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additional ones are noticed in the Supplement to Becchey's Voyapc, Kliould 

 also be arrani^ed anionic the varieties of this si)ecies. The D. simplex i3. 

 calcare calycem sub;L'(|uantc, HuoJc. ^- Ani. I. c. appears like a diJKreiit 

 species, but our specimens are very imperfect. Add to the locality Orcon ! 

 and Calilbruia ! * 



9. D. varicgatum. — Add. syn. D. grandiflorum /?. variegatum, Hoi,lc. A* 

 Am. I. c. — It appears to us dilleront from the Siberian D. grandillorum. 

 Lower petals either 3-lobed or entire, sometimes variegated, sometimes all 

 blue. 



II. D. jMuciJlorvm (Nutt.) — Tlils is a somewhat depauperate form of D. 

 Menziesii, DC. (not no. 5, of this work.) In its i)lace the iijllowing should 

 be inserted. 



11. D. Menziesii (DC.) : pubescent; petioles scarcely dilated at the base ; 

 leaves 5-parted ; the divisions 2-3-cleft; lobes mostly linear, entire ; lower 

 bracts 3-clcft; raceme 3-6-flowercd ; spur strai^'ht, as long as the sepals; 

 ovaries somewhat tomentose ; root grumous. — JJC. ! syst. 1. p. 35.5, (fide 

 STp. in herb. Banks.); Hook..' Jl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 25, Sf in but. Bcichcy, 

 suppl. p. 317 ,• Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1192. D. pauciilorum, JSull. ! (a smaller 

 form.) 



In pine woods, from Kotzebue's Sound to Oregon, Douglas ! Mr. Tolmie! 

 Nutlall! California, Douglas, Mr. Tolmie! and tlic Rocky Mountains, Xul- 

 tall ! — Stem 6 inches to a foot or more liigh. Pedicels elongated. Flowers 

 large, violet-blue, the upper petals whitish. — Allied to D. bicolor. 



12 {a). D. decorum (Fisch. & Meyer) : pubescent or rather glabrous ; 

 leaves 3-parted ; the lateral divisions 2-cleft or undivided; lobes oblony, 

 3-toothed or entire ; bracts and floral leaves somewhat oblong, mostly entire ; 

 spur curved, as long as the sepals. Fisch. S^ Meyer, 3rd ind. sem. St. 

 Petersb. (1837), 8f in Linnrea, suppl. 12. p. 92. 



California, at the Russian colony Ross. — Resembles D. Menziesii and 

 D. elegans, but the leaves are quite dillerent. Flowers showy, violet-blue 

 turning to violet-purple. Fisch. 6f Meyer. 



13. D. nudicaidc. — Add syn. D. sarcophyllum, Hook. S^'Arn.! bot. Beech- 

 ry, suppl. ]}. 317. — There are two states of this in Douglas's collection ; one 

 with a simple stem or scape, the leaves all nearly radical, and the flowers 

 in a pyramidal raceme, the lower pedicels very long, 6cc. We were ac- 

 quainted with this form only when our description was pul)lishcd. We have 

 now the other form (from which the character of D. sarcophyllum, Hook, c^- 

 Arn. is drawn; tlie stem is more or less branched, and there is a small leaf 

 at the base of each branch, and the raceme thus becomes paniculate. Still 

 the name of D. nudicaule is not inappropriate to this form. We had neg- 

 lected to notice the singularly fleshy leaves. The species is in every re- 

 spect a remarkable one. 



20. HYDRASTIS, jj. 40. 



H. Canadensis. — To the synonymy add HooJc. ! bol. mag. t. 3019, S{ 

 t. 3232 (fruit). 



21. PiEONIA, p. 41. 



1. P. Brorcnii. — Add syn. Lindl. bot. reg, {ser. 2) ^ 30. — Our two species 

 *' form a section of Pa^onia (§ Onftpia, Lindl.) cliaraotori/.cd by short 

 leathery petals, a lobed fleshy disk, and a dry, not succulent, seed-coat.'' 

 Lindl. I. c. 



