416 ERICACEAE akcxostaphylos 



bracts: corolla rose-color, 2-3 lines long: filaments sparingly hairy: ovary 

 glabrous : fruit not seen. On bottom lands along Smith river at Gasque 

 Del Norte Co., California: no doubt in adjacent Oregon. 



A. intricata. Stem erect, 3-6 feet high with very dark-colored bark, 

 irregularly and intricately branched, the branchlets tomentose and gland- 

 ular : leaves oblong to ovate, acute and cuspidate, usually abruptly con- 

 tracted below to a short glandular-hispid petiole, bright green, minutely 

 tomentose, the margins ciliate : bracts acuminate-ovate with a broad base, 

 hispid-ciliate, somewhat foliaceous : pedicels very short, glandular : corolla 

 bright rose-color, about 3 lines long : filaments loosely hairy : ovary dense- 

 ly tomentose : fruit not seen. On stony hillsides near Smith river west of 

 Gasque, Del Norte Co.. California; no doubt in adjacent Oregon. 



A. cinerea. Erect, 3-6 feet high, densely branched from the base, 

 with rather light-colored bark and cinereous branchlets : leaves oblong or 

 obovate, obtuse or acutish to acute, cuspidate, whitish-green, tapering be- 

 low to a stout flat cinereous petiole, smooth : bracts not foliaceous, acu- 

 minate-lanceolate with a broad base, minutely cinereous ; pedicels longer 

 than the bracts, minutely tomentose : corolla dark rose-color to nearly 

 white : filaments densely hairy : ovary hairy at the top : fruit globose, flat- 

 tened at each end : some of the nutlets coalescent. Rocky hillsides along 

 the eastern base of the Coast Mountains near Waldo, Oregon, 



* * * Erect shrubs or low trees: leaves 1-3 inches long: flowers 3-4 

 lines long, on short clustered" racemes : drupes obcompressed-globose : 

 some of the nutlets coalescent. 



A. oblongifolia. Densely branching from the base, with reddish- 

 brown bark and cinereous branchlets, 4-6 feet high : leaves oblong or the 

 lowest obovate, obtuse, cuspidate, usually abruptly contracted below to a 

 rather long round petiole, whitish-green, smooth : bracts somewhat folia- 

 ceous, acuminate-lanceolate with a broad base, minutely pubescent: pedi- 

 cels longer than the bracts, minutely pubescent and sparingly glandular: 

 corolla white tinged with red : filaments very sparingly if at all hairy : 

 ovary pubescent at the top. Rocky hillsides, eastern base of the Coast 

 Mountains near Waldo, Oregon. 



A. parvifolia. Stems branching from the base, with light reddish bark 

 and minutely white-tomentose branchlets : leaves small, oblong or cuneate- 

 oblong, obtuse or acutish, minutely cuspidate, whitish-green, on flattish 

 petioles : bracts triangular, short-acuminate, minutely pubescent : pedicels 

 not longer than the lower bracts, minutely pubescent : filaments sparingly 

 hairy: ovary glabrous. On the high hills near Andersons, Josephine Co., 

 Oregon. 



A. pulchella. Arborescent, 6-12 feet high, branching from the base, 

 with dark-colored bark and minutely pubescent branchlets : leaves obovate 

 to oblong, obtuse, obscurely mucronate, smooth, cinereous-green : bracts 

 acuminate-ovate with a very broad base, minutely pubescent : pedicels 

 much longer than the bracts, sparingly glandular : filaments slightly hairy : 

 ovary glabrous. On the mountains of Josephine Co., Oregon. 



A. viscida Parry Proc. Cal. Acad, ii, 496. Arborescent, intricately 

 branched from the base, with dark colored bark and glabrous branchlets : 

 leaves orbicular to ovate or oblong, acutish to rounded at the apex, with 

 or without a small cusp, ashy-green and glabrous : bracts broadly triangu- 

 lar, shortly acuminate : pedicels much longer than the bracts, densely 

 viscid-glandular : filaments densely hairy : ovary glabrous. Common in 

 Josephine and Jackson Counties, Oregon, and adjacent California. 



A. Manzanita Parry 1. c. ? Arborescent, 6-10 feet liigh, with reddish 

 brown bark and the young branchlets black-glandular: leaves ovate tq 



