384 CALIFORNIA.— SUPPLEMENT. {Polygonea. 



of the staminal tube j in our present individual the leaves do not materially differ, nor do we find any other 

 difference from «., except that the bracteas of the involucre are larger and almost foliaceous. 



1 . Glaux maritima ? L. 



A singular state of this plant, as it appears to us, without flowers, with small imperfect leaves, and with the 

 stem singularly inflated at the joints, is in Mr Douglas' collection. 



Ord. XLVII. PLANTAGINEjE. Juss. 

 1. Plantago gnaphalioides. Nutt. Gen. Am. 1. p. 100. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. v. 2. p. 124. 

 — P. lagopus. Ph. (non Linn.). 



Ord. XLVIII. NYCTAGINE^. Juss. 



1. Abronia mellifera. Dougl. in Bot. Mag. t. 2879. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. v. 2. p. 125. 



2. A. arenaria. Menz.—Hook. Ex. Fl. t. 193. Fl. Bor. Am. 2. p. 125. 



Found in California first by Mr Menzies. 



1. Chenopodium ? spinosum. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. v. 2. p. 127. 

 North California. Douglas. 1826. 



Ord. XLIX. POLYGONE^. Juss. 



ERIOGONUM. Mich. 



Involucrum tubulosum, campanulatum v. cyathiforme, vix angulatum, subsequaliter 6-dentatum, multiflorum. 



Beceptaculum bracteolis intra pedicellos instruction. Perianthia exserta, profunde 6-fida. Benth. in Linn. 



Trans, v. 17. p. 407. , 



§ Fascicctlata. Benth. 



1. E. parvifolium (Sm. in Bees' Cycl.) ; fruticulosum, foliis brevissime petiolatis ovatis 

 margine revolutis undulatis subtus lanatis, involucris sublanatis. Benth. I. c. p.4>\\. Hook, 

 et Am. supra, p. 158. 



Upper California. Menzies. Douglas. 



Folia £-£ pollicaria, basi truncata vel subcordata. Pedunculi omnes simplices vel terminalis ramosus. 

 Capitula pauca lateralia et terminalia, fructifera rubescentia. Bracteai sub capitulo pauca?, paTvae, ovatse vel 

 oblongee. Involucra in capitulo plurima, sessilia, tubuloso-campanulata. Bracteolce intra involucrum plu- 

 mosse. Perianthii lacinue inter se subaequales. Benth. 



2. E. fasciculatum (Benth.); fruticulosum, foliis oblongo-ellipticis linearibusve basi 

 angustatis margine revolutis glabris vel subtus tenuiter albo-tomentosis, involucris gla- 

 briusculis. Benth. I. c. p. 411. 



Upper California. Menzies. Douglas. 



Folia ^-J-pollicaria, demum glabra. Pedunculi longiores quam in E. parvifolio, terminalis sajpissime 

 umbellifer, radiis 2-3 incequaliter elongatis, 1-2 brevissimis vel uno alterove intra radios sessilibus. Bractem 

 sub capitulis numerosae, oblongo-lineares. Bracteola intra involucra minutissimse. Involucra et flores E. 

 parvifolii. Benth. 



