90 ERYTHEA. 



However, quite recently a physician of Oakland, Calif., 

 brought specimens of R. Californica to the Botanical De- 

 partment of the University of California for identification, 

 saying that he had used it with great success in rheumatic 

 affections. Dr. H. H. Rusby, commenting on this fact, writes 

 me "the anti-rheumatic properties of which your friend 

 speaks, are doubtless indirect; a result of more perfect 

 excretion." Any additional information on the uses of these 

 and other of our native plants, will be welcomed by members 

 of this Department: in all cases specimens for identification 

 should accompany a statement, and the part of the plant 

 which is used, and the way in which it is used^ should be 

 indicated. J. Buett Davy."^ 



Additions to the "Manual of the Bay-Region Botany." 

 — Rhododendron CaliforniGwm, Hook., is reported to me 

 on reliable authority as occurring in profusion near Fort 

 Ross, Sonoma Co. The well-known station for it on Mt. 

 Tamalpais, Marin Co., was doubtlessly accidentally omitted 

 when the Manual went to press. CEnothera Californica, 

 S. Wats, sandhills, Antioch, Contra Costa Co., Apr. 7, 1895; 

 Goodyera Menziesii, Lindl., Turner Canon, ■ Sonoma Co., 

 Mch. 14, 1896; Calypso borealis, Salisb., Cazadero, March 

 20, 1895 (Miss Atterbury); Malva rotandifolia, L., Fort 

 Ross, Sonoma Co., March 15, 1896. 



J. BuRTT Davy. 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEAVS. 



Dr. Carl Mez of Berlin has monographed the order 

 Bromeliacese in De Candolle's Monographife Phanerogama- 

 rum, Vol. IX, just issued. The order takes up the whole 

 volume. 



