119 
clium and style half line long-, the former somewhat depressed: 
seed-face very deeply concave, nearly enclosing a central cavity. 
(Fig. 136.) 
California, Nevada Co. (Biuelow, Pratten), Santa Clara Valley (Good- 
ale), Monterey {Parri/, Lemmon), Santa Barbara Co. (Ford), and Kern Co. 
{Parish 985 and U»15). FI. May. 
5. O. ambigua. Glabrous, or hairy near the nodes: leaves 
2 to 3-ternate; leaflets 1 to 2 inches long, acute, shortly toothed or 
cleft: umbel 4 to 8-ray ed, naked; rays about 2 inches or more long, 
somewhat spreading; pedicels 1 to 3 lines long:- fruit 6 to 7 lines 
long, 1^ lines wide, acutish at base, sometimes bristly, with ribs 
and groups of strengthening cells prominent: style hall line long; 
seed-face concave. — Glycosma anibigirum Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 
vii, 386. 
California {KeUo(f(j tfc Harford), Oregon (iiaP '217, Ho icell, Henderson^, 
and Washington Territory, Falcon Valley (Suksdorf, Henderson)- FI. 
Apiil to June. 
6. O. OCCidentalis Torn Mex. Bound. 71. Rather stout, 
puberulent or pubescent: leaves 2 or 3-ternate; leaflets to 4 
inches long, acute, coarsely serrate, rarely incised: umbel 5 to 12- 
I’ayed, nakcil or with 1 or 2 involucral bi'acts; rays 1 to 5 inches 
long, mostly erect; pedicels 1 to 3 lines long: fruit 1 to 12 lines 
long, li^ lines wide, obtuse at base, glabrous, with prominent 
acute ribs, and smaller groups of strengthening cells: stylopodium 
and style ^ to 1 line long, the former mostly conical: seed-face 
more concave. (Fig. 137 . ) — Glycosma occidentale Nutt, in Torr. 
Gray, FI. i. 639. jMyrrh/'s occidental is Benth. Si Hook. Gen, 
PI. i. 897. 
Califoiniia, Oregon {Siialdmn), and Washington Territory {Howell, 
lirandegee), eastward to Nevada (fYatson), S. Utah (Parry), Wahsatch 
Mts (Hooker tC Grojj), and Montana (Canby. Wa'son). FI. June to August. 
Very variable in pubescence, size of leaflets, and length of pedicels. 
An extreme but not distinct form is 
Var. Bolanderi, with widely spreading rays, short pedicels, 
and more obtuse ribs. — J\/yrrhis Bolanderi Gray, Proc. Am. 
Acad. vii. 346. Glycosma Bolanderi (iray, 1. c. viii. 386. 
Mendocino county, California (Bolynd er) . 
