312 ' Ahililcnbergia, Volnnic 2' 



Phacelia DivARTCATA(Benth.) Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 1<): 325. 

 1875. _ - - ■ 



Eiitoca divaricata Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. 17; 278. 1837. 



No. 8429, collected March 30, in an orchard in the hills 

 west of Los Gatos, Santa Clara county, elevation about 800 feet. 

 Although said by Jepson to be "common on open hillsides in 

 the Coast Range of middle California," this is my first collection 

 of the plant. It is not plentiful at the station recorded above,, 

 and may disappear when the orchard is again. cultivated, For 

 a detailed account of the plant see Muhlcnbergia 3: 71. 



Phacelia leptostachya Greene, Erythea 2: 190. 1894. 



No, 8466a, collected April 25, on the western end of the 

 San Bruno hills, San MaLeo county, elevation 600 feet, growing 

 about granite-rocks among other plants. Our plant is not typi- 

 cal, as the racemes are terminal rather than "placed at intervals 

 up and down the whole plant, and the corolla is rather large, 

 well exserted from the calyx. It is probably tl;e form recorded 

 at the end of the description as "common on sandy or rocky hills 

 at San Francisco." The type was collected at Alameda, where 

 it was "abundant in sandy soil, under oak trees, and even along 

 the less frequented and newer streets." 



No. 8488, collected April 27, back of Ahim Rock Park, 

 Santa Clara county, elevation 600 feet, on the creek bank about 

 rocks in moist shaded places. This form is perhaps more nearly 

 typical than no. 8466a, having shorter corollas. Jepson has 

 omitted this species from his flora, perhaps considering it the 

 same as P. distans. 



Phacelia nemoralis Greene, Pittonia 1: 141. 1887. 

 '-■" No. 8586, collected May 30 at Smith Creek, Santa Clara 

 county, elevation 2150 feet, on a wooded bank in richjoose soil 

 about shrubs. This departs from the type in having more or 

 less compound leaves, the stinging hairs less numerous, and the 

 flowers apparently larger. Perhaps distinct. 



