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Ferd von Mueller seeds of several species of Atriplex were re- 

 ceived from Australia of which this proved to be the best. It 

 was particularly successful at the station at Tulare and seeds 

 raised there were distributed throughout California. There IS a 

 specimen in the Herbarium of the California Academy of 

 Sciences received from Mr. A. B. Leckenby who was at that time 

 attached to the Kern County Land Company's Experiment Sta- 

 tion at Bakersfield, and who raised the plants from seed received 

 from the station at Tulare. 



In August of the present year, the author found his plant 

 growing o'n the edge of the salt marsh not far ^ Larkspur and 

 apparently nourishing. How it came there is n^ta 

 it may eventually become widely spread ^^?»*** 

 of Marin County, this first record of its appearance is of interest. 



ALICE EASTWOOD. 



HABENARiA MARmMA^Greeue. This species ^which was firs, 

 collected: "On dry hills near the sea at Pent Lobo n ear San 

 Francisco" (Pitt. II. 298). is also found near Lands End, San 

 Francisco, on rocky banks and cliffs. The anthor has collected 

 it also on the hills of Sausalito and near Pomt RejrM. 



A very interesting form was sent to the Herbarium of the Call 

 foniia Academy o/seiences recently by Mr. Wilbam Barber of 

 Ross Valley. This grew iu the woods instead of on exposed 

 Mlsides and differed from the typical form in having stems .-» 

 fee" in height, spikes of flowers ueariy a foot in leu gth .more 

 loosely flowered with longer and greener bracts. The flowers 

 So were larger and both petals aud sepals somewhat greener. 

 £££ the parts of the flower were identical both showing 

 'vary with three spiral ribs. The differences, while apparent 

 sufficient to constitute a good variety, are such as one wo»M 

 expect to find a plant exhibiting as a result of more favorable 

 surroundings and more abundant nutriment The companson 

 of the two forms was made from fresh flowers. The honey scent 

 was not so strong in the sylvan form as in the maritime. 



ALICE EASTWOOD. 



