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formed. At tliis time he collected the plants numbered 479 to 574; on his 

 return from Fort Apache he remained two days, July 5 and 6, collectino- 

 numbers 613 to 620. 



^ Br. Rothrock, in Wheeler's Report, vol. vi., has forty eight species 

 from this place ; most of these were recollected. 



Fort Apache, ujmn the east fork of Salt Kiver, in the Indian reserva- 

 tion of the valley of the White Mountains, has an altitude of 5,200 feet.' 

 It is only readied after one hundred miles of rough moontatu staging. 

 The mountain here also is covered with oal s and pines, but the valley 

 is dry, having little or no vegetation. Salt : 'iver supplies water for the 

 fort and for irrigating the gardens and the arms of the Indians. The 

 temi)erature is lOo warmer than at Willow S lings. Dr. Palmer was at 

 Fort Apache from June 21 to 30, collecting p nts numbered 575 to 613. 



Dr. J. J. Kothrock made a small collection ^lere in 1874. (Wheeler's 

 Keport, vi.) 



Clematis Palmeri, n. sp. A peculiar form wliicli we h ve not been able to place It 

 8eom« nearest C. fdifera Rentli. of Mexico. The ] ves very thin and delicately 

 nerved, pinnate-ternatc; the lealiets obtusely 3-lol 'd, paler beneath : peduncles 

 one-flowered, G to 7 inches long: akenes^ith long I umose tail«.-Aniong bashes 

 along river bottom. Fort Apache, June 21 to 30. o. fiOO. 

 Thalictrum Pendleri Engelin. Under bushes in a n ino near Willow SnrinLm 

 Juno 10 to 20. No. .^)16. ' 



Ranunculus affinis R. Br., var. cardiophyllus Gray. ^roc. Phil. Acad 18(1:5 p 

 56. Coninion in swampy meadows. Collected here b^ Rothrock also. This form 

 was iirst j)ublished by Dr. Gray, under the above v. ietal name, followed by 

 Rothrock, Watson, and others, but in his last revision e takes up a new name 

 var. vahdus. Willow Springs, June 10 to 20. No. 498. ' 



Ranunculus macranthus Scheele. Very common in wet bottoms. Rothrock also 



collected it here. Willow Springs. June 10 to 20. No. 495. 

 Ranunculus hydrocharoides Gray. Common, in a marsh. This species was also 



collected here by Rothrock. Willow Springs. June 10 to 20. No. 485. " 

 Aquilegia chrysantha Gray. Very common in the canons along water courses. 



Fort l[nachiica. April and May. No. 434. 

 Erysimum Wheeleri Rothrock. Only iu flower, but apparently this species. Wil- 

 low Springs. June 10 to 20. No. 483. 



Capsella Bursa- pastoris Mocnch. Collected in a garden at Fort Huachuca. April 

 and May. No. 444. 



lonidium polygalaefolium Vent. Collected in an old garden at the mouth of a 



canon. Fort Hnachnca. April and May. No. 445. 

 Cerastium nutans Raf. In swamps at Willow Springs. June 10 to 20. No. 515. 

 Claytonia Chamissonia Esch. Willow Springs. June 10 to 20. No. 570. 

 Sphceralcea Fendleri Gray. A peculiar form with very small flowera and carpels. 



Grows on open mesas at Fort Apache. June 21 to 30. No. 594. 

 Linum perenne L. Willow Springs. June 10 to 20. No. !529. 

 Linum aristatum Engelm. fide Trelease. Collected at the edge of rich bottoms and 



slopes under oaks and pines. Willow Springs. June 10 to 20, No. 497. 

 Ptelea trifoliata L. A loose growing shrub about 8 feet high. Fort Huachuca 



April and May. No. 428. 

 Rhamnus Californica Esch., fde Trelease. Fort Huachuca. April 26 to May 21. 



No. 431. Willow Springs. June 10 to 20. No. 520. 



1 Only 5,000 feet, Wheeler's Report, vi. 23. 



