SUNFLOWER FAMILY 159 
peel douglasii Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 396. 
Layia chrysanthemoides A. als 
Layia calliglossa var. ss ee A. Gray, Bot. ait, 1: 370. 1876. 
Blepharipappus douglasit var. alidechadte Greene, Man. Bay x .201. 1894, 
Ste mbosely branched, 1-4 dm. high. Leaves ee se 8 otherwise smooth, the 
basal prmak Saree a lin ear or cian blunt Shes, sai: e 6-11 mm. high; ligules yellow 
with white lobes, 7-15 mm. long, Bd wide; disk- flow. rs 30-100, the corolla 3-5 —_ — 
ray-achenes 2.7-3.9 see, long, st ron esp compr: res sed, sia nae e: peppy 2.54 m 
densely strigose, sometimes lacking pubescence and pappus ; pappus 9-17 tawny, old nae 
scabrous awns, t "s sete ones 1.5-3.5 mm. long, the Jekerveditet pba usually shorter or even 
reduced to rudim 
Moist heavy rat vn valley floors, +a per ee pay Zone; Mendocino and Glenn Counties to Monterey County, 
California. Type locality: Fine leagg 2 aba 
Layia chrysanthemoides su tima Ke ti Aliso 4: 108. 19 rostrate, even the central 
sudan horizontal; leaves saceuent or ssc with broad rounded Pe ig ‘ion. “of phyllaries ag rounded; 
late-flowering. Rare; on the oe coast of Mendocino and Sonoma Counties, California. Type ity: sou uth 
of Jenner, Sonoma County. 
2. Layia fremontii (Torr. & Gray) A. Gray. Fremont’s Layia. Fig. 5238. 
Daemons ip ee, ih bf oe Bost. oe Nat. Hist. 5: 110. 1845. 
Layia frem A. Gra r, Acad. II. 4: 103. 1849 
pdb teetin Potosi ro "Pittonia od 246. 1892. 
Stem 1-4 dm. high. Leaves scabrous or short-hispid, not re -_ viscid, ny basal pinnately parted; 
involucre 6-11 mm. high; ligules yellow, the outer half white, 9-18 mm. long, 7-12 mm. wide; 
disk-flowers 40-100, the corolla 3.6-5.3 mm. by Foams ray-achen s 2.5-3 1 mm. long, ical com- 
pressed, glabrous ; disk-achenes 2-3.5 mm. long, densely s serixeee and with a row of long capillary 
hairs on the areola ; pappus of 10 tawny, gio ovate-lanceolate paleae with attenuate tips, 2-4.5 
mm. = 
Gra s, Upper Sonoran Zone; Great Valley ker apes om, Tehama County to Tulare County, 
California. soon locality : California. Collected by Frem rch—May 
3. Layia leucopappa Keck. Comanche Layia. Fig. 5239. 
Layia leucopappa Keck, Madrofio 3: 17. 1935. 
Stem branched from base upwa ie to 5 dm. high; herbage more or less <a gh assis 
iegid dane-cohire. villous on upper surface, viscidulous = with scattered black glan 
pinnately toot thed or lobed, the nuiineace stly entire; involucre 6-9 mm, high, the Scacts ce itiate 
short-h and lack-glandular on the back, the infolded se lanuginous-ciliate ; ligules white, 
8-12 mm. meee ory mm. “tort “ae geet a 50-100, the corolla 3.7-5.2 mm. long ; fcueehence 
isk-ac SZ: long, densely white-sericeous and with a row of long 
2.5-2.9 m aes at <a hen 
ony nce haics on tks areola ; pate of 1 10(- 13) bright, nahiae: lanceolate, acuminate paleae 2-3.5 
m. lon. 
rating colonies on moist benches, Upper Sonoran Zone; very local at the head of the San Joaquin Valley, 
Kern County, California. Tone locality: Comanche Point. March-April. 
