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CHENOPODIACEAE 



Atripi^ex canescens (Pursh) James, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. IL 

 2: 178. 1825. 



Calligonum canescens Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 370. 1814. 



No 8252, collected May 14, in granite sand at the foot of 

 the Red Hill west of Bishop, Inyo county; and it is not uncom- 

 mon in sandy soil in that part of Owen's valley. The staminate 

 plant only was collected. The type came from "in the plains 

 of the Missouri near the Big- bend." 



Grayia spinosa (Hook.) Moq^ DC. Prodr. 13: Part 2, 119. 

 1849. 



Chenopodium spinosum Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 127. 1838* 



Grayia polygaloides H. & A. Bot. Beech. 388, 1841. 



Eremosemium spinosum Greene, Pittonia, 4: 225. 1900. 



No. 8256, collected May 14, on the Red Hill west of Bishop, 

 Inyo county, growing in volcanic gravel and sand. The species 

 is common in that part of Owen's valley. The type came from 

 the "interior of North California." 



Eurotia lanata (Pursh) Moq. 



No. 8253, collected May 14, in sand at the base of the Red 

 Hill west of Bishop, Inyo county. The pistillate plant only 

 was collected. Occasional plants were seen, but it is not com- 

 mon in that part of Owen's valley, 



ALLIONIACEAE 



Hermidium aupes Wats. Bot. King Rep, 286.//. ^2. 1871. 



No. 8230, collected in Owen's valley near Laws, Inyo 

 county, May 11. It is plentiful in extreme northern Inyo, but 

 does not extend much further south, and was noted along the 

 railroad from Laws north to Reno, the flowers appearing larger 

 at the latter place. It is a nocturnal bloomer, opening early in 

 the evening and closing the next morning, remaining open later 

 on cloudy days. The type was collected "on low foothills in 

 northeastern Nevada, near the Humboldt and Truckee Rivers." 



