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Notes from California. — 1. The rare Streptanthus heterophyllus ranges from 

 Temecula Canon to San Rafael, Mexico. 



2. There are all sorts of transitions between Lepidium Menziesii and L. lasi- 

 ocarpum, and as Watson has united lasiocarpum and Wrightii, it is probable that 

 this will follow. The number of stamens varies from two to four in each, 

 while the flattened pedicels vanish, and the pods are smooth or pubescent. 



3. Lepidium nilidum ranges throughout S. California and N. Mexico. The 

 seeds hang from the base of the style. 



4. L. dictyotum and the var. acutidens occur on the Tamecula plains, and the 

 latter also at San Diego. The typical form has been supposed before to be con- 

 fined to central Nevada, and the variety was not known from S. California. 



5. I have three forms of Thysanoca,rpus curvipes; a. Leaves runcinate, sta- 

 mens conspicuously exserted, petals not surpassing the sepals, auricles short or 

 almost none, pods rounded. 6. Leaves lyrate, auricles long, pods obtusely 

 pointed, stamens and petals as in a. ■ c. Stamens short, petals surpassing the 

 sepals, leaves lyrate. All these forms have the peculiar hairs of T. curvipes. 



6. Thalietrum Fendleri grows in Temecula Canon. 



7. A peculiar form of Clematis ligusticifolia abounds north of San Francisco, 

 having both perfect anthers and sterile filaments on the pistillate plant, thus 

 making it perfect. The leaves differ somewhat also, but Mr. Watson regards it 

 as C. ligusticifolia. 



8. Viola pedunculata ranges throughout S. California into Mexico as far as 

 Eucenada. 



9. Bhamnus croceus varies much. The stamens are oval to oblong ; calyx 

 lobes lanceolate, acute ; petals sometimes wanting. 



10. The horns of Ceanothus crassifolia are broadly ovate and very short, 

 while those of C. cuneatus are often linear. 



11. The petals of Cneoridium dumosum are four times as long as the calyx. 

 This hitherto rare plant, along with Adolphia Califomica, one equally rare, 

 ranges south along the coast to Eucenada, Mexico. The latter is much more 

 common further south. 



12. Astragalus lener is now to be found in S. California at Soledad, near 

 San Diego. 



13. The coast plant Boykinia occidentalis is not uncommon in the Sierras at 

 Emigrant Gap. 



14. Psoralea physodes is abundant in the mountains at Los Angeles. 



15. Hosackia decumbens, var. Nevadensis, is not annual and has no claim to 

 exist as a variety, as the characters given do not hold good. 



16. Hosackia maritima is either pubescent or smooth, and even fleshy, and 

 extends far into Lower California. 



17. The leaflets of Vicia Americana, var. truncata, are often deeply emarginate. 



18. Sambucus bipinnatifida ranges south at least to Eucenada, Mexico. 



Marcus E. Jones, Salt Lake City. 



Galinsoga parviflora, a nettle-like Composite from S. America, is abund- 

 ant and fully established along the streets and in neglected gardens near Union 

 Park, in Chicago. — J. C. A. 



