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altitudes in the Sierras of Fresno county, exhibits a wide varia- 
tion in the pubescence. Some specimens are covered with a 
close pubescence on the leaves and stems, while other are 
entirely glabrous except on the peduncles and involucres. These 
forms grow side by side and intergradations are plentiful. 
Cnicus TroGanus Congdon, Erythea 7: 186. Blaney meadows 
on the South fork of the San Joaquin at 2320" altitude, July 
1900, Hall & Chandler, no. 721. 
PHALACKOSERIS BOLANDERI coronata, n. var.—Akenes with an 
evident pappus consisting of a crown with a divided margin. 
Otherwise as in the type. 
Pine ridge, in the Sierras of Fresno county, altitude 1650", June 15-25, 
1900, Hall & Chandler, no. 187 (type). Specimens were also examined 
from Mariposa county (Coazgdon, October 1896), Yosemite (Mrs. Brandegee, 
July 1883), and Fresno county (Mrs. Peckinpah, 1890), and in each case 
the akenes were found to bear pappus. In old akenes the pappus is not so 
evilent as in the younger ones, as it is curved inward, due to its inability to 
keep pace with the growing akene. The type is in the Herbarium of the Uni- 
versity of California, 
The preparation of this paper has been greatly facilitated by 
the kindness of Miss Alice Eastwood of the California Academy 
of Sciences, Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Brandegee of San Diego, and 
r. S. B. Parish of San Bernardino, in sending specimens for 
examination; and of Mr.-Merritt L. Fernald, of the Gray Her- 
barium, for notes on the type specimen of Gilia demissa. To Pro- 
fessor W, L. Jepson, of the University of California, I am under 
- Special obligations for his continued interest and valuable sug- 
gestions without which the paper would not have been prepared. 
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, 
Berkeley, Cal. 


