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Amsinckia vernicosa H. & A. Bot. Beech. 370. 1840. 



No. 7722, collected April 20, at Sunset, Kern county, on 

 gravelly hills. Thife species is of peculiar aspect when fresh, the 

 leaves coriaceous, blue-green in color and of a smooth appear- 

 ance. Douglas no doubt got the type somewhere to the south 

 of Monterey, since it has not been found that far morth, and is 

 rarely collected. 



Amsinckia tessellata Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 10: 54 1874, 

 No. 7670, collected April 13, at Kramer, San Bernardino 

 county, in sand, and plentiful. It is a tawny hispid plant with 

 rather small flowers. The type came from "Contra-Costa Moun- 

 tains near Monte Diablo." 



Amsinckia intermedia F. & M. Ind. Sem. Petrop. 2: 26. 



1835- 

 No. 7648, collected April 11, two miles west of Pampa Sta- 

 tion on the edge of the low hills bordering the plain in sandy 

 soil. The plants have rather thin leaves and small pale flowers. 

 The type was grown from seed sent from Bodega Bay, Sonoma 

 county. 



Amsinckia spectabius F. & M. Ind. Sem. Petrop. 2: 26. 



/ 1835. 



. No. 7618, collected April 7, in grassy places a short dis- 

 tance east of Caliente, the large flowers bright orange. The 

 type was grown from seeds from Bodega Bay, Sonoma county. 



LlTHOSPERMUM CalifOrnicum Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 10: 51. 



1874. 

 No. 8017, collected June 13, on the slope between the rail- 

 road and the river above Shasta Springs, Siskiyou county, near 

 shrubs. The type was from "Grass Valley, California, Dr. Big- 

 elow." 



