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brevibus integriusculis ; capitulo vix ultra semipollicem alto ; pappi 

 paleis linearibus 13-15. — C. suffnUescens, Gray, Syn. Fl. 1. c, quoad 

 pi. coll. Parish. — On the southern border of California, 1882, Parish 

 Brothers, and near Hanson's Ranch, within Lower California, C. R. 

 Orciitt, 188-1. 



MiCKOSEKis HowELLii. Scorzoiiella, post 31. sylvaticam ; caule 

 gracili e radice fusiformi 1-3-cephalo s;rpe raraoso ; foliis elongatis 

 (majoribus pedalibus) angusto-linearibus sursum attenuatis aut inte- 

 gerrimis aut lobulis paucis rcfractis ; capitulis parvulis 15-20-floris; 

 involucri bracteis acuminatis, interioribus (semipollicaribus) oblongo- 

 lanceolatis exteriores paucas basi subovatas 2-3-plo superantibus ; 

 pappi setis 8-10 nudis (sub lente tantum denticulatis) basi in paleam 

 lanceolatam 4-5-plo brevioreni sensim dilatatis. — Waldo, S. W. Ore- 

 gon, June 3, 1884, Howell. 



EricacecB. 



Cassiope oxtcoccoides. Habitus Loiscleurice vel Vaccinii 

 Vitls-IdcEce depauperata3 ; foliis plerisque oppositis ellipticis crasso- 

 coriaceis (lin. 2-3 longis) aperte petiolatis, maiginibus pi. m. revolutis, 

 costa subtus prominente ; pednnculo terniinali brevi apice involucra- 

 tim 4-bracteato trifloro ; pedicellis brevissimis ; floribus 5-nieris ; corolla 

 sepalis oblongis subduplo longiore sub-urceolato-campanulata, ore bre- 

 viter 5-lobo. — A peculiar little plant, growing among Mosses and 

 Lichenes, along with Diapensia, on Behring or Bering Island, off the 

 coast of Kamtschatka, coll. 1883 by Dr. L. Sfeineger, a single specimen 

 only in the collection, where Bryanthus Gmelini was also gathered. 

 It appears to be a congener of Cassiope StcUeriana, but with a nar- 

 rower mouth and much shorter lobes to the corolla, and a different 

 habit and foliage, as the comparisons in the specific character indicate. 

 Dr. Steineger made interesting collections on these islands, so long 

 ago explored by Steller and little visited since. A list of the plants 

 gathered by him, with interesting notes, is published in the Bulletin of 

 the National Museum, Washington. 



SCIIWEINITZIA, a Genus of two Species. 



The discovery of a second species of a genus supposed to be mono- 

 typical is always interesting, the more so when the genus itself is 

 peculiar. The genus Schweinitzia of Elliot, a member of the Mono- 

 trnpece, is of this kind. Some time ago I received from Miss Mary 

 C. Reynolds, at first indirectly and then directly, specimens which 

 differ from the original S. odorata, and now (December 9) I am 



