S."Jamesii and Fendleri. Amongst other matters, he states 
that both species are fed upon by the Potato beetle (Dory- 
phora decem-lineata), as 1 found other species to be in 
Colorado. : 
S. Fendleri extends from the mountains of Arizona to 
those of Mexico, at various elevations. The Royal Gardens — 
are indebted both to the Department of Agriculture of 
Washington and to Mr. Lemmon for tubers which, arriving 
early in 1883, produced an excellent crop of plants in the 
same year, flowering in autumn, and yielding tubers which, 
on being cooked by Mr. Baker, were pronounced excellent 
in flavour and texture. 
Drscr. A small herb, a foot high or under, branched, 
glabrous or sparsely hairy. T'ubers ellipsoid, half to three- 
quarters of an inch long. Stem and branches angular, 
rather slender. Leaves two to four inches long, petioled, 
pinnate ; leaflets five to nine, terminal often one inch, 
ovate-lanceolate, lateral sessile, without interposed minute 
ones, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, subacute, dull green; 
stipular leaflets none. Cymes few-flowered, erect, peduncles 
and pedicels slender. Flowers suberect, three-quarters of 
an inch in diameter, white. Calyx hemispheric, teeth minute. 
Corolla-tube very short, lobes oblong or ovate-lanceolate, 
subacute. Anthers all subequal, half the length of the 
corolla-lobes, obtuse. Ovary glabrous. Berry small, glo- 
bose, subtended by the very small calyx.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Flower cut vertically ; 2, stamens ; 3, top of style and stigma; 4, trans- 
verse section of ovary ; 5, tubers :—all but fig. 5 enlarged. 
