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CORNACEAE. Docwoop Famity. 
Flowers in aments, dioecious; stigmas lateral. 1. Garrya. 
Flowers not in aments, meter stigmas terminal. 
Flowers cymose, nee subtended by an involucre. 2. Soida. 
Flowers capitate, subtended by a large petaloidinvolucre. 3. Cynoxylon. 
1. GARRYA. SILK-TASSEL TREE. 
Pubescence on lower surface of leaves of tangled or matted hairs. 
G. Veatchii Palmert. 
Pubescence on lower surface of leaves of upwardly appressed hairs. 
2. G. pallida. 
1. Garrya Veatcuit Patmeri (S. Wats.) Eastwood, Bot. 
6: 458. 1903 
Garrya flavescens Palmeri S. Wats. Bot. Gaz. 1: 276. 1876. 
Garrya Veatchit undulata Eastwood, Bot. Gaz. 36: 458. 1903. 
Type locality: apilgnatays 60 miles from San Diego, on the 
Fort Yuma Road.” 
Distribution: In the chaparral belt of the mountains from 
Ventura County south to northern Lower California. Upper 
Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: La Cumbre trail, Santa Ynez Mountains, 
Abrams 4308; Switzer’s trail, San Gabriel Mountains, Grinne 
16; Arroyo Seco Caynon, San Gabriel Mountains, Grinnell 4o; 
Sisar Canyon, Topatopa Mountains, Abrams & McGregor 64; 
Lytle Creek Canyon, Abrams 2805; Lone Pine Canyon, San 
Gabriel Mountains, dbrams © AI[cGregor 671. 
2. GARRYA PALLIDA Eastwood, Proc. Calif. Acad. III. 2: 287. 
1902. 
Type locality: “Kings River Canyon,” Kern County, Cali- 
fornia. 
Distribution: Southern Sierra Nevada south to the Cuiamaca 
Mountains. Upper Sonoran and lower altitudes of the Transition. 
Specimens examined: Buckhorn Tavern, near Fort Tejon, 
Abrams &F McGregor 283; La Cumbre Peak, Santa Ynez Moun- 
tains, Abrams 4318; ‘Topatopa Mountains, Abrams tF McGregor 
104; Rock Creek, Abrams & McGregor 568; Cold Creek, San 
Bernardino Mountains, dbrams & McGregor 814; Mount Santiago 
Abrams 1811; Middle Peak, Cuiamaca Mountains, dbrams 3872. 
