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… Authors' comments go here … [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Stillingia, Det. by Brandegees: paucidentata]

5492 Stillingia paucidentata. sandy plains n., Desert Wells, Jul, 1897. Det. by Reveal 73. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum angulosum, Det. by Brandegees: angulosum]

5493 Eriogonum maculatum. Mojave Desert, Desert Wells, Jun, 1897.

 

5494 Not In List [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Lygodesmia (x'd)] x'd out, 1897.

5495 Gilia In List [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gilia, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List] Mojave Desert, Desert Wells, Jun, 1897. Det. by Reveal. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: mohavense]

5496 Eriogonum mohavense. Mojave Desert, Desert Wells, Jun, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Chaenactis macrantha, Det. by Brandegees: macrantha]

5497 Chaenactis macrantha. rocky slopes, Argus Mts, Jun, 1897. Det. by Zavortink & Thompson. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Mentzelia, Det. by Brandegees: nitens?]

5498 Mentzelia montana & albicaulis. hillsides, Erskine Cr, May, 1897. Det. by Q. Jones 53. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Troxymon retrorsum, Det. by Brandegees: retrorsa]

5499 Agoseris retrorsa. rocky slopes, Erskine Cr, Jun/May, 1897.

5500 Platystemon crinitus [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: blank, Det. by Brandegees: crinitus] Erskine Cr, May, 1897.

5501 Eriogonum In List [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List] Erskine Cr, May, 1897.

5502 Penstemon In List [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Penstemon, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List] Erskine Cr, May, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Mentzelia dispersa, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List]

5503 Mentzelia dispersa. Erskine Cr, May, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Troximon acuminata, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List]

5504 Crepis acuminata. Pah Ute Pk, Jun, 1897. Det. by Mason 48. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gilia pungens, Det. by Brandegees: pungens]

5505 Leptodactylon pungens hookeri. *as 5103 (=gracilis), Pah Ute Pk, Jun, 1897. Det. by Harrison 59. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gilia densifolia, Det. by Brandegees: densifolia]

5506 Eriastrum densifolium elongatum. n. Kernville (label), Greenhorn Pass, Jul, 1897.

5507 Castilleja In List [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Castilleja, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List] Pah Ute Pk, Jun?, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Rafinesquia, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List]

5508 Rafinesquia californica. hillsides, Erskine Cr, May, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Cnicus californica, Det. by Brandegees: californicum]

5509 Cirsium californicus. Pah Ute Pk, Jun?, 1897. Det. by Reveal 78. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: stellatum bahiaforme]

5510 Eriogonum umbellatum subaridum. rocky places, Pah Ute Pk, Jun, 1897.

5511 Ceanothus In List [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Ceanothus, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List] Pah Ute Pk, Jun, 1897.

 

5512 Not In List [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: blank] Pah Ute Pk, Jun, 1897. Det. by Keck 34. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Madia, Det. by Brandegees: dissitiflora]

5513 Madia sativa dissitiflora. rocky places, Pah Ute Pk, Jun, 1897. Det. by Keck 48. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Poa, Det. by Brandegees: imperfecta - wrong]

5514 Melica scabrella. rocky slopes, Pah Ute Pk, Jun, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Elymus canadensis, Det. by Brandegees: canadensis]

5515 Elymus pringlei. rocky mountain slope, Little Kern R, Sep, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum fascicul polifo, Det. by Brandegees: !]

5516 Eriogonum fasciculatum polifolium. Erskine Cr, Jun, 1897. Det. by Ooura 87. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Agrostis, Det. by Brandegees: exarata]

5517 Agrostis exarata. wet places, Erskine Cr, Jun, 1897.

 

5518 Not In List [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Cephalanthera (x'd)] x'd out, Pah Ute Pk, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Garrya, Det. by Brandegees: flavescens]

5519 Garrya flavescens palmeri. Erskine Cr (notes), Pah Ute Pk, Jun, 1897. Det. by DeBuhr 80. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Glossopetalon, Det. by Brandegees: nevadense]

5520 Forsellesia nevadensis. rocky slopes, Mt Laura, Jun?, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Chaenactis xantiana, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List]

5521 Chaenactis xantiana. Erskine Cr, May, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Calyptridium, Det. by Brandegees: monandrum]

5522 Calyptridium monandrum. Erskine Cr, May, 1897. Det. by Jones 32. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Astragalus, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List]

5523 Astragalus amphioxys. as 5523a, Walker Pass, Jun, 1897. Det. by M E Jones 32. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Astragalus, Det. by Brandegees: ]

5523 Astragalus bigelovii & lentiginosus. Desert Wells, Jun, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gilia, Det. by Brandegees: ochroleuca]

5524 Gilia ochroleuca. Erskine Cr, May, 1897. Det. by Rollins 78. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Dithyraea, Det. by Brandegees: californica (5225)]

5525 Dithyraea californica. Mojave Desert, Desert Wells, Jun, 1897. Det. by Thompson 92. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Mimulus, Det. by Brandegees: fremontii]

5526 Mimulus whitneyi. hillsides, Erskine Cr, May, 1897. Det. by Gottlieb 69. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Lygodesmia pentachaeta, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List]

5527 Stephanomeria exigua exigua. (Desert Wells x'd), Argus Mts, Jun, 1897. Det. by Reveal 78. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: reniforme]

5528 Eriogonum reniforme. Desert Wells, Jun, 1897. Det. by Reveal 65. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: seticulosum n.sp.]

5529 Eriogonum deflexum deflexum. Mojave Desert, Desert WElls, Jun, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Madia, Det. by Brandegees: hispida]

5530 Madia hispida. Pah Ute Pk, May, 1897. Det. by Smith 79. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Leptosyne, Det. by Brandegees: bigelovii]

5531 Coreopsis bigelovii. vic., Erskine Cr, May, 1897. Det. by Epling 25. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Monardella odoratissima, Det. by Brandegees: linoides stricta]

5532 Monardella odoratissima pallida. Greenhorn Pass, Jul, 1897. Det. by Mudie 65. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Hosackia sericea, Det. by Brandegees: sericea]

5533 Lotus procumbens jepsonii. sunny slopes, Greenhorn Pass, Jul, 1897.

5534 Triticum In List [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Triticum, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List] Pah Ute Pk, Jun, 1897. Det. by Reveal 73. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum nudum, Det. by Brandegees: nudum]

5535 Eriogonum nudum pubiflorum. (Greenhorn Pass alt., Pah Ute Pk, Jun, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gilia brevicula, Det. by Brandegees: ciliata]

5536 Linanthus parviflorus. woods, Greenhorn Pass, Jul, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Clarkia (x'd out), Det. by Brandegees: Not In List]

5537 Atriplex bracteosa. sandy hills n., Kernville, Jun/Jul, 1897.

5538 Clarkia In List [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Clarkia, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List] Greenhorn Pass, Jul?, 1897.

 

5539 Not In List [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: blank] Greenhorn Pass, 1897. Det. by Shinners 50. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Lythrum, Det. by Brandegees: californicum]

5540 Lythrum californicum. wet places, Bear Creek, Jul, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: blank, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List]

5541 Encelia frutescens. Erskine Cr, Jun, 1897. Det. by Hoover 37. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Plagiobothrys, Det. by Brandegees: torreyi]

5542 PLAGIOBOTHRYS torreyi perplexans. chaparral, Greenhorn Pass, May/Jun, 1897.

    This collection is a Type for: Plagiobothrys torreyi var. perplexes 1. M. Johnston, Contr. Gray Herb. 68: 72. 1923. Greenhorn Pass, Kern County, California. #5542 May/Jun, 1897. (Holotype: UC.) = P. torreyi (A. Gray) A. Gray. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Ribes, Det. by Brandegees: subvestitum]

5543 Ribes subvestitum. Linns Valley, May, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gilia ciliata, Det. by Brandegees: ciliata]

5544 Linanthus ciliata. chaparral, Greenhorn Range, May, 1897.

 

5545 Not In List [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: blank] Erskine Cr, May, 1897. Det. by Hoover. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eschscholtzia minutiflora, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List]

5546 Eschscholtzia minutiflora & caespitosa. sunny slopes, Greenhorn Mts, May, 1897. Det. by Hoover 38. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Phacelia curvipes, Det. by Brandegees: curvipes]

5547 Phacelia congdonii. chaparral, Greenhorn Pass, May, 1897. Det. by Heckard 55. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Phacelia circinata, Det. by Brandegees: circinata]

5548 Phacelia egena. Erskine Cr (notes), Pah Ute Pk, Jun/May, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Phacelia curvipes, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List]

5549 Phacelia davidsonii. hillsides, Erskine Cr, May, 1897. Det. by Bacigalupi 68. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Streptanthus campestris, Det. by Brandegees: campestris]

5550 Streptanthus cordatus piutensis. Erskine Cr, rocks, Mt Laura, Jun/May, 1897.

5551 Ceanothus In List [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Ceanothus, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List] Erskine Cr, May, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gilia, Det. by Brandegees: capitata]

5552 Gilia capitata. Erskine Cr, May, 1897. Det. by Jones 32. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Astragalus, Det. by Brandegees: didymocarpus]

5553 Astragalus didymocarpus. hillsides, Erskine Cr, May, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: blank, Det. by Brandegees: tanacetifolia]

5554 Phacelia distans ammophila. Pah Ute Mts, Erskine Cr, May, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Fraxinus oregona, Det. by Brandegees: oregona]

5555 Fraxinus oregona. Greenhorn Pass, Jul, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Lagophylla, Det. by Brandegees: ramosissima]

5556 Lagophylla ramosissima. Greenhorn Pass, Jul, 1897.

5557 Eriogonum In List [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List] Erskine Cr, May, 1897. Det. by Reveal 73. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: angulosum]

5558 Eriogonum maculatum. hillsides, Erskine Cr, May, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriodictyon, Det. by Brandegees: glutinosum]

5559 Eriodictyon glutinosum. stony places, Erskine Cr, May, 1897.

5560 Quercus In List [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Quercus, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List] Pah Ute Pk, 1897. Det. by Tucker 49. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Quercus, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List]

5561 Quercus turbinella californica. hillside n., Erskine Cr, Jun, 1897. Det. by Vanderpool 88. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Cleomella, Det. by Brandegees: obtusifolia]

5562 Cleomella obtusifolia. sandy places, Walker Pass, Jul, 1897. Det. by Reveal 78. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List]

5563 Eriogonum roseum. sunny slopes, Walker Pass, Jul, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: baileyi]

5564 Eriogonum baileyi. Walker Pass, Jul, 1897.

5565 Carex (=5566) [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Carex, Det. by Brandegees: Lessingia (=5566)] Mt Laura (x'd out), Little Kern R, Jun, 1897. Det. by Spence 63. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Lessingia, Det. by Brandegees: glandulifera as 5565]

5566 Lessingia glandulifera glandulifera. sunny slopes, Walker Pass, Jul, 1897.

 

5567 Not In List [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: blank] Walker Pass, Jun, 1897. Det. by Ottley. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Hosackia strigosa, Det. by Brandegees: strigosa]

5568 Lotus strigosus hirtellus. hills n., Erskine Cr, May/Jun, 1897.

 

5569 Not In List [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: blank] Erskine Cr, May, 1897.

 

5570 Not In List [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: blank] Erskine Cr, May, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Salix laevigata, Det. by Brandegees: !]

5571 Salix laevigata. Walker Pass, Jul, 1897.

 

5572 Not In List [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gilia x'd out] Kernville, Jul, 1897. Det. by Harrison 59. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gilia, Det. by Brandegees: virgata floribunda]

5573 Eriastrum plurifolium plurifolium. Middle Tule R, 1897. Det. by Lewis & Lewis 51. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Godetia, Det. by Brandegees: williamsonii]

5574 Clarkia williamsonii. hillsides, Middle Tule R, Jul, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Penstemon, Det. by Brandegees: breviflorus]

5575 Penstemon breviflorus. hillsides n., Middle Tule R, Jul, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Agrostis, Det. by Brandegees: verticillata]

5576 Agrostis verticillata. Kernville, Jul, 1897. Det. by Reveal 78. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: gracile]

5577 Eriogonum roseum. Erskine Cr, 1897. Det. by Reveal. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum, Det. by Brandegees: saxatile]

5577 Eriogonum saxatile. x'd; see other 5577, Middle Tule R, Jul, 1897. Det. by Bacigalupi 59. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Delphinium, Det. by Brandegees: variegatum]

5578 Delphinium polycladon. Bear Cr (notes, Springville, Apr/Jul, 1897. Det. by Raven 63. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: blank, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List]

5579 Boisduvalia densiflora. label blank, 1898, Bear Creek, Jul, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Chamaebatia, Det. by Brandegees: foliolosa]

5580 Chamaebatia foliolosa. Middle Tule R, Jul, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Adenostoma, Det. by Brandegees: fasciculatum]

5581 Adenostoma fasciculatum. chaparral n, Middle Tule R, Jul, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Philadelphus lewisii, Det. by Brandegees: lewisii californica]

5582 Philadelphus lewisii. Bear Creek, Jul, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Collinsia, Det. by Brandegees: tinctoria]

5583 Collinsia tinctoria. Middle Tule R (label, Bear Creek, Jul, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Zauschneria californica, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List]

5584 Zauschneria californica. Middle Tule R, 1897. Det. by Lewis 41. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Trichostoma, Det. by Brandegees: oblongum]

5585 Trichostema oblongum. Middle Tule R (label, Bear Creek, Jul, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Clarkia, Det. by Brandegees: elegans]

5586 Clarkia elegans. Bear Creek, Jul, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Heterogaura, Det. by Brandegees: californica]

5587 Heterogaura californica. Middle Tule R (label, Bear Creek, Jul, 1897. Det. by Boufford 78. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Circaea, Det. by Brandegees: pacifica]

5588 Circaea alpina pacifica. Middle Tule R (label, Bear Creek, Jul, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Adenocaulon, Det. by Brandegees: bicolor]

5589 Adenocaulon bicolor. woods n., Middle Tule R, Jul, 1897. Det. by Deardorff 75. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Hieracium, Det. by Brandegees: albiflorum]

5590 Hieracium albiflorum. Middle Tule R (label, Bear Creek, Jul, 1897. Det. by Morin, 1991. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Campanula, Det. by Brandegees: prenanthoides]

5591 Campanula prenanthoides. woods (Bear Cr orig), Middle Tule R, Jul, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Draperia, Det. by Brandegees: systyla]

5592 Draperia systyla. rocks n., Middle Tule R, Jul, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Gnaphalium, Det. by Brandegees: palustre]

5593 Gnaphalium palustre. Bear Creek, Jul, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Senecio, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List]

5594 Senecio triangularis. b. brooks n., Middle Tule R, Jul, 1897. Det. by McNeal & Ownbey 69. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Allium, Det. by Brandegees: attenuifolium]

5595 Allium amplectens. Bear Creek (notes), Middle Tule R, Jul, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Silene, Det. by Brandegees: bridgesii]

5596 Silene bridgesii. Bear Creek, Jul, 1897. Det. by Reveal 74. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Eriogonum nudum, Det. by Brandegees: nudum]

5597 Eriogonum nudum pubiflorum. Bear Cr (notes), Middle Tule R, Jul, 1897. Det. by Reveal 78. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Erigonum, Det. by Brandegees: virgatum]

5598 Eriogonum roseum. *as 40068?, Bear Creek, Jul, 1897. Det. by Gottlieb 69. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Lygodesmia, Det. by Brandegees: virgata]

5599 Stephanomeria exigua coronaria. (Bear Cr x'd), Greenhorn Pass, Jun, 1897.

5600 Mimulus In List [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Mimulus, Det. by Brandegees: Not In List] or Greenhorn Pass, Bear Creek, Jul, 1897. Det. by Keck 34. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Madia, Det. by Brandegees: elegans]

5601 Madia elegans. Middle Tule R (label, Bear Creek, Jul, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Mimulus, Det. by Brandegees: floribundus]

5602 Mimulus floribundus. Bear Creek, Jul?, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Phacelia, Det. by Brandegees: PURPUSII]

5603 PHACELIA purpusii. Sequia gigantea reg., Middle Tule R, Jul?, 1897.

    This collection is a Type for: Phacelia purpusii T. S. Brandegee, Bot. Gaz. 27: 451. 1899. Middle Tule River, Tulare County, California. #5603 Jul?, 1897. Comments: CA, Sequoia Mills, T. S..Brandegee and Middle Tule River. See also: Sequoia Mills, California. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Erythraea, Det. by Brandegees: venustum]

5604 Centaurium venustum. (notes: Bear Cr), Middle Tule R, Jul, 1897. Det. by Olmstead, 87. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Scutellaria, Det. by Brandegees: antirrhinoides]

5605 Scutellaria siphocampyloides. Middle Tule R (label, Bear Creek, Jul, 1897. Det. by Ackerman 76. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Habenaria, Det. by Brandegees: unalaschensis]

5606 Habenaria unalascensis. ?Erskine or Bear Cr, Middle Tule R, Jul?, 1897. Det. by Cronquist 43-4. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Erigeron foliosus, Det. by Brandegees: !]

5607 Erigeron foliosus typicus. hillsides n., Erskine Cr, Jun, 1897. [Field det. by C. A. Purpus: Cercis, Det. by Brandegees: occidentalis]