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K. JoNESii. Pedalis, gracilis ; caule stricto cum ramulis brevibus 

 spicigeris sa>pius plurimis lateralibus racemoso-paniculatis ; foliis par- 

 vis angusto-linearibus ; calycibus fructiferis baud ultra sesquilineam 

 longis setis pauUo brevioribus arraatis ; nuculis ovato-trigonis obtusis 

 (semilineam longis) aspero-muriculatis, sulco ventrali basi furcato 

 clause ; stylo crassiusculo breviter exserto. — Buy of Monterey, Cali- 

 fornia, at Solcdad and at Santa Cruz, Marcus E. Jones, 1882, Lower 

 California near tbe U. S. boundary, C. R. Orcutt, no. 1022, 1884. — 

 Differs from the preceding, not only in the smaller size of the parts, 

 but in the usual character of the inflorescence. Resembles rather Ber- 

 tero's no. 1157 of Chili, K, clandestina {Eritrichhun cinndesdnum, 

 A. DC, &c. ); but it has different nutlets and no cleistogamous 

 flowers. 



= = «= Calyx fructifer vix lineam et nucuhe J-lineam longne. 



K. MiCKOMERES. Ei-itrichium micromeres, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 

 xix. 90. E. angnstifjUum, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. v. 165, non Torr., 

 &c. Subpedalis, hispidula, erecta, diffuso-ramosa ; foliis parvis ; spicis 

 filiformibus ; floribus minimis ; sepalis lanceolatis obtusiusculis ; nucu- 

 lis ovato-trigonis acutiusculis acutangulis nitidulis dorso muriculatis, 

 faciebus internis s;t?pius concavis liEvibus, sulco ventrali basi subito 

 dilatato. — California, at Santa Cruz, Marcus E. Jones, 1881. Lower 

 California at Cape San Lucas, Xantus, 18G0. 



++ ++ ++ ++ ++ Trachycnryce SparsihracteatCE : nuculse breves, lato- 

 trigona?, dorso papillis sparsis muricatoc, intus areola sat magna 

 triangulari gynobasi pyramidatfe acuta; adfixa?, supra medium 

 libene, carina parum sulcata : stylus vix exsertus : spicae pi. m. 

 bracteatcG : calyx fructifer vix ultra-lineam Jongus, setis baud pun- 

 gentibus breviusculis hispidus ; sepalis lanceolatis, costa obscura: 

 corolla minima: herbae diffuso-ramosa?, humiles, Texano-Mexicana? ; 

 foliis parvulis plerumque linearibus. 



K. PUSiLLA. Eritrichium pnsilJum, Torr. & Gray, Pacif. R. Rep. 

 ii. 171. Hispidula, parviila, a basi diifusa ; spicis elongatis densifloris 

 bracteis minimis hinc indi' iustructis ; nuculis nitidulis baud semi- 

 lineam longis, dorso papilloso convexo, angulis lateralibus acutis, 

 faciebus internis arete concavis hcvissimis, areola intrabasali deltoidca 

 parum excavata. — Fine specimens of this well-marked species have 

 been recently collected at Fort Davis, S. W. Texas, by Dr. Girard. 



K. UAMOSA. Lithospermum ramosiim, Lehm. Asperif. 328. Mi/o- 

 sods albida, IIBK. Nov. Gen. & Spec. iii. 91. Eritrichium ramosum, 

 A. DC. Prodr. X. 132. E. hispidum, Buckley in Proc. Acad. Philad. 



