioiiinriilliniiii lastwdddiu': it, '■ (i; li. ■ S. 



Avinji'ed laterals. Styloi)odiuin flat l)iit evident, in dry speeinieiiv 

 appearin«i' spongy. Oil tultes mostly several in the intervals or oli- 

 .sciire. Seed dorsally tlattened. with plane face. 



Aeiuilescent pliints or nearly so. from a stout caudex heeominL;' 

 nmlticipital and densely clotliod with old leaf sheaths, with leaves uiir- 

 row in outline (the lirst division ])inn!ite). iind yellow (or white f) 

 (lowers. 



Type species. S,sr// unftdWii (iray. Proe, Am. Acad. 8: IJST. l^Tt'. 



A ti'cnusof (') species heloniiinji' to the western plains and mountain-. 



It .-^I'diis hcst tn Uccp iiiit 111' l,iiiiiiitii(iii tlic six I'dllowiiiy: species, w liicii li;uc 

 lieretiil'iTe been piaceil niider I'riirrdniiiint. Tiiey lia\i' always appeared aiunii- 

 alniis ill J'l iivi'ilinniiii [ Lumiiliiiiii), iuu\ some of our best liotaiiists liave treatt'd llie 

 earlier spi'cies as very distinct. One of them was considered a <reiierie type l'\ 

 Nuttall, under tiie name wliieli we iiaxc adojitt'il aliove. Dr. <iray assoeiatei! it 

 witli Sr.^ill, wliile some ol' tiie recent collectors have coiiteiided that it was not imii- 

 geiieric witli our so-called western species of J'liirnhiiniiii. It diffcra from jAinnilii'iu 



