68. E. paupercula Greene in Pittonia V. (1905) 262! — Herb; 

 atque gracilis, subacaulescens vel saepius e basi sparsim multicaulis, cii 

 alta, sparsim foliosa, valde glauca atque glabra; caules aut in parte inl 

 aut potius omnes rigide erecti sympodialiter ramosi, primarii semper scapiformes. Folia 

 omnia petiolata, primaria valde indivisa, omnino integra, spathulato-lineana, posteriora 



ternatis vel rotundatis, ultimo^ interdum submucronulato, caulina quinata segmentis pin- 

 natilobatis divaricatis atque lobulis acutatis. Pedunculi graciles ac pro rata longi. 

 Cupula sub anthesi graciliter obconica, postea turbinato-ealyciformis 2—4 mm longa, 

 margine exteriore valde angusto cartilagineo, interiore erecto hyalino brevissimo, utroque 

 aequali; calyx ovoideo-conicus paulatim ad summum angustatus, sed distmcte, etiamsi 

 brevissime apiculatus, 0,75 cm longus; corolla aurea, fere rotata, 2—3 cm diaroetiens, 

 petalis marginibus inter se tegentibus; stamina pro petalis brevia, filamentis brevissiims 

 filiformibus; stigmata 4 fere aequalia; lomenta gracilia (in statu exsiccato subtorulosa,, 

 5_7 cm longa; semina parva, sphaerica, nigrescentia, sparsim et ample reticulata. 



Westainerikanische Wusten- und Steppenprovinz; Ubergang aus del 

 Chapparal-Sonora-Provinz in die Gila- und Mohave-Wuste (SO.-Kaliformen 

 ostliche Grenze der Mohave-Wuste (N. C.Wilson VI. 1893!). — NW. -Arizona: King- 

 man and Peach Springs (N. C. Wilson VI. 1 893!). 



69 E. mexicana Greene in Bull. Calif. Acad. I. (1 885) 69 in part.' (excl. bjb. 

 E Douglam var. parvula); A. Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. XXII. (1881) 272; A. Graj 

 in Synopt. Fl. North Amer. I. 1. (1895) 91; Greene, 1. c. V. 262! — Herba annua 

 robusta, subacaulescens, 10—25 cm alta, glabra atque glaucescens, pnmum muim 

 rigide erecte pedunculis scapiformibus e rosula foliorum enascentibus atque ea dupio 

 superantibus, postea caulibus sparsissime foliosis atque sparsissime (plerumque modo 

 semel) sympodialiter ramosis. Folia parva bi- vel tripinnatiflda, petiolis infra vagmanter 

 dilatatis laminae aequilongis, lobulis non divergentibus, plerumque oblongis acutrasculw. 

 Cupula sub anthesi turbinato-infundibuliformis, postea turbinato-subcylindnca, 4 5 

 longa, margine exteriore valde angusto atque cartilagineo, interiore erecto, hyalino, p 

 minente; calyx firmus atque opacus, ovoideo-globosus, supra conice angustatus^ 



s'tm^kimeUens, expansa; stamina filamentis brevibus filiformi-alatis, ad apicem obscure 

 coloratis; stigmata 4, non gracilia, valde inaequalia ; lomenta robusta, 5 — 6,5 cm longa, 

 semina globosa, mucronato-apiculata, aspere atque indistincte reticulata. 



Westamerikanische Wusten- und Steppenprovinz; Ubergani: .m* 

 Chapparal-Sonora-Provinz in die Gila- und Mohave-Wuste: Arizona u 

 westlichstes Neu-Mexiko: Ebenen am oberen Gila-FluB (Greene 1 880;, jan 

 Catalina Mts., Sabeno Canon (J. W. Tourney, Fl. Ariz. III. 1 894!), Tucson (J. W. ro 

 mev IV. 1 892!). , v , fi «] 



* 70. E. parvula Cockerell in Bot. Gaz. XXVI. (1 898) 279; Greene, 1. c. v- z 

 — E. Dmiglasii Torr., Mex. Bound. (1858) 31; Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. I. . 

 28 ! _ E. Douglam var. parvula Gray, PL Wright. II. (1853) 1 0. — h \ ^ ni . 

 Fedde in Notizbl." Bot. Gart. u. Mus. Berlin IV. n. 35 (1904) 153. — Herba ^ 

 humilis, 15—25 cm alta, glabra atque giauca, primum mullis erectis peduncu is 

 formibus e rosula foliorum debilium atque plus minusve iL.r.-idorum l '"' l ^_: n 

 atque ea vix duplo superantibus, postea caulibus sparsissime loliosis atque ^ 

 (plerumque modo semel) sympodialiter ramosis. Folia bi- vel tripinnatilobata 

 plerumque 3, rarius 5 vel rarissime 7, petiolis infra parum vagmanter dual . 

 paullo longioribus, lubulis parum divergentibus oblongis, brevissime subacuu • oOU - 

 lobi ultimi saepe dilatato et spathulato-oblongo, obtusiusculo et inter, j on g a nia rg< Be 

 «tepto« P T]hte U i^ir^ carlila^meVinterlore erecto hyalino brevissimo atqW*J 

 prominente; calyx firmus atque opacus subconico-ovoideus , at distincie 



