EONTRIBUTIONS TO WESTERN BOTANY 61 
According to Bacigalupi in Cont. Gray Herb.95 21 my Cuphes 
Wrightii is a good new variety (nematopetala Bac.).J]t is my no 
35 of the 1884 collection which is the same ss — no. 24989 from 
Ramsey canon Ariz, distributed as C, Palm 
nothers Berlandieri Spach appears tobe a good species of 
the ‘I'ropical life zone below Laredo ‘Texas, but is placed as a vari- 
ety of specioza by Munz in his revision. It grows only in the 
Tropical, fariiey large mats 20 ft. or more in iy prveiaee and has 
pink-purple flowers, while speciosa has white and seems to be a 
wititer annual, though plants cultivated here as pet es are per- 
ennials. Speciosa covers many equare miles in the Lower Temp- 
erate as a winter a ¥ 
ymopterus purpurascens Jones was supposed and intended 
by me to be the same as C. glomeratus var. purpurasceus Gray in 
Bot ves and was fully deacbed by me, but pupurascens and pur- 
purasceus are not identical words and for that reason my name 
must stand for the species and not Rose’s a. At the time 
of publication I did not know that there was a difference, 
Deweya, Velea Arracacia, Tauschia and Drndeophytum. 
Rose takes up the older Velza for Deweya in his first Richi in 
t ie second relegates Deweya to its type, argnta, and creates Drudeo 
phytum for the other species, and apparently without good reason. 
Me Bride combines them all in Tauschia along with Arracacia. 
That the genera are all sols related is agent but th eir plece 
in the family was not attempted. A close stu dy of Arracacia 
Bran legei in the field in 1930 shows its relationship to Osmorhiza. 
J incline to think that Deweya and Tauschia may be congeneric 
und possibly some Arracacias should go to Tauschia but I propose 
keeping up Arracacia. This genusasI understand it has thin 
leaves, spinulose on the margins, and corky and raise d rfbs on the 
almost ee fruits, in cross section, the commissure being 
very narrow and with a single oil tube in the nor tiv is in all, 
and eink peice at the junction of the commissure with the 
face. Tauschia has a tendency to have feat iary leaves ney is des- 
titute of corky and raised ribs, tant ah ag se no standing. 
hs ie Brandegei var. sylvatic 
Typical Brandegei is a plant of the Tropical. hills of Magda- 
lena Island ind goes up to the upper limit of the zone in the La- 
yunas. The plants are coarse and tall, 3ft. or more high with 
hollow and inflated stems and very large and coa pagent a 
in a rosatte at the base, with ovate loaflets co oe oe unded a 
the base and 2-3 inche es long, and finely spinulose- eats. i 
thin. Flowers described as purple, but normally yellow. The 
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