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Phaceua tanacetifolia Benth. Trans. Hort. Soc. II. 1 : 479. 



1835. 

 No. 7635, collected April 8, along the bluffs of Kern river 

 opposite Oil City, Kern county, on grassy slopes, the flowers 

 deep violet blue. 



No. 7695, collected April 14, on the desert about two miles 

 north of Randsburg, Kern county, in sand. This plant is very 

 abundant at intervals on the Mojave desert, forming great masses 

 of color. 



Phacelia platyloba Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 223. 1882. 



No. 7745, collected April 22, at Oil City, Kern county, in 

 sand in a ravine. This is much more hirsute and has larger 

 flowers than the original, which was collected in Fresno county 

 by Parry. 



Phaceua hispida Gray, Syn. Fl. 2: Part i, 161. 1878. 



Phacelia ramosissima var. hispida Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 

 10: 319. 1875. 



No. 7730, collected April 20, at Sunset, Kern county, on 

 gravelly open slopes, growing in clumps, the large flowers pale 

 purple with darker veins. Originally recorded from ''Santa 

 Barbara to San Diego." 



No. 761 1, collected April 7, at the first railrcad crossing of 

 the creek below Caliente, Kern county, on a steep bank in rich 

 loose soil, the flowers white. 



Phacewa imbricata Greene, Erythea, 1: 127. 1893. 



No. 7993, collected June 8, on the hills west of Yreka, Sis- 

 kiyou county, in open gravelly places on a stream bank. Not 

 heretofore reported from so far north, but the specimens agree 

 fairly well with others from the type range, "on wooded hills of 

 Napa and Sonoma counties." 



