SUNFLOWER FAMILY 249 
Herb 8-20 cm. high, Les rather succulent stems diffusely branched from ve base and above, 
rarely simple, glabrous except for scattered hairs on the peduncles and base of the involucre and 
tips of the phyllaries. Lower leaves 3-5.5 cm. long, pinnately parted into 8-10 short ried the 
pper much s er, with 3-6 shor r mm, lo re i with 
ddish brown , curved o i 
achenes are shed; ray-flowers rounded at apex, purplish brown on outer face, yellow within ; disk- 
i henes 
Wet places on hill slopes a in cultivated fields and vernal pools, Upper Sonoran Zone; Mendo 
Lake Counties, California, to San Luis Obispo County, — Butte and Glenn Counties south ra Tulare Coma; 
less common in southern wer aaa os where it occurs in aes and San Diego ponies. Type locality: 
“North-West coast of Am ”” proba nes San Francisco or ine rey. Collected by re es. Feb.—April. 
Blennosperma r. robistum J. T. How ef, Le oie West. Bot. 5: 10 ibe 8. Leaves as in 
B. nanum var. nanum Dae, sini seals ucre 7 mm. sie the tet ovate- rubetes achenes 3-4.5 mm. 
long, some achenes wi ak the oe illate coat. Sandy soil, Point Reyes peninsula, Marin County, California. 
Type locality: McClure Beach, Marin County 
2. Blennosperma bakeri Heiser. Baker’s Blennosperma. Fig. 5410. 
Blennosperma bakeri Heiser, Madrofo 9: 103, 1947. 
Rather succulent herbs up to 30 cm. high, haber om the base and mre ng gecn spi 
for scattered hairs on the peduncles fs bases of the involucres. Lower leaves 10-15 c : 
linear, entire or 2-3-lobed with linear lobes ee m. lo Naess the upper leaves shorter, 3-5- lobed he 
lobes about 1 mm. wide; involucre 8-9 mm. long, the free phyllaries 6-8 mm. long, reddish brown 
at the tip, scarcely spreading after achenes are ney stigmas of ray- tag red: ee 3-4 m 
long, 4—-6-angled. 
Tn met pools, Upper Sonoran Zone; known only from the type locality. Type locality: Sonoma, Sonoma 
County, California. March-April. 
. Amblyopappus ee 5410. Blennosperma bakeri 
5409. Blennosperma nani 5411. Pectis papposa 
