CONTRIBUTIONS TO WESTERN BOTA^N^Y ND/TS '3 



by Watson or Gray but I see no reason why we sliculd not 'follow 'the 

 names as they were printed in the first place. On page 430 he also mis- 

 spells Arabis Lemmoni. On the next he misspells Arabis perennans. 



Another illustration of Jepson's carelessness is found on page 635 of 

 his manual, where he publishes Sphaeralcea purpurea Parish (a sped 

 never published) and cites Sphaeralcea violacea Munz & Johnson (a 

 species never published) as a synonum. Munz & Johnston published 

 Sphaeralcea rosacea in| Torr. Bull. 49 353 1922, which is this -species. 



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On page 633 Jepson omits mention of Malvastrum Clemenfi 

 !Munz & Johnston, and Malvastrum orbiculatum Greene. He ako ccii- 

 fuses Malvastrum Davidsonii and orbiculatum. Davidsonii is a tall -plaut 

 ten to fifteen feet high growing in the San Fernando valley only, v/Kile "he 

 credits' it to the San Gabriel mountains, where only orbiculatum grows. 

 It should be noted that Jepson merges Malvastrum into Sphaeralcea. 



On page 692 Jepson publishes Erodium circutarium and also repeaft^ 

 the error in his index. It should be cicutarium. 



On page 871 Jepson publishes Salvia Vaseyi Jepson n, comb., but 

 this species was published by Parish in Muhlenbergia 3 126 1907 as 

 Salvia Vaseyi (Porter) Parish. Audibertia Vaseyi Porter Bot.' Gaz. "6 2Q7 



1881. 



On page 901 Jepson publishes IMohavea confertiflora Jepson n. ccmb. 

 but this was first published by Heller in Muhlenbergia 8 48 1912 as 

 Mohavea confertiflora (Bentham) Heller. Antirrhinum confertiflonim in 

 DC. Prod. 10 592 1S46. These and other numerous citations show either 

 gross carelessness or deliberate ignoring of well known pre\aou3 publica- 

 tions. 



On page 402 Jepson makes the stock blunder, copied from 'the 'Syn- 

 optical Flora Robinson P. 90, probably where Eschscholtzia Califorriica is 

 described as a perennial. A very slight acquaintance with the botanical 

 garden would have told him tlmt it is never a perennial but a bienni 1 

 blooming the first year. I have grovv^n the plant in my garden for six years, 

 and know what I am writing about. If there are any perennial Torms 1 

 have not yet met the person who has seen them. 



All through the manual, wherever you encounter the termination 

 "cola," Jepson invariably gives it a gender (a us or urn), according to 

 the gender of the genus. He evidently does not know that cola' is a GreeTc 

 masculine noun and should always end in a. P- 731 Cymopterus ^desert- 

 icolus. Agrapyron saxicola, Arctostaphylos glauca var. eremicola, Are- 

 naria paludicola, Astragalus deserticolus, Calochortus Palmeri * var. palu- 

 dicolus, Carex praticola, tumulicola, Cymopterus deserticolus, 'Dendrome- 

 con rigida (mecon is neuter and the specific name should be rigidum'). 

 Eleocharis monticola, Eriogonum Siskiyouensis should end in "se," but a name 

 that Gray should have balked at, Euphorbia arenicola, Poten'Glla ^ggfencin- 



