Muhlenbergia . long peduncles. The species wascollected by along the railroad track near vSurf, and atSanta ranch near Lompoc, Santa Barbara county, Califor-nia. It in no way ueolai^of>iis, although that is abund-ant in Southern California. The- cal\ x luht- and teeth are ofequal length. .Annual, with a pubt-sccncc throughout notreadily apparent except under a lens: stems branching from thebase 2 dm. high: basal K-aves few and small, soon dry-ing uj), obovate-cuneate; upper k-aflt-ts oblanceolate, marginsentire below and erose dentate
Muhlenbergia . long peduncles. The species wascollected by along the railroad track near vSurf, and atSanta ranch near Lompoc, Santa Barbara county, Califor-nia. It in no way ueolai^of>iis, although that is abund-ant in Southern California. The- cal\ x luht- and teeth are ofequal length. .Annual, with a pubt-sccncc throughout notreadily apparent except under a lens: stems branching from thebase 2 dm. high: basal K-aves few and small, soon dry-ing uj), obovate-cuneate; upper k-aflt-ts oblanceolate, marginsentire below and erose dentate emarginate toward the apex,20 mm. long, 7 mm. wide; petioles of sojue of the central leaves4 to 6 cm. long, others much shorter; stipules membranaceous,prominenllv veined, lanceolate l)elovv to hroadlv obovate above,lobes with sharp acnmination, eiliate on the margins, mostlyentire or imdulate: intcrnodes <.f main branches about 6 , of brauches unieli shorter; flowers not showv, pur- PLAIE S. February 28, 1913 21 pie tipped with white; heads ovate-conical in fruit, terminal orsubterminal, main stem terminating in a peduncle 4 to 6 , those of the branches much shorter: calyx tube 2 , teeth 2 mm. long, densely silvery pubescent: corolla ex-tending beyond the teeth about 2 mm.; vexillum 6 mm. long,2 mm. wide, narrowly elliptical, obtuse, very finely erose dentateat apex: ovary 2-ovuled, hairy: style about 3 mm. long: legumemembranaceous, striate, hairy towards the apex, i-seeded: seedslight brown, not mottled, 2 mm. long, less than r mm. wide. The type is a specimen from Surf, in the herbarium of Kennedy. A co-type is deposited in the U. S. National Her-barium. / Trifouum albopurpureum T. & G. (Plate 4.) An ascending or slightly decumbent simple or branchedannual about a foot high, pubescent throughout, but not asdensely so as most of the species of the group. The heads arevery short peduncled when young, but the peduncles elongateconsiderabl
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