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BuRRiEUA MiCROGLOSSA DC. Prodr. 5: 664. 1836. 



Lasthe7iia microglossa Greene, Manual, 205. 1894. 



Baeria mia^oglossa Greene, Fl. Franc. 438. 1897. 



No. 7786, collected April 28, on the high ridge west of 

 McKittrick, Kern county, in rich soil under oak trees; akenes 

 of the ray flowers destitute of pappus. This plant does not look 

 like a Baeria. 



Baeria debilis Greene, in Gray, Syn. Fl. 1: Part 2, 325. 1878. 

 No. 7664, collected April 12, on the ridge to the right of 

 the mouth of Kern canyon, Kern county, sheltered by over- 

 hanging rocks. The type from "plains of Fresno and moun- 

 tains of Kern county." 



Baeria gracilis (DC.) Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 9: 196. 1874. 



Burrielia gracilis DC. Prodr. 5: 664. 1836. 



Lasthenia gracilis Greene, Manual, 206. 1894. 



No. 7606, collected April 6, on the plain back of Kern, 

 Kern county, where it is abundant, the plants low, branched 

 from the base. 



No. 7726, collected April 20, on hillsides at Sunset, Kern 

 county, the plants rather pleasantly scented. 



No. 7759, collected April 24, on low gravelly slopes at the 

 foot of the mountain about three miles southwest of Mojave, 

 Kern county, the plants also aromatic. Although growing only 

 a few feet above the sands of the desert this plant was noticed 

 only on the ridges. All of these southern forms, collected at 

 widely separated stations in Kern county, are more uniformly 

 branched from the base, with more numerous branches, and have 

 broader involucral bracts than most northern specimens. 



Baeria chrysostoma F. & M. Ind. Sem. Petrop. 2: 29. 1835. 



Lasthenia chrysostoma Greene, Manual, 205. 1894. 



No. 7785, collected April 28, on the high ridge west of 

 McKittrick, Kern county, in grassy places near shrubs, the 



