﻿1890.] 
  , 
  FiOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  95 
  

  

  with 
  smaller 
  but 
  distinct 
  bracts 
  ; 
  fertile 
  aments 
  3.5 
  to 
  8,5 
  cm. 
  

   long 
  ; 
  upper 
  bracts 
  rather 
  small 
  (apt 
  to 
  be 
  connate 
  at 
  base), 
  

   becoming 
  more 
  foliaceous 
  and 
  distinct 
  downward, 
  until 
  the 
  

   lowest 
  resemble 
  the 
  ordinary 
  leaves 
  (giving 
  the 
  appearance 
  

   of 
  sessile 
  axillary 
  flowers) 
  : 
  fruit 
  globose, 
  becoming 
  glabrous, 
  

   sessile, 
  4 
  to 
  7 
  mm. 
  in 
  diameter. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  From 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  W. 
  Texas, 
  New 
  Mexico 
  and 
  Arizona, 
  ad- 
  

   joining 
  Mexico, 
  and 
  southward 
  into 
  the 
  mountains 
  of 
  Chihuahua. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  examined: 
  W. 
  Texas, 
  Presidio 
  and 
  El 
  Paso 
  counties 
  {Hav- 
  

   urd)\ 
  New 
  Mexico 
  {Wright 
  634, 
  1789), 
  on 
  the 
  Rio 
  Grande, 
  Dona 
  Ana 
  coun- 
  

   ty 
  {Mex, 
  Bound. 
  Surv. 
  1637), 
  Grant 
  county 
  (Rmby 
  253J); 
  Arizona, 
  Gra- 
  

   ham 
  county 
  (Zremi/W3n), 
  Pinal 
  county 
  (Greene), 
  Pima 
  and 
  Cochise 
  coun- 
  

   ties 
  {G, 
  R, 
  Vasey), 
  Santa 
  Catahna 
  mountains 
  {Pringle 
  of 
  1881), 
  

  

  * 
  * 
  Fertile 
  aments 
  densely 
  flowered 
  and 
  with 
  small 
  scarious 
  bracts. 
  

  

  3. 
  Cr. 
  Fremontii 
  Torr. 
  Pacif. 
  R. 
  Rep. 
  4. 
  136. 
  Shrub 
  1.5 
  

  

  to 
  3 
  meters 
  high, 
  becoming 
  glabrous: 
  petioles 
  6 
  to 
  t8 
  mm. 
  

   long; 
  leaves 
  light 
  green, 
  ovate 
  to 
  oblong 
  or 
  elliptical 
  (some- 
  

   times 
  obovate), 
  mostly 
  acute 
  at 
  each 
  end 
  (sometimes 
  obtuse 
  

   at 
  apex), 
  usually 
  somewhat 
  mucronate, 
  entire, 
  smooth 
  or 
  

   nearly 
  so 
  on 
  both 
  sides, 
  2.5 
  to 
  7.5 
  cm. 
  long, 
  1.2 
  to 
  3.5 
  cm, 
  

   wide: 
  fertile 
  aments 
  5 
  to 
  11 
  cm. 
  long; 
  bracts 
  prominent, 
  

   connate 
  above 
  the 
  middle, 
  acute, 
  somewhat 
  silky: 
  fruit 
  glo- 
  

   bose, 
  becoming 
  glabrous, 
  short-pedicellate, 
  4 
  to 
  6 
  mm. 
  in 
  di- 
  

   ameter. 
  

  

  Hak 
  From 
  S, 
  Oregon 
  (Umpqua 
  mountains) 
  southward 
  into 
  Califor- 
  

   nia 
  to 
  the 
  Yosemite 
  valley 
  and 
  Mt. 
  Hamilton. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  examined: 
  Oregon, 
  Umpqua 
  mountains 
  {Wilkes' 
  Exped. 
  

   1183), 
  Canyonville 
  {Hotvell), 
  "Cascade 
  Mountains" 
  {Cusick); 
  Cahfornia 
  

   {Bolander, 
  Kellogg 
  and 
  Harford 
  926,927), 
  Siskiyou 
  county 
  {Greene 
  953), 
  

   Upper 
  Sacramento 
  {Fremont's 
  Exped, 
  369), 
  Plumas 
  county 
  {Mrs, 
  Austin), 
  

  

  {Bigerstaff) 
  

  

  emmon 
  

  

  ^y)y 
  mt. 
  Hamilton 
  {Brewer 
  

  

  This 
  snenifis 
  ia 
  nnt 
  to 
  h(^ 
  i 
  

  

  jjescens 
  

  

  branches 
  and 
  leaves, 
  and 
  glabroua 
  pedicellate 
  hniit 
  should 
  distinguish 
  it. 
  

   The 
  bracts 
  of 
  both 
  species 
  are 
  connate, 
  but 
  those 
  of 
  G. 
  Fremontii 
  are 
  

   '^ore 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  connate 
  almost 
  to 
  the 
  tips. 
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  5. 
  40. 
  Spread- 
  

  

  4- 
  O.VeatchiiK 
  

  

  ^^g 
  shrub, 
  1.8 
  to 
  2.5 
  meters 
  high 
  : 
  branchlets 
  pubescent 
  with 
  

   close 
  appressed 
  silky 
  hairs: 
  petioles 
  short, 
  2 
  to 
  6 
  mm. 
  long; 
  

   'eaves 
  coriaceous, 
  elliptic-ovate 
  to 
  -oblong 
  (or 
  sometimes 
  al- 
  

   most 
  obovate), 
  acute 
  at 
  each 
  end, 
  mucronate, 
  entire, 
  glabrous 
  

   ^i* 
  nearly 
  so 
  above, 
  denselv 
  tomentose 
  beneath, 
  2.5 
  to 
  7,5 
  cm. 
  

  

  