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pressed veins, and the villous pubescence on the upper surface 

 of the leaves. 



Type'. Descanso grade, near the top, Cuiamaca mountains, 

 San Diego county, Brandegee^ July 19, 1906. The type is sheet 

 no. 104.626 of the University of California herbarium. 



Dist'ribiitio7i\ Western slopes of the southern part of the 

 Cuiamaca mountains southward, probably extending into I^ower 

 California. 



Specimens examined: Descanso grade, Brandegee^ July 19, 

 1906; Potrero mountains, Orcittt pp6. 



II. MoNARDELLA CRISPA Elmer, Bot. Gaz. 39: 46. 1905. 



Stems woody below, much branched, 3 dm. high, young 

 branches villous pubescent: leaves oblanceolate, 2 to 5 cm. long, 

 rounded at apex, tapering to the slender petiole, sparsely pubes- 

 cent, somewhat succulent, undulate on the margin: bracts 

 broadly ovate, rounded or the inner acute, membranaceous be- 

 tween the 7 or 8 parallel veins: calyx 6 mm. long, villous, its 

 triangular teeth rather blunt at the apex: corolla purple, tube 

 not exserted: stamens well exserted. 



This species is a very near relative of iindiilata., being dis- 

 tinguished chiefly by its stouter perennial habit, and pubescence. 



Type locality. '•'Surf, Santa Barbara County, California," 

 where it is "confined to the drifting sand beaches." 



Distribution: Known only from the vicinity of Surf, Santa 

 Barbara county. 



Specimens examined: Surf, Elmer 396^^. 



12. MoNARDELLA UNDULATA Benth. Lab. Gen. et Sp. 332. i •'^34. 



Madronella undiilata Greene, Leaflets 1: 169. 1906. 



Stems erect, usually much branched, 2 to 3 dm. high, pu- 

 berulent: leaves oblanceolate, 3 cm. long or less, thickish, dark 

 green, sparsely puberulent, margins strongly undulate: bracts 

 broadly ovate, 10 mm. long or .less, acute or mucronate, veins 

 and margin green, otherwise thin and scarious, villous pubes- 

 c-ent: calyx villous pubescent, its teeth triangular: corolla deep 

 purple. 



