3o6 Mnhlenbergia, Volume 2 



Washingtonia brevipes C. & R. 



No. 8481, collected April 27 back of Alum Rock Park, 

 Santa Clara county, elevation 700 feet, growing in rich soil in 

 woods, the plants about three feet high, very large and spread- 

 ing. A widely distributed species, occurring also in the foot- 

 hills of the Santa Cruz mountains near Los Gatos. 



COKNACEAE Link, Handb. 2: 2. 1831. 

 Corn us californica C. A, Meyer 



No. 8540, collected May 11, at the Alma soda spring, Santa 

 Clara county, elevation about 700 feet, growing in moist shaded 

 places. A graceful shrub ten or fifteen feet high, the branches 

 slender and willowy. The members of this genus are in need 

 of careful study, and until they receive it determinations must 

 necessarily be uncertain. 



PRIMULACEAE Vent. Tabl. 2: 285. 1799. 

 DoDECATHEON cruciatum Greene, Pittonia 1: 213. 1888. 



No. 8437, collected April 13, in Santa Cruz county near 

 Deer Ridge Farm, summit of the Santa Cruz mountains, eleva- 

 tion 3000 feet, growing on a westerly slope under and near oak 

 trees. This 4-merous plant is certainly no chance sport, as it is 

 the only one observed over a considerable extent of territory, 

 ranging from an elevation of 700 feet in the hills about Los 

 Gatos to the summit of the Santa Cruz mountains. No type 

 locality is given except "common at and about San Francisco, 

 extending southward to Monterey." 



DoDECATHEON Hendersoni Gray, Bot. Gaz. 11: 233. 1886. 



Dodecatheon latifolhim (Hook.) Piper, Cont. U. S. Nat. 

 Herb. 11: 446. 1906. 



No. 8430, collected April 6, on Guadalupe creek above the 

 Guadalupe mine, Santa Clara county, elevation about 600 feet, 

 plentiful on moist grassy banks near trees and shrubs. The five 

 petals vary from pale pink to deep rose, and from narrow to 

 rather wide. The leaves are thinner than those of D. crMciatum, 



