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4. S. Dovetast DC. Ray-flowers elon- 
gated; leaves linear or pinnately parted into 
linear segments.—2f. Contra Costa hills. 
Summer. 
5. S.vunearis L. Rays 0.—©. Waste 
grounds. All the year round. Weed intro- 
duced from Europe. 
Tribe VITI. Evuparoriacea. 
Style branches club-shaped. Aiqualis. 
59. Bulbostylis DO. (Brickellia Ell.) 
Scales of involucre imbricate, 2-3-seriate. 
Receptacle flat, naked. Margin of the tubular 
corolla minutely 5-dentate. Style bulbous at 
base. Akenes 10-striate; pappus oo-seriate, 
bristly, scabrous. Leaves opposite. 
1. B. Catirornica Gray. Suffrutescent; 
flowers pale.—2¢. Niles Station. Summer. 
Tribe IX. CyNnaRrorpEm. 
Style branches concreted. Corolla deeply 
5-cleft. Receptacle bristly. 
60. Cnicus L. THISTLE. 
Aiqualis. Scales of the involucre o-seriate, 
imbricate, ending in a spine. Pappus decidu- 
ous, w-seriate; bristles plumose, connected at 
their base into a ring. Filaments syngenetic. 
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