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It is well to notice that the shape of the sterile filament in Scroph- 

 ularia is not now considered to be a test in determining species. I 

 sent to Ur. Gray, specimens of 6". Calif ornica in which the filaments 

 varied much. I have this plant from Colorado also. 



^^ Penistemo)i Eatoni, Gray, has the corolla also i|" long, pedicels 

 4 -6" long; sepals half as long; peduncles sometimes 6" long, 5 to 

 8-flowered; pods ovate, acuminate, 6" long by 4" broad. It is three 

 feet high, with spikes 18 inches long in my Frisco specimens. 



Pentsfemon azureus, Benth., var. Jaffrayanus, Gray, is often not 

 at all glaucous. 



■_ Scutellaria antirrhinoidcs is not uncommon at Ogden. I believe 

 It has not been reported east of Nevada before. 



Echinospermum siibdecumbens, Parry. Dr. Parry called my at- 

 tention to this plant, which Gray refers to E. floribiuidum. At first 

 It appears to be very distinct, meriting a specific rank, both on ac- 

 count of the nutlets and its perennial root. But higher in the canyons 

 It IS more frequently biennial, and has both smooth and prickly-faced 

 nutlets, and certainly unites E. florilmndum and E. deflexum as Wat- 

 son decided in King's Report. 



■ Eritrichiuin circiimscissum, Gray, is abundant at St. George It 

 hasa strong purple coloring-matter. There are several species of 

 Eritrtchiuvi occurring at St. George that have so strong a purple dve 

 as to color through the papers in which they are dried- 



Atriplex confertifolia, Watson, has an oil which the Mormons use 

 torthe.nair. The plant goes by the name of "white sage " 



Juniperus Californica, Carr., var. Utahensis, Eng., Watson re- 

 ports (as /. ocadenfalis) from Nevada in King's Report, and appends 

 the remark that he did not meet with it in Utah ! This must be 



a mistake, for on Antelope Island, where much of kis Utah 



botamzmg was done, there is a belt of this plant extending nearly 

 from one end of the Island to the other on both sides. In company 

 with Dr. Englemann, I found it at Ogden, and have since found it 

 at the mouth of Parley's Canyon, near Salt Lake City, and at the foot 

 ot liear Lake, m the extreme north-eastern corner of the Territory 

 Calochortus flexuosns, Watson, is a most lovely plant. ' 

 Polypogon Monspeliensis occurs as far south as St. George and 

 appears to be an introduced plant. ' 



I have discovered in the canyons of the Wasatch, Salix lesiandra, 



We 



ers. 



Eriocoma cuspidata is the prevalent grass of the desert region of 

 stern Utah, and is highly valued as a forage plant by the frelght- 



\\^^w^ Stipa spcciosa, Trin. & Rup., from St. George and Frisco. 

 itt.PlTVr"l",^.^'f!^?.^?^>:^^I^^- Vasey thinks is anew 



ifl. 

 what uncertain. 



Salt Lake City, Utah. 



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.hn!r^ 1 ? , ' '^'*^'" ^^^ °^^^y ^^ Salix.-The frequency of 

 abnormal development in the floral organs^ our Salicest\^x^ season, 

 seems quite remarkable. Within an area of less than . n.n. t wi 



