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MiCROSTERis MiCRANTHA (Kellogg) Greeiic, Pittonia, 3: 303. 

 1898. 



Collomia micrantha Kellogg, Proc. Cal. Acad. 3: 18. 1863. 



No. 8023, collected June 13, along the railroad a short dis- 

 tance above Shasta Springs, Siskiyou county, found in a limited 

 area only. The seeds are larger, darker and rounder than those 

 oi M. californica QXi^A above. It is native to the eastern slope 

 of the Sierra, and has not been reported from northern Califor- 

 nia. 



Gilia liJIllillUiWJIU BB pluriflora 



Gilia virgata var. Jioribunda Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 

 273. 1870; not G. Jioribunda Gray, 1. c. 267. 



No. 7734, collected April 20, at Sunset, Kern county, on 

 dry gravelly hills, abundant. This plant with its glabrous 

 stems, corymbose branches, divided leaves and differently shaped 

 flowers, is certainly distinct. It has petals with shorter and 

 broader lobes than G. vh-gata with which it has been associated. 



No. 7742, collected April 22, at Oil City, Kern county, in 

 sand. Here the plants were taller and less branched from the 

 base than those of no. 7734. 



Gilia congesta Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 3: 75. 1838. 



No. 8013, collected June 9, at Montague, on the plain just 

 north of the t6wn, but not plentiful. The type came from the 

 "sandy plains of the Columbia." It occurs as high as 9000 feet 

 in the Sierra. The elevation at Montague is some 2500 feet. 



GiUA staminea Greene, Erythea, 3: 105. 1895. 



No. 7663, collected April 12, on the ridge on the north side 

 of the mouth of Kern canyon, Kern county, where it is plenti- 

 ful. No type locality is given except "very common through- 

 out the interior of California." 



