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Calyx densely appressed silky-pubescent. 3. P. ela 
yx sparsely appressed-pubescent. aecP: ontit. 
Glands prickle-like; branches hirsute, 5. P. 
Leaves simple. 
Herbage green and nearly glabrous; leaves narrowly linear. 
6. P. Schottii. 
Herbage hoary with a minute appressed pubescence. 7. P. spinosa. 
ae 
1. ParoseLa Emoryi (A. Gray) Heller, Cat. N. Am. Pl. ed. 2, 6. 
1900. 
Dalea Emoryt A. Gray, Mem. Am. Acad. II. 5: 315. 1855 
Type locality: “On the desert table-lands of the Gila.” 
Distribution: Western borders of the Colorado Desert, eastward 
to southern Arizona, and southward into Lower California and 
Sonora. Lower Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: Palm Springs, Parish 4112;  Carriso 
Creek, Abrams 3987; Signal Mountain, Abrams 3180, and Dec. 
29, 1907. 
2. PAROSELA ARBORESCENS (Torr.) Heller, Cat. N. Am. Pl. ed. 2, 5. 
1900. 
Dalea arborescens Torr.; A. Gray, Mem. Am. Acad. II. 5: 316. 
1855. 
Type locality: “Mountains of San Fernando, a southern branch 
of the Sierra Nevada, California.” 
Distribution: Apparently confined to the arid mountains and 
hills of the Mohave Desert. Lower Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: Barstow Hills, Mohave Desert, Hall 
6160; Black’s ranch, 32 kilometers northwest of Barstow, Hall 
ti Chandler 6851. 
3. ParoseLa cCALIFoRNIcA (S. Wats.) Vail, Bull. Torrey 
24: 17. 1897. 
Dalea californica §. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 11: 132. 1876. 
Type locality: ‘Collected by Dr. Parry in the San Bernardino 
Mountains, California.” According to the “Botany of California” 
Parry’s specimens were collected “in dry washes in the San Ber- 
nardino Mountains, near Cajon Pass. 
Distribution: Desert slopes of the San Bernardino and San 
Jacinto Mountains, eastward to southern Utah. Lower Sonoran. 
