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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  U^ 
  

  

  nica 
  Benth., 
  var. 
  nuda 
  Gray, 
  Syn. 
  Flora, 
  321. 
  P, 
  Fitchii, 
  var. 
  Brandegee, 
  

   Proc. 
  Cal. 
  Acad., 
  2 
  ser. 
  2. 
  177. 
  R 
  microglossa 
  Gray, 
  Syn. 
  Fl., 
  322, 
  as 
  to 
  

   Parish's 
  plant. 
  

  

  In 
  Palmer's 
  562 
  from 
  Los 
  Angeles 
  Bay, 
  the 
  akenes 
  are 
  broader 
  and 
  

   margins 
  densely 
  villous, 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  somewhat 
  spreading 
  branches. 
  

  

  To 
  this 
  species 
  I 
  doubtfully 
  refer 
  a 
  plant 
  collected 
  by 
  Orcutt 
  

  

  (1886), 
  near 
  Rosario, 
  Lower 
  California, 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  branching 
  habit, 
  akenes 
  

   a 
  Uttle 
  curved, 
  with 
  very 
  minute 
  or 
  no 
  crown 
  ; 
  and 
  while 
  the 
  akenes 
  

   are 
  mostly 
  2-angled, 
  they 
  are 
  often 
  3 
  or4-angled 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  head. 
  

  

  P. 
  Fitchii, 
  var. 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Brandegee, 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  

   It 
  has 
  the 
  same 
  slender 
  corolla 
  {Ih 
  lines 
  long) 
  and 
  similar 
  style-tips 
  and 
  

   crow^n, 
  but 
  no 
  awns. 
  The 
  akenes 
  are, 
  however, 
  a 
  little 
  curved 
  and 
  the 
  

   faces 
  a 
  httle 
  hirsute. 
  

  

  Mostly 
  in 
  the 
  desert 
  regions 
  of 
  S. 
  W. 
  Arizona 
  and 
  S. 
  California 
  and 
  

   extending 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  Los 
  Angeles 
  Bay, 
  and 
  Magdalena 
  Baj, 
  Lower 
  

   t-ahfornia. 
  We 
  have 
  examined 
  the 
  following 
  specimens: 
  California 
  

   (Bigelow, 
  Parish); 
  Colorado 
  Desert 
  (Schott, 
  Orcutt); 
  San 
  Clemente 
  

   Island 
  (Nevin 
  & 
  Lyon); 
  Yuma 
  (Lieut. 
  De 
  Barry, 
  Maj. 
  G. 
  H. 
  Thomas); 
  

   Arizona, 
  Grand 
  Caiion 
  (Gray) 
  ; 
  Ft. 
  Mohave 
  (Cooper, 
  Palmer, 
  J. 
  G. 
  Lem- 
  

   mon 
  and 
  wife) 
  ; 
  Rio 
  Colorado 
  (Newberry, 
  Parry) 
  ; 
  Lower 
  California, 
  San 
  

   Telmo 
  (Orcutt) 
  ; 
  All 
  Saints 
  Bay 
  (Miss 
  Fish) 
  ; 
  Magdalena 
  Island 
  (Brande- 
  

   gee, 
  1889) 
  ; 
  San 
  Quentin 
  (Palmer, 
  1889) 
  ; 
  Los 
  Angeles 
  Bay 
  (Palmer, 
  1887). 
  

  

  Var, 
  Orcuttii, 
  n. 
  var. 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  R. 
  Orcutt 
  has 
  collected 
  in 
  

   Canon 
  Cambellos, 
  July, 
  1884, 
  a 
  slender 
  form 
  with 
  small 
  

   leaves, 
  akenes 
  with 
  small 
  crown 
  or 
  none, 
  and 
  often 
  with 
  

   faces 
  quite 
  pubescent. 
  Also 
  at 
  Santa 
  Maria, 
  T. 
  S. 
  Brande- 
  

   gee, 
  May 
  i4, 
  1889. 
  

  

  13- 
  P. 
  Greenei, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  Varying 
  from 
  i 
  inch 
  to 
  a 
  foot 
  

  

  high: 
  small 
  plants 
  erect 
  and 
  simple, 
  large 
  ones 
  much 
  

   branched 
  and 
  spreading, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  resinous-viscid 
  : 
  leaves 
  

   smaller, 
  cordate 
  or 
  sometimes 
  cuneate 
  at 
  base, 
  serrate: 
  co- 
  

   roila 
  swollen, 
  abruptly 
  contracted 
  into 
  the 
  proper 
  tube, 
  the 
  

   lobes 
  broadly 
  ovate; 
  styles 
  acute: 
  akenes 
  li 
  lines 
  long, 
  ob- 
  

   ovate, 
  oblong, 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  flattened, 
  2-edged, 
  with 
  mar- 
  

   gin 
  hispid^ursute 
  : 
  crown 
  of 
  united 
  squamellte 
  lacerate: 
  

   awns 
  wanting 
  or 
  single 
  (fig. 
  7). 
  

  

  A 
  species 
  very 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  P. 
  Emoryi. 
  Mr. 
  Greene 
  says 
  they 
  

   can 
  be 
  easily 
  distinguished 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  this 
  being 
  strongly 
  aromatic, 
  

   ^hile 
  the 
  other 
  is 
  scentless. 
  Collected 
  on 
  Santa 
  Cruz 
  Island 
  by 
  Mr, 
  E. 
  L. 
  

   Greene, 
  July 
  and 
  August: 
  Cedros 
  Island, 
  Dr. 
  Veatch, 
  Dr. 
  Sheets, 
  Decem- 
  

   ber, 
  1876; 
  Greene, 
  April, 
  1885; 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Kellogg 
  (in 
  herb. 
  Gray) 
  ; 
  Palmer, 
  

   1889 
  (707, 
  in 
  part) 
  : 
  San 
  Benito 
  Island, 
  Lieut. 
  Pond, 
  1889; 
  Dr. 
  Palmer, 
  

   1889 
  (no. 
  914) 
  : 
  San 
  Bartolome 
  Bay, 
  Lieut. 
  Pond, 
  March, 
  1889. 
  1 
  have 
  

   seen 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  specimens, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  men- 
  

  

  