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NOTEWORTHY COLLECTIONS
Lathyrus hitchcockianvs Barneby & Reveal plants of California, University of California Press,
(FABACEAE).—Inyo Co., Death Valley National Berkeley, CA), his description in his North American
Park, Grapevine Mountains, head of Fall Canyon, treatment of Brassicaceae (R.C. Rollins, 1993, The
36°56'03"N, 117°07'10"W(NAD27), 1980 m/6500 ft, 4 Cruciferae of Continental North America, Stanford
May 2001, York 2576, with Davis (DEVA). More than University Press, Stanford, CA) exactly describes the
100 plants observed on rhyolitic gravels with Artemisia diminutive plants found in the Panamint Mountains.
tridentata, Chrysothamnusparryi. Ephedra viridis, Jimi- The plants retain this character at all three separate
periis osteosperma, and Pinus monophylki. populations observed by the author in Death Valley
Previous knowledge. This taxon was previously National Park. This extends the known range into the
known from southern NyeCounty, Nevada. The Death desertmountains 88 km east fromthetype locality, and
Valley Expedition erroneously noted a collection from 122 km east from the other Inyo County population.
Wood Canyon in the Grapevine Mountains, 9 June Perityle villosa (S.F. Blake) Shinn. (ASTER-
1891, Fimston & Covil/e J760 (NY, UC) (F.V. Coville, ACEAE).—Inyo Co., Death Valley National Park,
1893, Botany of the Death Valley Expedition, Contr. Panamint Mountains, Johnson Canyon, 1.7 km NW of
U.S. Nat. Herb. 4., Washington, DC) as being in Inyo Hungry Bills Ranch, 36 06'02"N, 117 03'11"W (NAD
County, California. Based on the expedition's map, the 27), 1860 m/6110 ft, 23 May 2001, York2628 (DEVA).
collection was actually made on the east side of the A locally common perennial not yet flowering growing
GrapevineMountainsinPhinneyCanyon,NyeCounty, on a partially-shaded, N-facing, calcareous outcrop.
Nevada. There is no present-day Wood Canyon in the With Artemisia tridentata, Eriogonum heermannii. Juni-
Grapevine Mountains. The upper elevations of the perus osteosperma, PeraphyUum ramosissinnmu Pinus
Grapevine Mountains are currently accessible by monophylla, and Prunus fasciculata.
vehicle on historic mining roads from the Nevada side Previous knowledge. Endemic to the mountains of
ofthe range. The canyons on the California side ofthe Death Valley National Park. Found in crevices in
northern Grapevine Mountains are only accessible by carbonaterock outcrops in the Panamint, Cottonwood,
foot and require scrambling around cliffs and dry falls. and Grapevine mountains. First collected in the middle
The only through roads are located in Titus and fork ofHanaupah Canyon, Panamint Mountains, at an
Boundary canyons in the southern Grapevine Moun- elevation of 2090 m/6860 ft on 22 September 1931
tains. The expedition did not travel through Titus {Coville & Gilman 108, U.S. 1531290).
Canyon, insteadtheyleft DeathValleytravelingeast up Significance. First collection made in the Panamint
Boundary Canyon on 1 June 1891 (F.V. Coville, 1893, Mountains since 1935. Extends the known range
NBaott.anHyerobf. t4.h,eWDaesahtihngtVaolnl,eyDCE)x.peBdiotuinodna,ryCoCntarn.yoUn.Si.s approximately 11 km south.
the divide between the Grapevine and Funeral moun- —
Dtaeianst.hItVaislltehyewciurtrhenBtealtotcya,tiNoenvaodfat.hehighway that links ForesDt,an2a900A.NWYorSkt.ewaBrottanPiasrtk,waUy,mpRqousaebuNragt,ioOnaRl
Signifieanee. This is the first documented collection 97470. [email protected].
from California.
Arabis davidsonii E. Greene var. parva Rollins
(BRASSICACEAE).~-Inyo Co., Death Valley Nation-
al Park, Panamint Mountains, 600 m NE ofPanamint
Pass, 36"06'40"N, 117 03'53"W (NAD 27), 2540 m/ California
8350 ft, 24 May 2001, York 2639 (DEVA). A rare
perennial with lavender corollas growing in the NW- Cryptantha leiocarpa (Fischer & C. Meyer) E.
facingcrevicesofa dry, exposed, graniticoutcrop. With Greene (BORAGINACEAE).—Orange Co., along
Cercocarpus intricatus, Chaiuaehatiaria iniUefolium, the coast at Newport Beach on back dunes southeast
Ephedra viridis, Holodiscus niicrophy/lus, Ivesia saxosa, of Balboa Pier. Thousands of plants in the area from
and Pinus monophylla. theparkinglot at thepier southeast and down thecoast
Previous knowledge. The holotype locality for Arabis nearly to the westjetty at theentrance to Newport Bay.
davidsonii var. parva is 24 airmiles east-northeast of Found with Ambrosia chamissonis, Cakile maritima,
Kernville in Tulare County (R.C. Rollins, 1993, The Camissonia cheircmthifolia, Ca/ystegia soldanella.
Cruciferae of Continental North America, Stanford Ahronia umhellata, and Distichlis spicata. Population
University Press, Stanford, CA). It was found in centered at foot of '^E'' Street (UTM IIS 0416939E
crevices of granite rocks on the crest of a ridge, 3718062N NAD83; deposited at RSA, duplicates to be
7500 ft, 9 June 1986, Ertter 6363, with HoUand and distributed).
Dains (GH, UC). Its also been reported to the south in Previous knowledge. Cryptantha leiocarpa is known
Kern County and to the north in the Sierra Nevada in from southern Oregon (Gold Beach) south to northern
rocky outcrops along the trail from Willow Lake to Santa Barbara County at Surf, north of Point
South Fork Big Pine Creek canyon, at an elevation of Conception (I.M. Johnston, 1925, Studies in the
2770 m/9100ft on 6 July 1977 {Taylor 6586. JEPS Boraginaceae, Contributions from the Gray Herbarium
90207). of Harvard University). According to Smith (1998, A
Significance. Although Rollins did not include this Flora of the Santa Barbara Region, California, 2nd
varietyinthemostrecenttreatmentofCalifornia'sflora ed.), found "about dunes at Point Conception, Point
(J.C. Hickman, 1993, The Jepson manual: Higher Arguello, Surf, Casmalia, and Oso Flaco Lake."" On the
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Channel Islands, the species has been collected from Washington
Santa Rosa Island (G.D. Wallace, 1985, Contributions
in Science, No. 365, Natural History Museum of Los Melica ciliata L. (POACEAE).—King Co., dry
AngelesCounty). It was also reported from San Miguel sand,wasteground,industrialareanearcementfactory,
(Greene 1887, Pittonia 1:74^93) and Santa Cruz Islands Duwamish River mouth. Riverside, Seattle, 47'34.2'N,
(Greene 1887, Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci. 2:377^17), though 122 20.7'W, elev. 3 m, 13 Aug 2003, Wechsler s.n.
voucher specimens have not been located, and the WTU; dry basalt fill, riverbank, same site, 16 June
species has not been found on Santa Cruz Island 2004, Zika 19860 (NY, UC, WTU).
recently (Junak et al. 1995, A Flora of Santa Cruz Previous knowledge. Silky melic is native to Eurasia,
Island). Reported as far south as the northern ''South where it often favors calcareous substrates. It is
Coast'' of California by Kelley and Wilken (1993, in occasionally planted as an ornamental in North
TheJepson Manual),andtoPlayadelRey, LosAngeles America. Its spread from cultivation in Riverside
County, by Jepson (1912), though these and other may have been facilitated by cement processing
southerly reports were likely confused with Cryptantha waste.
hispidissiiua (I. M. Johnston 1925). C. hispidissima was Significance. First record as an escape from cultiva-
reduced to varietal status by Johnston (Munz 1935, tion in Washington. Apparently the first report ofthis
Man. So. Cal. Bot.), but has been treated as a synonym species reproducing outside of gardens in North
of C. clevelandii v'dv. florosa (e.g., Abrams 1951, Illus. America (Hitchcock, A. S. & A. Chase. 1971. Manual
Flora Pac. States, Vol. III). This variety, recognized in ofthe Grasses ofthe U.S., 2nd ed. Dover Publications,
the floristic treatments ofMunz (1959 and 1974), is not New York. Kartesz, J. T. and CA. Meacham. 2004.
recognized as distinct from C. clevelandii by Kelly and Synthesis of the North American Flora, CD-ROM
Wilken (1993). Previously collected from coastal sandy Version 2.0. Published by J. T. Kartesz& Phylosystems
soils and dunes. Corporation, Chapel Hill. Soreng, R. J., P. M.
souStighniofficPaonicne.tTChoinsceipsttihoenf.irsAt vlearrigfeiepdompauilnaltiaonnd roecccourrds TP.etSe.rsFoinl,gueGi.raDsa.vaindsdeO,.EM.oJr.rJoundez.ie2w0i0c3z.,CFa.taOl.ogZuolfoNageaw,
atthissiteinarelativelyextensivedunesystem.Thissite World Grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae.
also sustains one of the few extant coastal dunes Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 48:
remaining in Los Angeles or Orange counties, with 1-730. Web Grass Manual, accessed January 2006,
several other locally uncommon taxa. http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/). Its potential in-
vasiveness should be examined.
—Kevin B. Clark, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
6010 Hidden Valley Road, Carlsbad, CA 92011. —Stewart Wechsler, 4215 SW Edmunds #206,
WA
Seattle, 98116; and Peter F. Zika, Herbarium,
WA
Present address: 7558 Northrup Drive, San Diego, Box 355325, University of Washington, Seattle,
CA 92126. Email: kbclark(^nethere.com 98195-5325.
