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soft, membranaceous, apparently somewhat fleshy and loose, perhaps 

 margined, the micropyle extended beyond the marginal basilar hilum 

 as if into a broad rostellum. Embryo not fully developed in the speci- 

 mens. — The terminal stigma (which, so far as I know, is wholly 

 anomalous in Caryophyllacece), the Holosteum-Yxke inflorescence, the few 

 seeds, which are neither those of Holosteum nor of Arenaria, and the 

 suflrutescent growth, combine to justify the establishment of a new 

 genus for this plant. As it belongs to the Flora of California, which 

 he has for several years been engaged upon, and for which he has per 

 sonally collected most important and ample materials, I propose to 

 dedicate the genus to Professor William H. Brewer, of the California 

 Geological Survey and of Yale College. That he may not be deprived 

 of this well-earned honor on account of the old genus Breweria, I have 

 written the name Brewerina. 



Aquilegia chrysantha. A. cceruleee, Torr. affinis, elatior (2 - 

 4-pedalis), floribunda ; floribus saturate flavis ; sepalis lanceolato- 

 oblongis limbo petalorum paullo longioribus haud latioribus. — A. 

 leptocera sar.Jlava Gray, PI. Wright. 2, p. 9 ; Bot. Mex. Bound, p. 30. 

 — Eastern New Mexico (Organ Mountains not far from El Paso, 

 Thurber, Wright ; and further north, Parry) to Arizona (Mabibi, 

 Parry, etc.). Also in South Utah ? A. L. Siler (fide Meehan). Now 

 in cultivation from seeds collected by Dr. Parry, and distributed 

 from the Botanic Garden of Harvard University. See American 

 Agriculturist for September, 1873, for an account of the plant, with 

 woodcut, etc. Upon first acquaintance with this plant in dried speci- 

 mens, I regarded it as a variety of the blue, long-spurred Aquilegia of 

 the Rocky Mountains, some forms of which are almost or entirely white- 

 flowered. In view of the diversity of color, and this more remarkable 

 deviation to yellow, I was the more disposed to follow Sir William 

 Hooker in preferring Nuttall's appropriate name of A. leptocera, trust- 

 ing that the A. leptoceras of Fischer might not be a good species. But 

 now that we have this golden Columbine in cultivation for the second 

 season, and can review its characters, we must conclude that it may 

 claim a distinct specific name, although the technical characters may 

 seem to be slender. Its geographical range is different ; it occupies a 

 more southern range, and is found at less elevation than A. ccerulea. 

 Here at Cambridge, at least, it is more hardy, probably because it 

 bears our summers better than its alpine relative ; and it endures our 

 winter perfectly. It is much taller, rising to the height of four feet in 



