voL. Iv.] Writings of Edward L. Greene. 95 
Leptosiphon rosaceus Greene is the well-known Gi/ia andro- 
sacea var. rosacea Gray, of the sand hills of San Francisco. 
Leptosiphon acicularis Greene is the yellow-flowered form of 
Gilia micrantha, Mr. Greene’s reasons as given by himself for 
neglecting the older names are not very convincing. His free 
use of the word ‘‘invariably ”’ is calculated to alarm any one who 
knows of the almost infinite variety of forms belonging to G. 
androsacea and G. micrantha, for the consequences when Mr. 
Greene shall have been made acquainted with a score or two of 
them. 
Hesperochiron ciliatus Greene is H. pumtlus, Porter. 
Phacelia scabrella Greene is P. déstans Benth. 
Phacelia Arthuri Greene was identified by Mr. Congdon* with 
P. platyloba Gray. 3 } 
“Phacelia suaveolens Greene. This was described as having 
‘ 4-seeded capsules,’’ and the author in the note under the spe- 
cific character says:} ‘‘It is another of those species which 
eliminate the boundaries of subgenera or sections; for it com- 
bines the capsule and seed of Euphacelia with the narrow elon- 
gated corolla of Microgenetes.” By a fruiting fragment kindly 
placed at the writer’s disposal by Mr. Greene it is found to 
belong to Eutoca. The fragment contained a number of empty 
capsules, and the four still retaining their seeds held eight, 
_ six, three, and two respectively, and examination of the empty 
capsules showed in the larger ones on each half-placenta the 
_ points of attachment of six or eight seeds. The author was 
‘therefore probably misled by the depauperate upper capsules. 
The fragment bore neither leaf nor flower, but the published 
character with the notes here given make it probable that it is 
P. brachyloba Gray, which was described from Monterey and 
not known farther north until last year, when it was found in 
great abundance on Tamalpais beyond the second summit. i 
Phacelia rugulosa & P. Jeucantha emmon in herb., Pitt. i, 175- 
These are respectively strict synonyms of P. affinis & P. Orcutians 
Gray, Supp. Syn. Fl. ii, part 1. This is one of the instances 
. 
which serves to show that there are two sides to the question of 
* Zoe ii, 125. 
+ Pitt. i, 223. 
