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Members of the Goosefoot family are not wanting either, some 

 of them introduced and others native. Among the latter is Chenopo- 

 dium incanum (S. Wats.), [Choiopodiiiin Fremontii^ var. incanum S. 

 Wats., Proc. Am. Acad. 9: 94. 1874.) That this well-marked species 

 should have been referred to Fremont's Goosefoot seems rather hard 

 to believe after one becomes acquainted with the two plants, for they 

 are totally unlike in appearance and habit. Our plant is low, spread- 

 ing, more branching, has smaller, thick leaves, whitened beneath, in 

 cbntrast with the other species, which is tall, erect, and has light 

 green, thin leaves. 



Perhaps the most interesting find of the season was the re-discov- 

 ery of Moiiarda pectinata Nutt. This species was originally collected 

 near Santa Fe by Gambel, and has been almost unknown since. Fend- 

 ler also collected it under No. 602, but Dr. Gray apparently did not 

 recognize it as belonging to Nuttall's species, as he makes no mention 

 of it in the Synoptical Flora. Along the road between Santa Fe and 

 Canoncito it is very abundant, and scattered plants were also seen 

 near the Rio Grande. Although the collection will yield a dozen or 

 more new species, not one of these occupies such a prominent place 

 in our botanical affection as does this rare Monarda. 



In the report on the Fendler collection, the valley on the Santa 

 Fe creek is said to have been the most prolific ground, but I did not 

 find it so. For a distance of nine miles the valley is rather bare and 

 unproductive of species, due no doubt in part to the ravages of the 

 omnipresent goat. Only when one follows the stream to the neigh- 

 borhood of " Monument Rock," will he find prolific ground. Here 

 are located several small ranches, and within their bounds many fine 

 species flourish unmolested in the meadows. Here, on the banks of 

 the stream was found HydropJiylhini Fendlcri (A. Gray), ( Hydrophyl- 

 hini occidejitale, var. Fendleri A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 10 : 314. 

 1875 ), which differs in several particulars from the Western Water- leaf, 

 a native of Oregon and northwestern California. One of its near neigh- 

 bors was Pentstenion Torreyi, or "Bloody Noses," as it is sometimes 

 called. It is an inhabitant of dry banks and hillsides in open woods, 

 and is a beautiful sight when the long, scarlet flowers are fully open. 



Here, too, but only on the mountain sides, and mainly on the 

 ridge on the right bank of the stream, are numberless bushes of the 

 small-leaved Mock Orange, PhiladelpJms microphyllus, lading the air 

 with its sweet perfume. The type specimen was also collected here. 

 Another pretty plant, with bright yellow flowers, twisted pods, and 

 prominent style is Draha stylosa (A. Gray), {Draba aurea, var. sty- 

 losa A. Gray, Amer. Journ. Sci. (II), 2tZ'. ^43- 1862.) It grows 

 equally well in the low ground in the valley, and on the ridges. 



