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Type locality: "In California scptentrionali." First col- 

 lected by Douglas, presumably near Monterey. 



Distribution: A coastal species of central California, ex- 

 tending from Point Reyes to the northwestern part of Santa 

 Barbara county, probably not occurring within our limits, that 

 is, south of Point Conception. 



Specimens examined'. Santa Barbara county, no locality 

 given, M. S. Baker, Julv, 1895. 



1/ 13. MONARDELLA LANCKOLATA A. Gra\-, Proc. Am. Acad. 11: 

 102. 1876. 



Monardclla sangiiitiea Greene, Pillonia 5: 86. 1902. 



Madronella lanccolata Greene, Leaflets 1 : 169. 1906. 



Afadrnnella sangiiinea Greene, Leaflets 1: 169. 1906 



Stems more or le.vs puberulent, usually simple below, i to 

 5 dm. high: leaves lanceolate-oblong, 25 to 40 mm. long, taper- 

 ing into a slender petiole, green and glabrous or minutely pu- 

 berulent: bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, herbaceous or 

 more or less tinged with purple, lateral veins usually prominent, 

 sparsely and minutely scabrous, especially on veins: calyx teeth 

 triangular-subulate, villous within, sparsely pubescent without 

 and more or less hispid with spreading hairs at sinuses: corolla 

 rose- purple. 



This handsome and very fragrant species has a wide range 

 and exhibits considerable variation. An extreme form was rec- 

 ognized by Gray as variet\' microcephala^ which seems to pos- 

 sess characters worthy of specific distinction, but the examina- 

 tion of a large series of specimens (35 sheets) from southern Cal- 

 ifornia, clearly shows a complete intergradation. I have not 

 seen the type of Greene's sangiiiuea, which was collected '"near 

 Julian" b\- G. W. I)unn "in 1S81 and 1888," but there is a spe- 

 cimen of Dunn's answering Greene's description, before me 

 which was collected at Julian in 1892. This seems to be one of 

 the intermediate stages between true lanceolata and the variety 

 microcephala. 



Type locality: Onlv the general range. "California, from 

 Plumas to San Diego Co.," was gi\en in the original ].)nblica- 

 tion, and no collections were cited. 



