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eection o( Bosaikta, aud it is an open (iiiestfoti whether it ehouhl iiot be kc[it 

 didtiiict. Mr. Groeno (in vol. ii, l!iill. Cat. Acad.) thinks it sliuuld be, aud 

 ably (bifonda Vti<;el's genus. Mr. Watson, wbilo saying it might well bo c<iii- 

 Biden^d generically distinct, still ictains it under llosaclda, and the same conrse 

 is followed by Mr. Brandegce in his roceut pai>er. The discovery of a luini- 

 ber ofHpecies boUmging to this in late years would seem to eni])liasize the in- 

 dependence of the section. If it is so to bo considered, tlie two recent'spocics 

 of the authors (publislied in Proc. Nat. Museum, vol. xi, pp. 528, 529) should 

 be Trferred to as S. JValsoni and S. Pahmri. However, in tin; present un- 

 certain limitations of the genus, we accept the limits of l!onthani and Hooker 

 in Gen. Plant, foUowed by Mr. Watson, in Botany of California. 



733. Phaseolus filiformis I3enth. Bot. of Sulithur, p. 13. This was collected in 

 lb75 by Dr. Streets, and this season by Lieutenant Pond. Found in exposed 

 places facing the ocean; " Bloom, white." Tlic plant has been (;ollectod near 

 the United States boundary by Orcutt in northern Lower California; also at 

 Carmen Island (Pahnor, 1875); Guaymas, Mexico, Palmer, 1687; Xantua, 

 1859, aud by Brandegeo, in Lower California. 



727. The same; month of canon ; " bloom roso-eolored." 



744. Dalea Beuthami Bramlg. Proc. Cal. Acad. 2nd sor. ii, 148. As already pointed 

 out by Mr. Greene this plant dillers from the J), vuujacarpa in its persistent 

 stipnlar spines, the spikes are shorter and not so close, the termitial leallet 

 refuse; " bloom, yellow." A comiiaet ])lant one foot high. (No. Ui of Mr. 

 Greene.) Collected by Lieutenant Pond, ]8di), and distributed by Mr. Greene 

 as var. biuDci/era Greeno, and also in this collection. 



683. Astragalus fastidiosus Greene, Bull. Cal. Acad., I, 18(5. Conimon in canons 

 in moist places; bloom "c uiary-yellow." Mr. Waison writes, "one good 

 character has mtt been noted, the articulation of the i)od on the stipe, 

 which also occurs in one or two other sjiecics." (No. 12 of Mr. Greeno.) 



685. Astragalus insularis Kell. Bull. Cal. Acad., I, (!. Before kuowji only from the 

 8i»ecinu!n8 eollootod by Dr. Veatch in 1859, the species not being described 

 until 1877. Only a few sjiecimens were obtained at this time, mostly in 

 fruit. It is to be regretted that a larger collection had not been made of 

 this rare and little known species. It grows in exposed phices near the sea. 

 (No. 13 of Mr. Greene's list, but not found by him.) 



692. Astragalus sp. Annual; much branched and spreading at base, more or loss 

 jjubcscent; brajiches slender : leaflets seven to eleven, 1 to 2 lintw long, ro- 

 tnse or somotimiis linear, acute, and 3 Hues long: llowors, one to three, min- 

 ute, (less than 2 lines long) : peduncles 10 to 20 linos l0ug : pods 3 to 5 lines 

 long, slightly pubescent; the dorsal suture intruded, except near the apox ; 

 one-ctdled, incurved an<l reticulated. Weliave distributed this as .1. Ccdro- 

 ccnsis, but Mr Watson thinks it \n A. yuttaUuiutu, D. C, but i>ods always one- 

 celled, etc. Growingon level places facing the sea. " Bloom itale-blue. 



708. Tillaea leptopetala, Benth.* It seems to us that this speoii-s should Ije sopa- 

 rateil from Tilhva minima. It is probably T. leptopHtila of Bentham, but tho 



* Collected also by Palmer at Guadalupe Island. "Among jdants in cormns. The 

 specimens are very red." (No. DOO.) Tlie ty[>ieal form of Tilkvu minhna Miers was 

 collected by Dr. Palmer, at San Qnentin, in February, 1889, and distributed as No. 713 

 in part, aud No. 714, A third sitecies of Tilhva proper, T. couimta Euiz et Pav. Fl. 

 Per and Chil. I, 70, is to be added to our North Amoricau flora. The ]>lauts are 

 largor than T. minima aud not diffusely ))ranched. Tho se))iils almost a line long, 

 ovate acuminate ; the petals almost lilil'orm. Collocted also by Dr. Palmer at San 

 Quentin (713rt), growing with T. minima. Our plant seems to be the same as tho one 

 collected under the United States exploring expedition of Captain Wilkes, in Pern, 

 and referred here by Dr. Gray, ])ago ()h8. lie eonsulered it distinct from 7'. rubesovns 

 H. B. K., but if the same it uiust still give place to T. counata, the oldei name. 



