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BAI.SAMORRIIIZA GLABRESCKNvS Benth. PI. Hartw. 317. 1849. 



No. 7802, collected May i, 011 grassy slopes near trees at 

 Keene station in the Tehachapi mountains, Kern county. The 

 type was from "in Bear Valley, montium Sacramento." Our 

 plant is undoubtedly distinct from D. deltoidea Nutt. with which 

 it has been merged. The latter was originally from near Port- 

 land, Oregon. 



HkuaI^thella NEVADENSiS Greene, Bull. Cal. Acad. 1: 89. 

 1885. 



No. 7941, collected June i, near Shasta Retreat, Siskiyou 

 county, abundant in woods recently burnt over. Type locality 

 hot given, merely "abnndant in the higher Sierra." Apparently 

 hot heretofore recorded from the region where our specimens 

 Were obtained, or at such a low elevation, 2400 feet. It is com- 

 mon in the Donner lyake region at 6000 to 8000 feet, the flowers 

 very large at the higher elevations. 



lyEPTOSYNE CAI.LIOPSIDEA (DC.) Gray, Syn. Fl. 1; Part 2, 300. 

 1884. 



Agarista calliopsidea DC. Prod. 5; 569. 1836. 



No. 7723, collected April 20, at Sunset, Kern county, on 

 gravelly hillsides. It also occurs on the Mojave desert. 



IvEPTOSYNE BIGEI.OVII Gray, Syn. Fl. 1: Part 2, 300. 1884. 



Pugiopappiis Bigelovii Gra.y ^ Pac. R. R. Rep. 4: 104. 1857. 



No. 7662, collected April 12, on the ridge to the right of 

 the mouth of Kern canyon, Kern county, plentiful in loose soil 

 about rocks. The type was collected "on the Mohave creek." 



No. 7674, collected April 13, at Kramer, San Bernardino 

 county, on the Mojave desert, where it is very abundant, often 

 covering many acres with yellow, and said to have been unusu- 

 ally plentiful this season, due to the copious rainfall. 



