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Leaves broadly obovate, aoe denticulate; capsule 6 mm. broad, 
neither crested nor horned. 13. C. verrucosus. 
Leaves opposite. 
Horns of capsules dorsal, spreading, slender; re usually toothed, often 
concave, tomentose to nearly glabrous abov 
T4. Cc vestitus. 
Horns near the summit, erec 
Leaves denuees bee horns stout. 
s and leaves mabe or sparsely pubescent, the latter 
eee toothed and holly-like; flowers blue. 
15 C. Jepsoni. 
Twigs and under surface of leaves tomentose, the latter with 
shallow teeth; flowers white. 
Venation on under surface of leaves hidden by the dense 
tomentum; leaves strongly revolute. 
16. C, ieee ate 
Venation ee through the fine tomentum; leaves not 
revolut 16a. C. ae alain. 
Leaves entire; canescent below, with short, incurved hairs; horns 
rather slen¢ 17. C. cuneatus. 
1. CeanotiBrought by mus puberulus (Greene). 
Ceanothus pubernius oo : sfiets 1: 66. 1904. 
Type locality: '“Altitu ¥ aan and 5000 feet in the San Ber- 
nardino Mountains.” an orth I 
Distribution: oe M southward to the San Jacinto 
: vom 
Mountains. ‘Transition. 
This southern plant differs om the typical form in being pubes- 
cent on the upper surface of the kh ves, since this character is not 
constant its true relation seems best expressed in the varietal rank. 
Specimens examined: Goodnough Me" ae eee 4755; can- 
yon near Elizabeth Lake, Dudley 4410; | C a Mountain, Abrams 
&F McGregor 369; Mount Gleason, Eli ae Mount Wilson, 
Grant 149; North Baldy, altitude ” 1Bocttbara ¢ , Abrams & Me- 
Gregor 585; Lytle Creek Canyon, 1740 m- A ‘Hall, May, 1899; 
Cafion Diablo, Parish 4603; Huston’s F’at, Shaw &% Illingsworth 
157; Cleghorn Canyon, Abrams &% McG-egor 712; Hathaway Flat, 
Abrams &¥ McGregor 810; sammit of Mount Santiago, Abrams 
1843. 
2. CEANoTHUS PALMERI Trelease, Proc. Calif. Acad. 
II. 1: 109. 1888 
Ceanothus spinosus Palmeri K. Brand. Proc. Calif. Acad. II. 4: 
185. 1894. 
