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subglobose. Flowers large, twice the length of the involucre, flesh-colored, external lobes orbic- 
ular-obcordate, the others obovate-linear and acute. Paleole glanduloso-pubescent, slender, 
with more or less truncate denticulate red tips equalling the involucre. Same locality as the above. 
ERIOGONUM NEDICAULE? Torr. ined. Tejon valley ; 1 September. 
ERIOGONUM NUDUM Dougl. in Hook Fl. Bor. Amer., vol. 2, p. 135. Posé creek ; September. 
ERIOGONUM INFLATUM, Torr. in Fremont's 2d ME Tejon valley ; August. 
EUPHORBIACEZE, 
EUPHORBIA OCELLATA, nova species. Herba ceespitosa depresso-ascendens glabra, fronde ccm- 
planata, nodis tumentibus. Folia opposita oblique arcuateque cordato-ovata unaque cum 
petiolis plus minus 3 lin. longa, tertiam fere internodiorum partem »quantia, costa mediana 
superne sulcata inferne in nervum producta. Stipule filiformes. Involucra circa 1 lin, longa, 
pedicellis longiora ovoidea quinque-costata, quinque-dentata, dentibus laciniatis ochroleucis et 
alternantibus cum totidem glandulis margine annulari apothecia simulantibus, plerumque 
ochroleucis sed in capitulis junioribus nonnunquam purpureis. Capsule haud carinatee, 
Stem cespitose, depressed, ascending, glabrous; foliage flat and two-ranked, nodes enlarged. 
Leaves opposite, about 3 lines long including the very short petiole, scarcely one-third the length 
of the internodes, the exterior half of the leaf obliquely ovate, the other half acuminately- 
cordate. The middle rib arched, furrowed on the upper surface and prominent on the back. 
Stipules filiform. Involucre ovoid, 5-ribbed, about 1 line long, with shorter pedicels. Segments 
5, with laciniate ochroleucous tips alternating with as many stipitate flat glands, with an 
annular margin, and resembling an apothecium, generally ochroleucous, but sometimes purple 
in the younger involucres. Capsules not carinate. Pose creek; August. 
EREMOCARPUS SETIGERUS, Benth. Croton setigerum. Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. Vol. 2, p. 114. 
Posé creek ; August. ۱ 
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ÖFBERUB, “ER Several forms, apparently of the same species, scarcely sufficiently 
advanced. Posé creek and Tulare valley ; August. 
GRAMINE. 
LEPTOCHLOA FASCICULARIS, Smooth. Festuca fascicularis, Mich. Posé creek ; August. 
Bryzopyrum Dovatast, Hook. Pose creek ; September. 
Eragrostis * * * * * Tulare valley ; September. 
ELymus * * * * * Leaves rigid, glaucous, so completely revolute as to appear tubular, 
subulate subspinescent. Sheaths striate glabrous. Spikes elongated, slender, erect, subinter- 
rupted. Spikelets few flowered smoothish. Pales with short and stiff awns. Tulare valley; 
September. ei i 
PHRAGMITES COMMUNIS, Triun. Arundo phragmites, Linn. The pm from which the Indians 
extract their sugar. Tejon valley ; September. 
PANICUM CAPILLARE, Linn. Two states of inflorescence, one young, the other far advanced 
with divaricately branching panicles, nearly 14 foot long. . Posé creek ; | August and September. 
Panicum CRUS-GALLI, Linn. Tulare valley ; September. a DURA ND. 
T. C. HILGARD, M.D. 
PHILADELPHIA, 1854. 
