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HtoiiiM uro quite red, while B<5nth;nn says of 1i>is siii^cics " Hpeciniinii hautl 

 nibcsc-etit," and wuh c(dlc;ct(;»l near tliu 8an Fniiicitjco liay. The Hteuifi 

 iiro mostly sinj^lc and iTect, or HomctiineH witli a few hiauches ; llowers <flotu- 

 vriita in the axils of the connate leaves, nearly sessile; the sepals nar- 

 rower and more acute; seeds always two in each carpel. Shady s[)ots in 

 canons. 

 753. Eucuide cordata Kell. Curran, Bull. Cal. Acad., I, l:i7. A loose j,nowin^r 

 plant about 4 feet high; " bloom yellowish-white." At mouth of canon. 

 Collected by Dr. Veateh in 1859. (This is Mr. (Jreene's No. 20); lie considers 

 il a Mciitzelia, to which <renus Kelloj,'-,' tirst referred it. Mr. VVatsoii thinks, 

 however, that the two j^euera should be kept separate. 

 751. Petaloiiyx linearis Cireene. Bull. Cal. Acad., I, IHH. Found in a ravim^, ap- 

 parently comuiou. About 2 I'eot hi«,'h; "bloom white." (No. 21 of Mr. 

 Greene.) 

 712. Mentzelia adherens Benth. Both of yulphur, p. 15. Tliia plant differs 

 ttomewnat from Palmer's 18ri7 plant, referred to this species by Mr. Watson. 

 The sepals are larj^er, their niar<!;inM involute in iV^v and rigid. Capsuh^ not 

 angled, of a diil'ercnt texture; the seeds are grayish and much wrinkled. 

 Not given iu Mr. Oreeue's list, but collected by Dr. Streets in 187(5. "Bloom 

 canary color." In exposed places. 

 719. Echinopepon minima Wat. Proc. Amer., Acad. XXIV, 52. Stems -glabrous 

 slender, 4 too f*'et long, climbing over small bushes: leaves thin, smooth 

 below, white-papillose and scabrous above, triangular-cordate, nmre or less 

 three-lobed, 1 to IJ inches long. Sterile racemes (including ]K',duncle) ;i to 4 

 inches long: limb of the ilower 4 lines broad, peduncle ft lines long: fertile 

 llowers mostly solitary, the peduncle becoming 8 to '.) lines h»ng, fruit to <) 

 lines long (not including tlie beak), eehinate with spine-like processes, two 

 celle<l, dehiscing by a deciduous operculum : cells three to six seeded, U lines 

 long, compressed, dark-colored. 



By a slip of the pen Mr. Watsetn has reversed the character of the surfaeo 

 of tlie leaf, and Mr. Cogneaux has copied the mistake into his usonograpli. 

 Vol. IU, 805. At the mouth of a eafum. Mr. Watsoai in Torry Bulk, vol. 

 XIV, has re-established Naudiu's genus, separating it from t'chinoci/ntis hito 

 which B. & 11. luul thrown it, foBowed by (Jogueaux, in Monoyruphke 

 rhunetwjamd-uin, vol. III. Our plant is the sane as Dr. Streets, from Cedro.s 

 island (I8()(i). 

 693. Mamillaria Goodridgii Scheer. Our specimen is doubtfully reierred to this 



tipecies. 

 679. Apiastrum angustifolium Nutt. (irowing in shady canons. Not before 



reported iVoiu here, and the only known Umbellifer on the island. 

 689. Bigelovia veneta Cray. Only a A;w plants collected. The whole plant 



very glutinous. (No. M of Mr. (Jreene.) 

 705. Filago Arizouica (Jray. Side of canon iu moist shade. Not bef<iro found 



bere. 

 750. Gnaphalium Spreugelii II. & A. A few speeimeua found in a deep cauon. 



Not before reported from here. 

 731. Franseria chenopodifolia Benth. Very common. (No. 3G of Mr. Greene.) 

 757. Prauseria camphorata Green, var. leptophylla, Gray. Proc. Amer. Acad., 

 XXII, ;iO'J. Very common; a foot or so high. No 37 of Mr. Greene. The 

 variety also collected near San i'^ernando, Lower California, by Orcutt,(188<)). 

 First collected on Guadalupe Island. 

 743. Viguiera lanata Gray. Very common plant on the island, and a large quan- 

 tity collected iu full bloom. Collected by Veateh, Streets, Beldiug, and 

 Greene (No. 4'i.) 



