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Harpaecarpus Exiguus (Smith) Gray, Bot. Mex. Bound. loi. 

 1859. 



Sderocarpus exiguus Smith, in Rees Cycl. 181 6. 



Harpaecarpus madarioides Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. vSoc. 

 II. 7: 389. 1840. 



Madia filipes Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 391. 1873. 



Madia exigua Greene, Ery thea, 1 : 90. 1 893. 



No. 7887, collected May 29, at the river bridge near Red- 

 ding, Shasta county, in sand. The species is widely diffused 

 over the Pacific coast, sometimes small and dwarfed, or tall and 

 linlch branched when growing in rich soil. 



BlEPhARipappus HETEROTRICHUS (DC.) Greene, Pittonia, 2: 

 245. 1892. 



Madraglossa heterotricha DC. Prodr. 5: 694. 1836. 



Layia heterotricha H. & A. Bot. Beech. 358. 1840. 



No. 7661, collected April 12, on the ridge to the right of 

 the mouth of Kern canyon, on steep slopes in loose soil about 

 rocks, the plant with a spicy odor. 



B1.EPHARIPAPPUS GRAVEOLENS Greene, Pittonia, 3; 246. 1892. 



Layia graveolens Greene, Bull. Cal. Acad. 1: 92. 1885. 



No. 7783, collected April 28, on the high ridge west of 

 McKittrick, Kern county, growing in rich soil in a dense growth 

 of other herbs. It is a handsome plant with very large creamy 

 flowers, the type from "Tehachapi Station, Kern County." 



Blepharipappus ELEGANs (Nutt.) Greene, Pittonia, 2: 246. 

 1892. 

 Madraglossa elegans Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. II. 7: 



393. 1840. 

 No. 7776, collected April 26, about a mile inside the mouth 

 of Kern canyon, on ^teep northerly slopes, rather abundant. 



