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Hernandez Valley, San Benito Co., Oct. 9, 1940, 2430 ft. --I cross the divide (see p. 379) and go down the slope and along the San Benito River, crossing it repeatedly, to Hernandez Valley, where I collect: No. 20,237. Chrysopsis Many-stemmed, 9 to 13 in. high; gravel bed of San Benito River. No. 20,238. Lepidospartum squamatum (Gray) Gray This composite bush is 1 1/2 to 2 ft. high. No. 20,239. Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. mohavensis (Greene) Hall Bush 3 ft. h. I climb over the ridge west of Hernandez Valley to the headwaters of Lorenzo Creek, follow down Lorenzo Creek to the San Benito River, see nos. 20,240-2, thence along it, then over the ridge westerly to the northeast arm of Bitterwater
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Lorenzo Creek (near junction with San Benito River), San Benito Co. Oct. 9, 1940. Valley. Near Lorenzo Creek mouth I collect: No. 20,240. Blepharizonia plumosa ssp. visida [sic] Keck I take a whole plant in sections: a; b; c; from top to bottom. Dry hillside
No. 20,241. Cordylanthus Dry hillside No. 20,242. Eriodictyon californicum H. [and] A. Small colony; with 2 preceding. --Eriogonum fasciculatum. See p. 383. Bitterwater Valley (NE. arm, near foot of grade that goes east over ridge to San Benito River); San Benito Co., Oct. 9, 1940. (See also p. 383) No. 20,243. Eriogonum elongatum See p. 383. 3 1/2 to 4 ft. high. No. 20,244. Salvia mellifera Greene. Dry Lake Valley, San Benito Co. Oct. 9, 1940. On a piece of plowed land grows a large colony of (Cont. p. 382)
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