SUNFLOWER FAMILY 581 
collected by Douglas deposited at Kew insecrate d on a sheet with one of Coulter’s collection) is of the inflorescence 
only, but corresponds to this form rather than M. saratilis var. tenuifolia, This entity, with the related M. sara- 
tis var. prucieiothes: is quite distinct 1 in typical — from M. savatilis var. altissima, but intergrading forms 
e to be found at the southern extension of its ra 
12. Malacothrix blairii (Munz & Jtn.) Munz. Blair’s Malacothrix. Fig. 6006. 
Stephanomeria blairi Munz & Jtn. Bull. Torrey wie — 301. 1924, 
Malacothrix blairi Munz, Man. S. Calif. 591, 601. 
Coarse straggling shrub 1-2 high, acu aa fleshy, thinly brownish-tomentose, gla- 
brate, scarred with persistent sabdigary subtending mall, brownish-tomentose bu Leaves ap- 
a ere ri 
u : 
or oblong-obovate, 6-13 cm. long, 3-6 cm. wide, rounded or obtuse, cuneate at base, irregularly 
sinuate- Sone ith 3-4 pairs of very blunt, unequal teeth, thin, light green, at first thinly tomen- 
i 0. cm. c i an 
gon. n 
Be cahiray Seciticas. of about 25 white, minutely Lapis git bristles. 
Known only sea the type soeelity, rocky canyon wall near Lemon , San Clemente Island, Los Angeles 
County, California. Late summer 
6003. Malacothrix tprreyi 6005. Mal. cothrix saxatilis 
6004. Malacothrix icana : 
he 
