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2. E. confertiflorum (DC), Gray. Smaller, 1—2 ft. high; leaves 

 on the flowering branches reduced and scattered, membranaceous, hoary- 

 tomentose on both faces, ternately 3 — 7 parted into linear divisions; heads 

 2 lines high, short-peduncled or sessile in a dense terminal cluster: 

 involucre obovoid-oblong, of broadly oval brads: rays 4 or 5: paleae of 

 the pappus 8 — 14. Var. discoideuin. More condensed and leafy; heads 

 broader, with more numerous flowers, but no rays. — Very common on all 

 hills; the variety in Sonoma Co. June — Dec. 



3. E. Jepsonii, Greene. Suffruticose, 2 ft. high; stem white with 

 pannose tomentum; leaves hoary on both faces, pinnately divided- into 

 5 — 7 narrowly linear revolute segments: inflorescence loosely cymose- 

 corymbose, the peduncled heads 3 — 4 lines high, and, with 6 — 8 oblong 

 rays expanded, 1 in. broad: bracts of involucre 6 — 8, coriaceous, ovate: 

 achenes with a few short hispidulous hairs, and 2 unequal sets of pappus- 

 palese, those of the inner circle exceeding the others. — Mountains of 

 Alameda Co., south of Livermore, Jepson. May. 



* * More herbaceous; heads large, solitary or scattered. 



4. E. arachiioidemii (F. & L.). Loosely branching from a decum- 

 bent base, 1—2 ft. high, clothed with long floccose wool: leaves broad, 

 from rhombic or cuneate in outline to oblong-lanceolate, thinnish, 3—5- 

 lobed or -incised, the lobes or coarse teeth triangular or oblong: involu- 

 cre hemispherical, 3 — 4 lines high: rays 10—13, large; disk-corollas with 

 very glandular-hirsute tube: achenes short, thickish: pappus-paleae 

 short. — In the redwood districts of Marin Co., etc. June— Oct. 



5. E. achillseoides (DC). Leaves mostly basal, opposite, pinnately 

 parted into 3 — 5 divisions, these incised or pinnatifld: heads somewhat 

 corymbosely collected and short-peduncled; involucres hemispherical, the 

 bracts and rays 9 — 13. — Hills of Napa, Sonoma and Marin counties and 

 northward. June— Sept. 



55. JAUMEA, Persoon. Procumbent very succulent perennial herb 

 with opposite subterete leaves and solitary terminal short-peduncled 

 heads. Involucre campanulate, the outer bracts shorter. Corollas gla- 

 brous. Style-branches papillose or hairy. Achenes 10-nerved. Pappus 0. 



1. J. carnosa(Less.), Gray. — Common denizen of sandy salt marshes, 

 associated with Salicornia; flowering during summer and autumn. 



Suborder 8, Anthbmidb*. 



Mostly aromatic-scented plants, with a very bitter juice. Leaves often 

 much dissected. Bracts, of involucre imbricated, more or less scarious. 

 Receptacle either naked or chaffy. Anthers not caudate. Style-branches 

 of perfect flovvers truncate, sometimes penicillate. Achenes small and 

 short, with no pappus, or a paleaceous crown. 



