Eschscholzia californica Cham. var. californica

Eschscholtzia macrantha Greene, Pittoriia, 5: 242.. 1905.
No. 7826, collected May 5, at Tehachapi, Kern county,
wlere it is abundant over the whole plateau, growing in small
ciunjps or in large patches, the deep orange-red of the flower?
enlivening the landscape. Flowers measuring 7 inches were
reported, while those with a spread of 4 or 5 inches were not
Uncommon. It was the only member of the genus noticed there
at the time. The type wa$ collected near Visalia, Tulare
c6unty, and if near the town at a point over 3000 feet lower, for
Tehachapi is at an elevation of nearly 4000 feet. Some of the
specimens show the persistent calyx under the open flower.
The flowers have faded to a pale yellow, thus losing much of
the beauty presented in the living state. One would expect
this to be -S', rigida, the type of Which wag collected at Tehach-
api, but it does not answer to the ¡¿Inscription of that species.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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PUHnTS OF CALIFORNIA
Kern County
7826 ESCHSCHOLTZIA MACRANTHA Greene
Tehachapi
A. A. Heller, Collector	May 5, 1905
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