334 PLANTS 



divisus, ramis valde inaeqiialibus, ssepe secus ramos majores quasi 



piniiatim dispositis. Bractefe parvse, acuminata, Involucra termi- 



nalia V. ^secus ramos remota, vix linea longiora, turbinata, 5-deiitata. 



Perigonia exserta, laciniis omnibus obtusis, — In locis arenosis ad 

 fl. Carmel. 



1943 (389). Polygonum Bistorta, L.— Meisu. in DC. Prod. v. 

 14, p. 135. — In uliginosis montium Sacramento. 



1944 (410). Polygonum (Avicularia) californicum^ Meisn. 1. c. 

 p. 100.- — Affine P. tenui sed multo minus et gracilius, Tota planta 

 vix semipedalis, pluries dichotome ramosa. Polia obtusiuscula v. 

 acuta, angustissimelinearia, floralia (bractea?) lineari-lanceolata flores 

 superantia. Ocrese hyalinse, nitentes, ad medium v, fere ad basin 

 in lacinias setaceas divisse. Perigonium vix f lin, longum, laciniis 



ovatis pallide roseis mucronulatis, perpauca in speciminibus jam 

 aperta, et fructus non vidi. — In locis aridis vallis Sacramento. 



1945 (99). Polygonum ParonycJda, Cham. — Meisn. I.e. p. 89. 

 - — In arenosis maritimis prope Monterey. 



1946 (261). CoMANDRA umbellata, Nutt. — Hook. PI. Bor. Amer. 

 2, p. 139, t. 179, P. A. — Perigonii laciniee acumine inflexo termi- 

 natse. Pili qui antheras cum perigonio jungunt non ad illas perti- 

 nent, sed e facie interiori laciniarum perigonii proveniunt, et apice 

 (verosimiliter viscidulo) diu cum summitate antherarum cohserent, 

 in flore tamen bene aperto ssepius solvuntur. Ovula gemina (v. 

 terna?), ab apice placentse filiformis longissimse subspiraliter con- 

 tortse pendula.~In sylvis vallis Sacramento. • 



1947 (188). OiiEOBAPiiNE californica, Nees, Syst. Laur. p. 463. 

 — In montibus Santa Cruz, circa sinum San Prancisco. 



1948 (115). Eremocaupus setigerus, Benth. Bot. Sulph. p. 53. 

 t. 26. — In montibus Carmel. 



1949 (43). HENDECANDiiA^rocMffz5^«5, Escbsch. — Hook. etArn. 

 Bot. Beech, p. 389, t. 91. — In arvis pascuisque prope Monterey. 



1950^(57). EuPHOKBiA Peplus, Linn.— Porraa Americana ab 

 Europseis paullulum diversa videtur. — In sylvis prope Monterey. 



1951 (304), Euphorbia dicbjosperma, Pisch. et Mey. Ind. 2, p. 

 37.— Eadem videtur ac E. obtusifolia, Pursh, quae ad speciem Eu- 

 ropseam E. platyphyllam (an rite tamen?) refertur.— In valle Sacra- 

 mento. 



1951 (100). Trtceeastes ^7o?«^ra^^, Presl, Eel. Ha^nk. 2, p. 88, 

 t. 64.— Polygamo-dioica. In stirpe mascula stamina numerosa (10- 

 25) fasciculata, antlieroe sessiles v. filamento brevissimo sustensffi, 

 calyce (v. receptaculo ?) in lacinias paucas (4-7) in^quales integras 

 v. irregulariter bifidas sepaliformes espanso. Stamina pleraque in 

 medio receptaculo v. ad basin loborum, nonnulla tamen in lacinias 

 ipsas inserta. Pistilli rudimentum nullum. In stirpis bermapbro- 

 diti^florlbus normalibus, calyx ovario arete adnatus, tricostatus, cos- 

 ti3 in denies breves productis ; stamina 3, iis flomm masculorum 

 similia, margine calycis inserta et cum dentibus alternantia; styll 3, 

 bifidi, dentibus calycinis opposita/ ovarium unilocularo, placentis 3 



