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Cape St. Lucas to La Paz. Boidaloua Fourzeria?ia Vasey, is said 

 to belong to Pe7iiarr hap his Kunth., believed to be identical with 

 Polyschistis Presl. The species as arranged are Pentarrhaphis, 

 Foiirierianay P. scabra, and P. panperctda. 



Contributions from the U. S, National Herbarium No. Ill, by 

 George Vasey and J, N. Rose. This number contains a hst of 

 the plants collected by Dr. Edward Palmer in 1890, in Lower CaH- 

 fornia and western Mexico, at La Paz, San Pedro Martir Island, 

 Raza Island, Santa Rosalia Santa Agueda and Guaymas. The 

 following species and varieties are described as new: Krameria 

 ca7iescens var, pancifoliay Sphceralcea Cali/oryiica, S, albijlora, S^ 

 violacea, Hermannia Pahneri, Fagojua Palmeri, Acacia Willard- 

 tana, Ccesalpinia n. sp., Houstonia arenaria, H, Brandegeana, H. 

 brevipeSy Coidterella (n. gen.) capitata, Nofmeisieria Laphamoides, 

 Perityle aurea, Bidcns Xantiana, Gilia Sonorcs, Cordia Watsoni, 

 Kry7utzkiape7iinsularis, Berginia Palmeri, Calophayies peninstdaris^ 

 C. Californica^ Jitsticia Pabneri^ Atriplex insnlaris^ Euphorbia 

 blepharostipula (!). The new genus Coulterella, named in honor of 

 Prof J. M. Coulter, is figured (Plate i). 



Horsfordia rotnndifolia, p. 67, is probably the same as H, Puri^ 

 siniiSy Proc. Cal. Acad., sen 2, ii, 135, which was distinguished from 

 the preceding species mainly because that was described as an 

 annual. The species found on the peninsula is certainly a woody 

 perennial, but the description of H. rotnndifolia may possibly be 

 erroneous is this respect and the species identical. 



In Sphceralcea Californica the authors state " the terminal part 

 (wrongly called the * horizontal projection at base' by Watson and 

 Brandegee) is very broad and obtuse.*' Certainly, no such mistake 

 in the position of the carpels was made as regards Mr. Brandegee's 

 specimens. The horizontal empty portion at the base is about half 

 the length of the upper. 



The paper is very creditable to the authors and to the govern- 

 ment. Typographically it is a very great improvement upon the 

 previous number by the same authors. 



Co7itribzdions to American Botajiy, xvii. I. Miscellaneous Notes 

 upon North American Plants, chiefly of the United States, with de- 

 scriptioJis of Neiv Species. IL Descriptions of New Plants from 

 Norther7i Mexico^ collected chiefly by Mr. C G. Pringle in 1 888 and 



