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No. 7731, collected April 20, is from open stony hillsides 

 at Sunset, Kern county. Here the plants had little protection, 

 growing in small tangled mats among other low herbs. This is 

 a more pubescent form than 7571, the stems mostly reddish, the 

 upper leaves barely half the size of the lower ones. 



No. 7780, collected in Kern canyon, Kern county, about a 

 mile above its mouth. This is very similar to 7731, but larger, 

 the lower leaves proportionately large. It grew in sheltered 

 places among larger plants. 



HoLLiSTERiA LANATA S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 296. 

 1879. 

 No. 7741, collected April 22, on dry open hills at Oil City, 

 near Bakersfield, Kern county, where it is abundant. The type 

 was collected in Cholame Valley, Monterey county, by Lemmon. 

 Its occurrence at Oil City, practically in the Sierra foothills, is 

 a notable extension of the range. 



Chorizanthe membranacea Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. 17: 

 419.//./;.///. 1837. 

 No. "]TT^^ collected April 26, on steep slopes among other 

 herbs in Kern canyon, Kern county, about a mile above its 

 mouth, where it occurred sparingly*. It is the most widely dis- 

 tributed species of the genus in California, having a north and 

 south range of not less than 500 miles. Douglas got it in "Cal- 

 ifornia," somewhere in the coast region. 



Chorizanthe xanti S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 13: 272. 1878. 

 No. 7797, collected April 29, at McKittrick, Kern county, 

 growing on dry stony hills just south of the town, which is the 

 most northerly station recorded. It was first collected about 60 

 miles to the southeast, at Fort Tejon, by C. L. Xantus. 



