214 COMPOSITAE 
1, Baeria macrantha (A. Gray) Je Gray. Perennial Baeria. Fig. 5348. 
Burrielia chrysostoma var. macrantha A, Gray in Torr. cif. R. Rep. 4: 106. 1857. 
Baeria chrysostoma var. macrantha A. Gray, Proc. — PR 9: 196. 1874. 
Baeria macr ray, op. cit. 19: 21. 1883. 
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Lasthenia macrantha Greene, Man. Bay Reg. 205. 
Baeria macrantha var. littoralis Jepson, Man. FI. on yoann 1112. 1925. (Nomen confusum) 
singe often subcespitose, the stems erect or ascending, leafy below, simple or branched, 
12-40 c high, more or less pubescent with ascending or appressed hairs, arising from a stout 
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form 16-19 mm. ich. ellip it ie e at apex; achenes 3 mm. long, clavate, somewhat flat- 
tened, surface papeiaks sate: min in pe fioinitedt hairs, the outer cellular coat coals separating 
from the black inner surface, ents y epappose or wi ith 1-3 brownish awns broadened at the 
base fos nearly oe long as t the disk-corollas 
es, mostly in sand, Humid Transition Zone; limited to southern Sonoma County and Marin 
Gouiey, ong peaches: Type locality: Point Reyes, Marin Cou unty. Collected by Bigelow. —e. Ee une. 
Baeria macrantha var. thalasséphila J. T. Howell, Leaflets West. Bot. 5: 108. ton plants spreading 
underground stems, the stems above the surface short and leafy, the leaves 3- ra cg 71048) mm. 
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Type Beet h ocean bluffs at Dillons Beach, Marin County. pestis he freely with B. macrantha var. pauciaris- 
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Bae ria macrantha var. pauciaristata A. ae Proc r, Acad. 19: 21. 1883. Plants more or less Mage sented 
from heveinlal roots, Pam stems ascending, 10—20 c Ha leaty at aed base, ee leaves on the upper stems short 
than the internodes, mostly rounded at the apex, febbaeenae » n B. macrantha var. macrantha; rays about saa 
ing t ie ehy lave in Tenth we sap che shorter, scarcely emarginate; cchened a in the preceding taxa, the pappus 
of 1,2, or 3 awns the sometimes very short. Bluffs or coastal terraces, Curry County, Oregon, 
south to Sono oma Cont : rie oraias Intergrading with var. thalassophila and also with B. bakers The speci- 
mens from Curry County often are linear-leaved. Type localit ty: Sa aidealins County, California. Collected by 
Bolander and iby Prin gle. 
The tax. macrantha, B. bakeri, B. chrysostoma subsp. hirsutula, ion B. chrysostoma subsp. chrysostoma 
occur on the coastal s p from Curry County, Oregon, to San Luis Obis eComty and the Channel Islands, 
California. These highly variable Moe are Saas related morphologically, all havin to ~ greater or lesser degree 
ag Beane saceneaer marginal, ciliate hairs at least eo the Jee eed baad as well + the & 
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1-5 pale brownish awns slightly isin ete at the he The ph sina aaa are subclavate in outline and somewhat com- 
pressed, glabrous or more or less covered with yellowish, selnted papillae. Occasional individuals also are found 
rio seen to be hybrids b hg sy oe another of the preceding taxa and the maritime representatives of B. minor 
2. Baeria bakeri J. T. Howell. Baker’s Baeria. Fig. 5349, 
Beers sale T. Howell, sans s West. Bot. ue ‘ 1932. 
. bakeri Keck, A Mek 4:1 1958. 
Erect perennial from ecaies oe roots, stems erect, solitary or sometimes 2, some 
— Pek 5-40 c ig ore or less pu ubescent with as ecnding or appressed hairs. Hasel 
leaves 6-10 c . long, tin they (ne Glial nore teed usually not persisting; stem-leaves con- 
ae F the irae as long as or longer than the basal but reduced in length above, linear, acute at 
apex, up to 2 m ide, nearly glabrous except for ginal cilia; heads solitary on peduncl 
6-15 ng; involucre hemispheric, the phyllaries thin, mm. long, ovate or elliptic, pubes- 
cent, carinate in age; rays g, elliptic, usually emarginate ex; z 
flowe 5 mm. long; receptacle about 3 m m. high, conic, muricate; achen mm. 
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narrowly su beta lavate, somewhat oie hsesaee ‘more or Pies scabrous with minute, yellowish, pointed 
hairs ; pappus lacking or of 1 or 2 short 
ool — ssy poe and swales in ecaase: « ors aks reas adjacent to the ocean, Humid Transition Zone; 
Mendoci nd Sonoma Counties, California. Type loc oe 6 miles south of Point Arena, Mendocino County. 
lnterpradine with = ee crantha the pot lt peta fheseh of different growth habit, showing to some degree 
characteristics of B. bakeri, such as narrow leaves or a tendency toward thickened clustered roots, 
3. Baeria chryséstoma Fisch. & Mey. Coast Goldfields. Fig. 5350. 
Baeria chrysostoma Fisch. & Mey. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 2: se Poh oa 1836. 
Baeria gracilis var. aristosa A. Git. Proc. Amer. Acad. 19: 21. 
Baeria aristosa Howell, Fl. N.W. Amer. 354. 190 0. 
na mir slender, singe reddish-stemmed annual het 5 dm. high, branching from the base 
and above, the bran ascending and rather sparsel ay arse 0 ape eading and appressed 
Sens more dena - S belie the heads ves plein 1.5)2: , l- : 
inear, acute a pex, sparsely hirsute and hir ute-ciliat hae acatne at the ightly 
hiboteeg clasping base: heads solita n the branches, the peduncles 3-10 cm. lo involucres 
y hemispheric ; phyllaries 8-12, ovate-lanceolate or oblong-ovate, 5-9 mm. ong, rather 
thin, midvein not 9: eae t hat phyllaries carinate below in age, more or less hirsute; receptacle 
mm. high, conical, wl he is ee -10 mm. lon , rather narrowl blon sometimes 
roddieh:scined : ‘ak aces 2-2.5 mm. : * “ and 
