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Cryptanthp: leiocarpa (F. & M.) Greene, Pittonia 1: 117. 

 1887. 

 Echinospernmm leiocarpum F. & M. Ind. Seni. Hort. I'ctrop. 



3:36. 1835. 

 Ktynitzkia leiocarpa P\ & M. lud. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 2: 



52. 1841. 

 No. 8493, collected May i, on the sand hills several miles 

 beyond Castroville, Monterey connty, elevation perhaps 200 feet 

 along the Monterey branch of the railroad, where it is common. 

 The type was grown from seed collected at Fort Ross, Sonoma 

 county. 



Cryptanthr pumila Heller, Miihlenbergia 2: 242. 1906. 



No. 8588, collected May 30, near Smith Creek, Santa Claia 

 county, elevation 2150 feet, on a wooded slope among shrubs in 

 rich loose soil. The same thing, in part, at least, is my no. 7458, 

 distributed as C. Torreyana^ from the hills west of Los Gatos, 

 growing under similar conditions, the elevation about 1500 feet. 

 Mrs. Brandegee considers this a mere state of C. leiocarpa, 

 but two plants differing so in habitat and appearance cannot 

 possibly be the same. 



Cynoglossum GRANDE Dougl.; Lchm. Pug. "ix 25. 1830. 



No. 8428, collected March 10, on the hills west of Los 

 Gatos, Santa Clara county, elevation 900 feet, growing on the 

 edges of thickets. It ranges from Monterey northward in the 

 coast region. The type was collected by Douglas "in shady 

 woods, N. W. coast." 



LAMP ACE AE Lindl. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2, 275. 1836. 

 ACANTHOMINTHA LANCKOLATA Curran, Bull. Cal. Acad. 1: 13. 

 1884. 

 No. 8605, collected May 31, on Mt. Hamilton, Santa Clara 

 county, at Aquarius Spring, elevation 3850 feet, on steep grav- 

 elly slopes. The leaves of these specimens are more ovate than 

 lanceolate, and the flowers very slightlv pink tinged, not "ro-^e 



