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5076. Marah macrocarpus 5077. Marah dal 
7. Marah fabaceus (Naudin) Greene. California or Valley Man-root. Fig. 5079. 
Megarrhiza californica Torr. Pacif. R. Rep. 6 1858. oper nudum) 
Echinocystis fabacea Naudin, bp n. Sci. Nat. y i 154. pl. 9. 1859. 
_ garrhiza californica Torr. ex S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 11: 138. 1876. 
arah fa ware Greene, ea Bot. Obs. 2: 36. 1910. 
Stems reaching several meters in er nearly glabrous to densely scabrous, pe Le mph 
nsely beset with soft septate hairs wh io) more or — — - ages cept about 
1 18 as broa 
wi ith s ell as vary, the beak also 
sisting 4 ruptly ee the ovary ; fruit globose, with stout, stiff, usually pubescent spines 6-12 
in lengtii; seeds oblong-ovoid, bordered lengthwise with a shallow groove or line, somewhat 
flattened at one rath 
Slopes and washes, Upper Sonoran Zone; Outer Coast Ranges from Northern Sonoma County to Santa Bar 
bara County, California; ae eported from the aged Islands. Type locality: cael ae Rawson plants caltivated 
t Paris, the material presumably collected from the San Francisco Bay region. Feb.— 
arah fabaceus var. agréstis (Greene) aa Madrofio 13: 130. 1955. ps lee fabaceus var. 
penal Greene, Fl. Fran. 236. ea Echinocystis fabaceus var. agrestis co Zoe 5: 133. 1901.) Leaves 
as in the species, mostly ara a 5 cm. broad; Gowers greenish; fruit 1.5—2. broad, globose, a spines slender 
and pci henge Eg mm. oe. osble “1-4 gy td usually 2. toes slopes a Inner Coast Ran and the adja- 
cent valley from Glenn County to San Luis Obispo County and aponreees less common in the Sie > ae a foot- 
ol from oe. County to Fresno County, and also on the coastal slopes in Santa Barbara County; Caio. 
Ie at mature fruit not setpeniele t from the species. Type locality: “‘grain field of the valley of the San 
pani 
