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older ones) because it disappears when tlie slirinking is 

 counteracted by the ordinary reagents used for that purpose. 

 In all other respects also, the O. trapezoidea seems to 

 agree altogether too closely with O. chalyhea (particularly 

 with the var. genuina Gomont) to be separated from it. 



W. A. Setchell. 



Ephedra viridis, Coville: — This plant has been sent to 

 me from San Luis Obispo County by Mr. L. Jared. It is 

 very abundant on the sides of San Emidio Canon in the 

 vicinity of the Antimony Mine. The extension of the 

 range of this species is noteworthy. Alice Eastwood. 



Trillium sessile: — Mrs. Chandler has brought to notice 

 three abnormal specimens of white-flowered Trillium sessile 

 var. Calif ornicum, found in the San Bruno Hills of San Mateo 

 County. Number one has four leaves and all parts of the flower 

 in fours even to the ovary; stamens eight. Number two has six 

 leaves, six outer divisions of the perianth and five inner, ten 

 stamens and six cells to the ovary. Number three is normal 

 in regard to the symmetry; but one of the outer divisions of 

 the perianth is a true leaf. This species is exceedingly vari- 

 able in the color, shape and size of its flowers; but such 

 abnormal forms are rare. Alice Eastwood. 



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Chamisso Botanical Club. — The title of Mr. Howe's 

 paper read at the regular meeting held Feb. 20th, was, " A 

 comparison of the Hepatic flora of California with that of 

 the Eastern United States and of Europe." While the Hep- 

 atic flora of California is more nearly related to that of 

 Central and Northern Europe than to that of Gray's Manual 

 region, it is yet more closely related to that of the Mediter- 

 ranean region. Mr. Howe illustrated his paper by tables of 

 the comparative distribution of genera and species, but stated 



