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the White mountains opposite Laws, Inyo county. The calices 

 in these plants are dull red, their tips sometimes yellowish. 

 The incurving of the branches is not well marked in these speci- 

 mens since they are not old enough to fully show this character. 

 Mr. Jones has merely added to synonymy unless his variety Inci- 

 ense proves to be distinct from E. nidulafium^ the designated 

 type of which is no. 963 of the Death Valley expedition, col- 

 lected in Cottonwood canyon, Panamint mountains, Inyo county, 

 California, and it is plainly stated that "the ends of the branches 

 curve inward, forming a dense mass somewhat resembling a 

 bird's-nest." The species "without the incurved inflorescence" 

 to which Jones has tried to transfer the name nidulariiim is still 

 apparently without a name. 



Eriogonum i^atifolium Smith, in Rees Cycl. 181 5. 



Eriogonum arachnoideum Esch. 



No. 8373, collected June 8, at the western end of the S^n 

 Bruno hills near Ocean View, San Francisco, where it is plenti- 

 ful. The range is along the coast from San Simeon bay, San 

 Luis Obispo county, north to Humboldt county. 



No. 8421, collected July 31, on the sand hills along the 

 railroad two miles northeast of Del Monte, Monterey county. 

 The plants here were larger and stouter than those of no, 8373,, 

 and more branched, growing in almost pure sand. 



Eriogonum kennedyi Porter; Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 12: 

 263. 1876. 

 No. 8317, collected May 23, in the Sierra foothills west of 

 Bishop, Inyo county, elevation about 5000 feet, growing in 

 coarse granite sand in dense matted masses. Plentiful at inter- 

 vals, and is found as low as 4500 feet, but is not so frequent at 

 the lower elevations. The determination is doubtful^ but it is 

 near E. kennedyi^ the type of which came from "the Sierra Ne- 

 vada, Kern Co., California." 



