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917. Lavateia venosa Watson. Proc. Am. Aoad., xir, j>40. Poor specirneiis were 

 <;olli'(;l,c(l hy J)r. Streets in I8rr>. Not Hiiice <;(»llecte(l until obtaiiiwl by Lieu- 

 tenant Pond. Dr. Palinor say.s of it: 'The plant that loads in uunil.ers all 

 otbera on tbo island. Its bri^bt <4rcpn yives tlie island ratbor a fertile look. 

 It is on all tbe le,rel places iu the arroyos and deepest canons and reacbes to 

 tbo summit. A beautiful jdant witli wbite and purple tlowers, iiuich darker 

 at nijrbt, I to :J feet biob. Tbo petals arc at (irst straigbt, and tlien turn 

 under as tbey take ou tbe pnrple color. A fine plant for cultivation iu greeii- 

 bonscs and ^Mrdens of warmer latitudes." Di-. Palmer has collected it in 

 great abnndaiico, and has obtained a good supply of seed. (No. :j of Mr. 

 Greene.) 



913. Hosackia maritima Nntt. Put a few 8i)ecimens collected. The pods are three 



to nine seeded. (No. U of Mr. Greene.) 

 922. Cotyledon linearis (Jreene. Pitt., I, 1^85. Very eoniuion plant, in biincbes 



over tbe lower portion of tbe islaiul. (No. 10 of Mr. Greene.) 

 921. Mammillaria Goodrichii Scboer. 

 Mesembryanthemum crystaliuum L. Dr. Palmer says tbe "Ice plant" was very 



plentiful on tbe island, but s<>nt in no apeciiiKnis. Mr. Greene has, however, 



identified tbe species from this island. (No. 11 of Mr. Greene.) 

 920. Hemizonia Streetsii Gray, Collected quite abundantly. (No. ir, of Mr. 



(Jreene.) First cidlected hero by Dr. Streets. 



915. Amblyopappus pusillus Hook A- Arn. (No. 16 of Mr. Greene.) 



914. Peiityle Greenei Pose. Pot. Gaz., xv., 117. (No. 17 of Mr. Greene.) 



911. Krynitzkia ambigua Gray. Growing on tbo side of a canon. Tbe plant is 



clearly tbe one collected by liieutenant Pond, but this, as well ns Mr. 

 Gn^ene's type, has four nutlets. We have carefully compared both speci- 

 mens with a very full set in the Gray Herbarium, and we have not been able 

 to separate them. The nutlets arc identicnl and there are specimens with 

 the same habit. (Cri/ptanthe pahila Greene.) (No. 21 of Mr. (ireene.) 



912. Krynitzkia maritima Greene. Only a few specimens were collected, as 



nearly all the plants were dead. The plants are found from 2 to 8 inches 

 high and much branched. Growing on rocky sides of a canon. (No. 20 of 

 Mr. Greene.) 



916. Lycium Californicum Nntt. (No. 19 of Mr. Greene.) 



910. Plantago Patagonica Jacq. Quite common in sandy ravines. (No. 22 of 



Mr. (Jreene.) 

 919. Euphorbia Benedicta Greene, Pit., i, 263. Very common. (No. 7 of Mr. 



Greene.) 

 918. Atriplex deltata Greene, Pit., i, 267. The sterihi plant. 

 907. TIh', same species. Tbo fertile plant. (No. 8 of Mr. Greene.) 

 906. Brodiaea capitata Penth. A very common plant on shady slopes. (No. 24 of 



Mr, Greene.) 



GUADALUPK ISLAND PLANTS. 



Botaiu.sts generally will be delifjlited to know tliat Dr. Palmer has 

 again visited Guadalupe Islaiul and brought back a large and inter- 

 esting collection. Only a week was s])ent on the island, from March 

 27 to Ai)ril 3, 1880, but he succeeded in laying in a good supply of a 

 number of s])ecies only known from this island nnd sparingly repre- 

 ■ sented in our herbaria. Besides these several new species were found. 

 Tie began his collecting at the south end of the island, where the last 

 three days of Marchwere spent, and the first three days of April were 

 spent at the north end of the island. 



It will be remembered that in 1875 Dr. Edward Palmer spent three 

 months (February to May) on this island. This was the first visit ever 



