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Dried beds of vernal pools and dry open places, Arid bp icay ae Sonoran Zones; eastern rat 
sitaieade Idaho, and eastern Oregon south in the valleys eh the Inner Coast Ranges and the cou s of the 
Sacramento and lower San Siiceor vad Valleys, California; also dg ad ‘an of occurring locally in Santa neaae and 
San Diego Counties and i n Lower California. Toei ocality: In inundated places ‘‘near the Sn 
[Columbia River] one outlet ‘of tie Wahlamet [Willamette 5 Soa: ree robably collected in eastern Ore 
according to Cronquist (Research Stud. St. Coll. Wash. 18: 85. fy pai 
4 ‘Psilocarphus tenéllus Nutt. et contigs -heads. Fig. 5866. 
18 
Psil Nutt. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. II. 7: 34 
Slender, Puke branched, puch floccose- a annual at first often — soon diffusely 
spreadin ot mats 5-30 cm. wide, the filiform sntesnages usually lon r than the leav ves. 
Leaves pol Se Wai oblanceolate, or ahs or som metimes nearly li : mak long 
wide, eee apeiatc, _sradually narrowed ” hedds Be solitary in th 
gs 
lon umpbacked, rather thinly woolly chiefly above, produced on inner 
below rn fem top into an ovate, horizontal, la ynen scarious appendage about . long; 
hermaphrodite Sacre 5-6 usually reddish above ; achenes obovoid- ee 0. 6-1. 2 _. long. 
Dried beds of vernal pools and dry open Fae aces, gyri <8 ao Zon in is d locali- 
ties, Vancouver I Pte a Br oe Columbia, ashingt Ore and w oe Tdahe ber geen ben in 
poe Maley Oregon and the Coast Ranges be! Caters dates Catalina Island) and northern Lower Cali- 
Cato also abu iat a ee n the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, California. Type locality: near Santa Barbara, 
ali rte Ma 
ocarphus eaaifns var. ténuis (Eastw.) Cronquist, Research Stud. St. Coll. Wash. 18; 88. 1950, 
(Poilocarphs ses 7 ion Bot. Gaz. 41: 292. ed iffers from P, gers iagh var. tenellus in having the in- 
volucrating | a less extent those of the s aga 2 sy cil si Peake adly oblon 
racts aver aging’. saaller chan the name-bearing varie Be: 
ng; ieee | 
5863. Psilocarphus brevissimus 5865. Psilocarphus oregonus 
5864. Psilocarphus elatior 5866. Psilocarphus tenellus 
