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one derived from either Greek or Latin," (Dr. Gray in Bot. 

 Wilkes Expd.) is certainly insufficient to justify its rejection. 

 It is a name taken from a literature with which we are all 

 familiar, and its application appears a sufficiently happy one 

 to any person who has accidentally tasted the copious watery 

 juice of the fruit. It was retained as a specific name by Mr. 

 Watson in the Botany of California, but if not admissible as 

 a generic name, it certainly should not be used for a species. 

 The only sufficient reason for its rejection seems to be, 

 although it appears nowhere to have been stated — that it 

 it has not the Latin termination. 



In the Am. Jour, of Science, xiv. 33, in a communica- 

 tion describing the germination of M. Californica, Dr. Gray 

 states that Dr. Kellogg redescribed his former Marah muri- 

 catus, under the name of Echinocystis Muricaius. This is an 

 error, as may be seen from Bot. Cal. I. 241, where the 

 species are correctly discriminated by Mr. Watson. 



Ranunculus Eisenii, Kellogg, Proc. Cal. Acad. vii. 115. 



Probably R. Nelsonh var. tenellus, Gray, but the speci- 

 men has disappeared from the herbarium, and the identifica- 

 tion is not certain. 



Isopyrum Glarkii, Kellogg, 1. c. vii. 131. 

 I. stipitatum, Gray. 



Delphinium fiammeum, Kellogg, 1. c. ii. 22. 

 D. Caedinale, Hook. 



Dendromeco\i Harfordii, Kellogg, 1. c. v. 102. A peculiar 

 form of D. rigidum. with thickly clustered very broad leaves, 

 collected on Santa Rosa Island by W. G. W. Harford. 



DlCENTRA UNIFLORA, Kellogg, 1. C. iv. 141. 



Streptanthus tortuosus, Kellogg, 1. c. ii. 152. 



Sisymbrium reflexum, Kellogg, 1. c. ii. 101. 

 Arabis Holbollii, Hornem. 



