CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 151 



Stipa Stilmani, Bolander, 1. c. iv. 169. 



Danthonta Californica, Bolander, 1. c. ii, 182. 



Melica stricta, Bolander, 1. c. iii. 4, & iv. 104. 



M. imperfecta, Triii. var. flexuosa, Bolander, 1. c. iv. 101. 



M. Harfordii, Bolander, 1. c. iv. 102. 



M. acuminata, Bolander, 1. c. iv. 104. 



M. fugax, Bolander, 1. c. iv. 104. 



Polt/podlum carnosum, Kellogg, 1. c. ii. 88. 

 P. Scouleri, Hook. & Grew 



P. falcatum, Kellogg, 1. c. i. 19. 



Descriptions of some Californian Plants collected by the writer 



in 1884.. 



BY MARY K. CURRAN. 



Delphinium uliginosum. Slightly pubescent; stems gen- 

 erally strict, 1 — l.i feet high from a tuberous root, leal'v 

 only at the base: leaves triangular in outline, 3-cleft, the 

 segments about 3-toothed, mucronulate: petioles nearlv 

 equaling the blade: racemes open; pedicels stout, ascend- 

 ing h — 2 inches long: flowers deep blue, about an inch long, 

 including the straight slender spur which nearly equals the 

 sepals : petals slightly pubescent, the lateral ones ciliate on 

 the margin: ovary and capsule pubescent: seeds about a 

 line long, the coat black, closely conformed to the nucleus, 

 and rough with minute rounded projections which form 

 irregular horizontal ridges.- — Collected in swampy ground, 

 almost in the water, Lake county, near Epperson's, July, 

 1884. Related to D. scaposum, Greene. 



