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THE SAND STEAND FLORA 



a dense feltlike tomentum; ujDper surface green, and tomentum of stems 

 deciduous; flowers yellow. 



Coastal sands and sea cliffs in California. 



Franseria bipinnatifida Nutt. 



Perennial branching herb, with procumbent stems, 6 — 10 dm. long, 

 somewhat hirsute; leaves twice or thrice pinnately parted into obloug 

 lobes, canescent. 



Common on sandy shores in California. 



Fig. 14. Dune covered with Franseria couuuunity, at San Francisco. 



PHOTOGRAPH BY THE AUTHOR. 



F. Chamissonis Less. 



Perennial branching herb, woody at base, stems procumbent, 6 — 10 

 dm. long, hirsute; leaves narrow-ovate, with cuneate base, serrate or 

 the lower laciniate. 



Coastal sands of California; not so common as foregoing species. 



Gnaplialium chilense Spreng. 

 Annual or biennial, with several stems, erect from a decumbent 

 base, stout, 15 — 75 cm. high, densely clothed with leaves, narrowly 

 spatulate, the short decurrent bases broad; herbage woolly. 



