Vallesia laciniata S. Brandeg.

Vallesia baileyana Woodson, Ann. Mo. Bot
Gard. 24: 14. 1937.
Shrub, 2-4 m. tall, wholly glabrous; leaves firmly membranaceous, oblong-lanceolate, 6-9 cm. long, 1.2-2 cm. broad, acute at the apex, obtuse to broadly acute at the base, the petioles 7-9 mm. long; inflorescence subumbelliform, dichotomous, much shorter than the subtending leaves, bearing several to numerous white or yellowish flowers of medium size; pedicels 3-4 mm. long; calyx-lobes narrowly ovate, acute, 0.8-1 mm. long; corolla salverform, the tube 9-10 mm. long, about 1 mm. in diameter at the base, somewhat inflated at the insertion of the stamens, constricted at the orifice, the lobes oblong-ovate, rounded, 5-6 mm, long, oblongovoid when convolute in the bud, somewhat spreading at anthesis; drupes unknown.
Type locality: Nacapule Canyon, near Guaymas, Sonera. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Vallesia laciniata Brand. Proc. Calif. Acad
II. 2: 182. 1889.
Shrub, 1-2 m. tall, the stem densely puberulent when young, soon becoming glabrate; leaves membranaceous, ovate-oblong, 3-6 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. broad, acute at the apex, obtuse at the base, densely puberulent on both sides, becoming somewhat glabrate in age, the petioles 5-8 mm. long; inflorescence umbelliform, bearing several, small, white flowers; pedicels 3-4 mm. long; calyx-lobes ovate, acuminate, 1-1.5 mm. long; corolla salverform, the tube 6-7 mm. long, about 1 mm. in diameter at the base, somewhat inflated at the insertion of the stamens, constricted at the orifice, the lobes oblong-ovate, 3.5-4.5 mm. long, oblong-ovoid when convolute in the bud, slightly spreading at anthesis; drupes obliquely oblong-ovoid, opalescent, the seeds about 1 cm. long, including the stony layer of the endocarp.
Type locaI/ITy: San Sebastian, I^wer California. Distribution: lyower California.