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ters of flower or fruit. The better known species, common 

 in all parts of the country, and although a low and homely 

 weed, always pleasing wdth its delightful fragrance, is quite 

 past its season and nearly dead when the larger is beginning 

 to develop its large heads. It is, moreover, a puny dwarf 

 compared with the new plant. 



B.ERIA (DiCH.ETA) BuRKEi. Erect, slender, freely branch- 

 ing, 1 — 2 feet high, slightly hirsute-pubescent: leaves pin- 

 nately parted into long, linear lobes: bracts of the involu- 

 cre 10 — 12; rays as many and conspicuous: pappus of 8— 10 

 minute, entire, acute pale^e and a single slender awn which 

 is nearly twice as long as the akene. 



Near Ukiah, Mendocino County, common in moist fields, 

 flowering in June. Collected by Mr. J. H. Burke. 



Species well marked by its large size, and peculiar pap- 

 pus, although closely allied to B. Fremontl of the valley of 

 the Sacramento. 



Cnicus fontinalis. Two feet high, robust, Avith widely 

 spreading branches ending in middle-sized, nodding heads : 

 stem and upper surface of the broad, pinnately-parted 

 leaves glandular-pubescent: bracts of the involucre imbri- 

 cated in many series, herbaceous, broad, squarrose-spread- 

 ing or reflexed, abruptly acute, wdth a short spinose tip and 

 no viscid or glandular spot : flowers dull white : anther-tips 

 triangular, acute. 



At Crystal Springs, San Mateo County, growing among 

 the various springs and streamlets at the north side of the 

 reservoir from which San Francisco is supplied with water. 

 K rather surprising spot in which to find, at this late day, 

 so large and conspicuous a plant unknown to botanists. The 

 entire physiognomy of the plant, so to speak, is peculiar; 

 but its low stature and stout branches recall the common 

 C. quercetorum, which, by the way, is abundant on grassy, 

 stonj' knolls just above the springs. The ample recurved 

 bmcts are the most sino-ular characteristic of this excellent. 



