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consideration. Briqnet* has done this by extending the charac- 

 terization of the genus Ramona of Greenet so as to inchide all 

 the species of this group. There is, however, no satisfactory 

 character on which to separate Ramona, as adopted by Briquet, 

 from Salvia. + The chief distinction is in the development of the 

 connective between the anther-cells, but this difference is one of 

 degree, not of kind, as shown by the gradation from the large, 

 spoon- shaped connective, such as we have in S. pratensis L. 

 through the straight, only slightly elongated connective, as in S. 

 officinalis L., and the mere peg, such as occurs in 8. Californica 

 Jepson {Audiherfia polystachya Benth.), to those species in 

 which the lower branch of the connective is wholly suppressed, 

 the junction of the connective with the filament showing as an 

 oblique joint. The last condition is found in such species as ;S. 

 Palmeri Greene {Audibertia Palmeri Gray) . The genus Ramona, 

 as extended by Briquet, is therefore unnecessary and our plant 

 is best disposed of under Salvia. Since the name pachystachya 

 has already been used in the genus another has been selected. 



Salvia Columbariae Benth. Chia. 



Common along the roads of Strawberry Valley. Also at 

 Ken worthy. (No. 2288.) 



Scutellaria angustifolia Pursh. Skull-cap. 



Very common throughout the pine belt, beginning to blossom 

 the first of June, but more abundant in August and September. 

 (No. 334.) 



Scutellaria Bolanderi Gray. 



This species grows sparingly along the creeks at 4000-6000 

 ft. alt., rarely following them down as low as 2000 ft. alt. (Nos. 

 667, 696.) 



Stachys albens Gray. 



This was collected only along Tahquitz Creek in the upper 

 part of the pine belt. 



*Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii 439 (1894), and injEngler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 



iv. ab. .3a, 287 (1895). 



tPitt. ii. 23.5 (1892) and 301 (1892). 

 tCf. Greene, Pitt. ii. 233 (1892). 



