58 Short Articles. _ [ZOE 
In the examination of a quantity of material of G. Californicum, 
H. & A., the writer finds that species to be so variable that G. 
occidentale, McClatchie, cannot be retained as a species or even as 
a variety. 
The writer wishes to acknowledge, in the preparation of both 
this paper and a paper on the Geographical Distribution of North 
American Galiums, to be printed later, the aid of the following 
persons who have kindly loaned the collections of Galiums in 
their possession: Miss Alice Eastwood, Curator of the Herba- 
rium, California Academy of Sciences; Prof. Aven Nelson, 
University of Wyoming; Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Brandegee, Mr. S. 
B. Parish, Mr. A. D. E. Elmer, Mr. W. N. Suksdorf, and Mr. 1, 
B Flett. The writer is also under special obligations to Prof. 
William R. Dudley, to whose numerous suggestions and criti-_ 
cisms is due whatever merit the papers may possess. 
WILLIAM F. WRIGat. 
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calif., May 18, rgoo. 
SHORT ARTICLES. 
SOME PLANTS OF MENDOCINO CouNTY NEW TO THE 
FLORA OF CALIFORNIA. 
On looking over a collection of plants made by Mrs. Alexander 
McCallum, at Glen Blair, not far from Fort Bragg, in Mendocino 
County, the following species were noted as not having been pre- 
viously reported from California. 
CALLA PALUSTRIS L. This species, common in Europe and 
the Atlantic States of North America, was collected in a place 
known locally as Little Valley, not far from Glen Blair. The 
specimens are identical with those which are in the Herbarium of 
the California Academy of Sciences from other localities. The 
discovery of this adds another member to the representatives of 
the Aroideze on the Pacific Coast, the other Lysichiton Kamschat- 
kensis, being found at Noyo, which is a few miles distant from 
Glen Blair. 
