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tion of P, subspinosa, Watson, as a densely pubescent but 



spineless form of the same. 



Authentic specimen in Herb. Col. Coll. 



33. P. CUCULLATA, Benth. PL Hartw. 299, (1849^ 



P. Califc 



Fl. i. 671, (1840). 



P. Niitkana, Torr. and Gray, Fl. i. 671, (1840). 



Glabrous, or puberulent abov^e; stems slender, curved, 

 reclining or ascending, 2'- 12' long, simple, or branched above; 

 leaves alternate, glabrous, or puberulent, at least on the mid- 

 vein on the under surface of the leaf, ovate-elliptical, ellipti- 



cal or oblong-lanceolate, Vz'-i ^' loner, acute or obtuse, in 



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some cases cuneate at base, petioles hardly more than ^^' 



long; flowers rose-colored, few, rarely more than ten, 5 "-6" j 



long, in a raceme terminating the stem or branches, pedicels 



i"-3" long, sepals minutely ciliate on the margin, otherwise 



nearly glabrous, wings spatulate, almost as long as the keel, 



lateral petals linear-lanceolate, as long as, or even longer 



than the keel ; keel bearing a rather conspicuous, ' stout, 

 curved, blunt beak; stamens eight in number, filaments united 

 for the lower two-thirds of their length, filiform above; style 

 long, rather slender, much curved above, neither cucullate 

 nor auriculate, stigma obscurely bilabiate, minutely bearded 

 on the lower lip; mature capsule glabrous, or nearly so, com- 

 pressed, oval to ovate, about 4'' long, retuse between the tips 

 of the narrow, veined, wing-like margins of the capsule; 

 seeds only slightly hairy, the caruncle-lobes united, somewhat 

 bonnet-shaped, about one-third as long as the seed. 



California. — Hartweg, Dr. Gibbons; 1872, Miss Mary J. 

 Bancroft; Santa Cruz, 1865, C. L. Anderson; 1882, C. C 

 Parry; Monterey, Andrews; 1850, Dr. C. C. Parry; Ukiah, j 



1864, H. N. Bolander, No. 3917; 1882, C. Purdy; Napa Val- 

 ley, 1865, J. Torrey, No. ^6] near San Francisco, 1865, J. 

 Torrey ; Marin Co., 1880, G. R. Vasey, No. 41 ; Mariposa, 

 1883, T, Meehan; Summit Mt. Tamaulpais, 1874, J. G. 

 Lemmon, No. 486; Bolinas Bay Hills, 1866, Kellogg, (Geol. 

 Survey of Cal.). 





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