290 COMPOSITAE 
42. Haplopappus parishii (Greene) Blake. Parish’s Ericameria. Fig. 5487. 
Bigelovia parishit Greene, Bull. Linch gg Club 9: 62. 1882. 
Aster parishii Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 318. 1891. 
Chrysoma parishii Greene, Kiyibes 3: as 1895. 
Ericameria parishii H. M. Hall, Univ. Calif. Pub. Bot. 3: 55. 1907. 
Haplopappus parishii Blake, Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 23: qe 1926. 
Erect aoe 2-5 m. high, glabrous, resinous, densely glandular-punctate, the stems trunk-like 
t base, very leafy above. Leaves linear-o blanceo late to lance- se ptic, tapering to base, acute 
use, 2-6 cm. 1 2-fl 
or , 2-6 cm. long, 3-10 mm. wide, flat, coriaceous; heads , 9-12- ered, in com- 
pact rounded cymes, the short pedun cles bracteate with small ‘scales Fovokigte turbinate, abo 
mm. high ; phy aries 4-seriate, lanceolate | to lance-oblong, a to ac uminate, whitish, _ 
fra 
Outwash fans and dry hillsides in chaparral, not common, Upper Sonoran Zone; south slopes of San Gabriel 
_ Beco ve, pera bag teers = California, eat to Lower California. Type loc ality: Waterman Canyon, San 
ernardino Mou 
43. Haplopappus cuneatus A. Gray. Cuneate-leaved Ericameria. Fig. 5488. 
eres oe A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 8: 635. 1873. 
Bigelovia spathulat sa ig op. cit. 11: 74. 1876. 
Aster cuneatus Kentes , Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 317. 1891. 
Bricomeria eaten oty MeCiatee, Erythea 2: 124. 1894. 
Chrysoma Gre bead 
pence ae snide sthalite Priest ie oc, 
Chrysoma merriami Eastw. Bull. Torrey Clab bed 215: 
Ericameria cuneata (var.) ébatlodaia £L. M. Hall, Univ. ati Pub. Bot. 3: 52. 1907. 
Haplopappus cuneatus spathulatus Blake, ie U. S. Nat. Herb. 23: 1489. 
Low eggs ob epiatt -5(-12) dm. high, much branched, glabrous, balsamic-resinous, glan du- 
lar-punctate. Leaves crowded, deep green, cuneate to suborbicular- obovate, entire, often undulate, 
so at the obtuse or broadly rounded or often retuse apex, -< g, 3-1 0 mm. wide, 
coriace eads actly c pane: involucre turbinate, 5-7 mm. hi gh; siesthisies igakciase, 
regularly ‘imbricate, Tihear- oblong to lance-ovate, the costa gla ndular-thickened above, the outer 
passing into minute, ovate, thick scales of the p ily ray-flor 1-5 (in northern Sierra 
evada) o} Yate wanting; disk-florets 16-28; rae henes densely pt edey -pilose. 
iffs and rocky slopes, Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition Zones; both slopes of the Sierra Nevada from 
Plumas County to Tular : oe ty and ranges toil the Mojave ona Colorado Deserts from southern Rec nog 
County to Ventura and ‘Seg Diego Counties, and eastern San Luis Obis —s County: to the San cone ky Mou 
ne to Nevada, Arizona, and Lower California. Type locality: 
Annual herb from a taproot. Stem erect, cymose-paniculately branching above, the 
heads terminating the branchiets. Herbage heavy-se scented from a harsh glandular pubes- 
cence. Leaves essentially entire, prominently reticulate-veiny. Flowers yellow, tinged wit 
red. Involucre cylindroturbinate, 5—6-seriate, the phyllaries 35-50, corneous, linear-attenu- 
ate, glandular-atomiferous, the spreading or recurved tips of the outer ones bearing a 
prominent gland. Ray-florets fertile, 5-14, the irate Oe ng Mendy circinate, the achene 
3-angled: disk-florets sterile, 9-25, the corolla constricted at base of throat, its style- 
abst ecualing the achenes. he: for San Benito County, California, where it occurs. 
A monotypic genus of California. 
1. Benitoa occidentalis (H. M. Hall) Keck. Benitoa. Fig. 5489. 
ol Inst. Publ. No. 389: 214. 1928. 
Dentist seribanselie Keck, iis’ Wik Bot 
Pa guy a 
lan 
—_ a. rast rlandular pubescence, the leaves often additionally ahewhat fear hirsute, sien 
on anthocyan bas wien mature. Leaves linear-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, narrow wed to 
a + clasp base, ane cm. oak. 6-15 sats wide, becoming bract-like and apiculate in upper half of 
eels ee olucre 8-10 mm. high, 3-5 mm. wide ; ray-achenes olive, brown-maculate, finely sericeous, 
Hot, Fay. exposed, serpentine eae Upper Sonoran Zone; Diablo Range in San Bena, Monterey, and 
, California. Type locality: east side of Parkfield Grade, Fresno County. June—Nov 
* Text contributed by David Daniels Keck. 
