
1901 ] CALIFORNIAN PLANTS 391 
original description being drawn from specimens collected in the 
San Antonio mountains, June 1899. 
CHENACTIS XANTIANA Gray. This species is well distributed 
along the mountains surrounding the western part of the Mohave 
desert, often at altitudes of 1800-2000". An exceedingly robust 
form has been collected at Manzana in Antelope valley, altitude 
780", by Mr. J. Burtt Davy (no. 1512, May 1896). The stout 
fistulous stems are 3°" high and terminated by heads 2 high ; 
involucral bracts slenderly acuminate, 2™ long; the inner pappus 
when fully developed longer than the corolla. It is hoped that 
collectors visiting that region may secure more material in order 
that the relation between this and the typical form may be more 
clearly understood. 
CHA:NACTIS HETEROCARPHA CURTA Gray. Near Estrella in 
the Coast ranges of San Luis Obispo county, Z. Jared. In these 
specimens the paleae of the pappus are reduced to mere rounded 
scales, which form a crown about the summit of the akene. 
A TRIP TO THE SOUTHERN HIGH SIERRAS.. 
During the summer of tg00 Mr. H. P. Chandler and the 
writer spent some two months botanizing in the Sierras of Fresno 
county. Our first stop was at Ockenden, a small settlement on: 
the ridge between the Kings and San Joaquin rivers, and well 
within the coniferous forests. Reaching here on June 12 we 
found the season just opening, many of the species still being 
in too young a condition to make good herbarium specimens. 
After spending two weeks in that region we followed the 
trail to Tehipite valley, making side trips to the Dinkey grove 
of big trees and Bald mountain en route. Tehipite valley is a 
deep gorge several miles wide on the Middle fork of the Kings 
tiver. The floor of the valley is 1220™ in altitude, while the 
walls rise to over 2100". The flora was somewhat similar to 
that of the foothill region, and when we reached the valley 
(July 6) many of the annuals had already passed out of flower. 
The Mount Goddard region was also visited, the route lead- 
ing by Black mountain, Blaney meadows, and the South fork of 

