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3. Gaertneria chenopodifolia (Benth.) 
Franseria chenopodifolia Benth. Bot. Sulph. 26. 1844. 
Type locality: “Bay of Magdalena.” 
Distribution: On the south slopes of hills at Tia Juana, and 
extending southward into Lower California. Lower Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: Tia Juana, Abrams 3476. 
4. GAERTNERIA ItictFouia (A. Gray) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 
339. I89I. 
Franseria ilictfolia A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 11: 77. 1876. 
Type locality: “Great Canyon of the Tantillas Mountains, 
near the northern border of Lower California.” 
Distribution: Colorado Desert along the southern border of 
the State, eae sites on the desert slopes of Lower 
California. Lower 
Specimens a. Signal Mountain, Abrams 3184. 
ASTERACEAE. Aster Famity. 
Anthers not caudate at base. 
Receptacle naked. 
Pappus of capillary- bristles, except Gutierrezia; involucral bract not 
scarious-margined. 
Involucral bracts imbricated. 
Involucral bracts striate; style-branches thickened elias 
stigmatic only below the middle. 1. Eupatorie 
Involucral bracts not striate; style-branches with peer 
terminal appendages, stigmatic to — the middle. 
. Aster 
Involucral bracts in I or 2 series, ee | noe eorrere 
spartum; style-branches stigmatic to the pap one 
6. Senecioneae. 
Pappus not of capillary-bristles; involucral bracts imbricated, 
scarious-margine 5. Anthemideae. 
Receptacle with chaffy pee: L 
Anthers caudate at base. 
Trise 1. LEupatorieae. 
Achenes 5- sue or 5-ribbed. 1. Hofmeisteria. 
Achenes fo-nerv 2. Coleosanthus. 
Tribe 2. Astereae. 
Rays present, yellow. 
Pappus of several short scales; heads small; slender, suffrutescent plants. 
3. Gutterrezia. 
