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Mucronea Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. IT: /\i(). pi. kj. 



1836. 



Mucronea i>erfoliata (A. Gray) 



Chorizanthe perfoliata A.Gray, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 

 7:148. 1859. 



No. 7696, collected April 14, on the desert about two miles 

 north of Randsburg, Kern county, growing in open sandy places, 

 in flower only. The type was collected at Fort Tejon by Xan- 

 tus. That plants so much at variance with true Chorizanthe 

 should be included in that genus does not seem admissible, so it 

 seems best to reinstate Bentham's genus Mucronea^ containing 

 two species, the present one and the type of the genus, M. cali- 

 fornica Benth. {^Chorizanthe cali/or?tica A. Gray). 



Eriogonum polyanthum Benth. in DC. Prod. 14: 12. 1856. 



The originals were from "California (Fremont!), ad flum. 

 Sacramento super, (exped. Wilkes!)." The species is figured in 

 U. S. Expl. Exped. 17://. 14. ^., and on page 443, the further 

 information is given that it was collected on the "headwaters of 

 the Sacramento, Northern California, where it was found also 

 by Col. Fremont and Dr. Newberry." This name has been 

 referred to E. stellatum Benth., and that again to E. umbel- 

 latiim Torr. 



No. 7870, was collected May 26, at the river bridge near 

 Redding, Shasta county. It appears to be typical, and is com- 

 mon in gravel along the river above Redding. 



No. 8008, collected June 9, about a mile east of IMontague, 

 Siskiyou county, in an open field in adobe soil, a rather unusual 

 habitat. With the exception of the smaller, blunter leaves, it 

 does not seem to differ from 7870. 



Eriogonum pusillum T. & G. Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 184. 1870. 



No. 7685, collected April 14, at Randsburg, Kern county, 



where it is abundant on stony hillsides. The type is from the 



"foot-hills of the Trinity Mountains, borders of the Truckee 



