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3. Malacothrix foliédsa A. Gray. Leafy Malacothrix. Fig. 5997. 
Malacothrix foliosa A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. ed. 2. 17: 455. 1886. 
Glabrous annuals, the rather slender stems often purplish, erect, 1.5-3.5 dm. high, leafy 
throughout, usually simple below ip Dp rses branched above, rarely with r 3 branches 
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late bracts, 2 or 3 of these sometimes about one-half at’ length . the inner phyllaries; ligules 
bright yellow, surpassing the inner ohyllaries ne 2. —-3 m achenes 1.2-1.3 mm. long, o obscure ely 
angular, 12-15-ribbed or striate, “ce ibs cele of ‘equal width, aie on the angles not noticeably 
larger; pappus-bristles all deciduous. 
Hillsides and t es, Upp ae Zone; Santa Barbara, San Clemente, and Coronados Islands off the 
coast = southern California oat "hort thern Lewer California. Type locality: San Clemente Island, Los Angeles 
County, California. Collected by Nevin and Lyon. April—July. 
4. Malacothrix indécora Greene. Fleshy Malacothrix. Fig. 5998. 
Malacothrix indecora Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 2: 152. 1886 
Malacothrix foliosa var. jadocore E. Williams, Amer. Midl. Nat. 58: 507. 1957. 
Low, leafy annuals 2-4 cm. high, at first single-stemmed, becoming much br anched from the 
base, pete depressed. Leaves gues us and succulent, sees or often oblanceolate, more or less 
pinnatifid with ‘oie obtuse lobes, the lower 2-3 cm. long, the upper about half as long; heads 
Sty. 
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5995. Malacothrix coulteri 
5996. Malacothrix insularis 
5997. ote foliosa 
5998. Malacothrix indecora 
