4B" CONTRIBUTIONS TO WESTERN BOTANY NO. IS 



to. tlxe* pilose condition in any of my material. T^e flowers are in heads, 

 rarely, more than half a dozen in a head, and the pods rather corymbose, 

 ovatej.acute^, decidedly, flattened laterally when young and less so when 

 old, white-stellate, with styles 1.5-2 mm. long, pods 3-4 mm. long, the 

 slender pedicels are 3-4 mm. long and erect. Were it not for the wide 



hairs. The pod 



placed in L. intermed 



vary from ovate to oval. If the caespitose habit were 

 constant' in ^^ certain species they would be better known, but where L. 

 intermedia is either long-stemmed or acaulescent the habit is not of much 



accoinrL' 



My particular reason for going into Payson's work on the Cruci- 

 ferae is thkt I have for over a year been devoting all my time to a 

 critical study of the Cruciferae, and incidentally have had to go over 

 all uf' Payson's work in the family, checking up in; the field as well as 

 in the herbarium, to find just what is worth preserving and what is 

 itot, in his work. It is to be regretted that such a young botanist ever 

 took up this family, but one is justified in saying that hi^ work on Les- 



erdla 



It 



i.> dways painful to have to go over the work of inexperienced persons 

 in systematic botany, but their teachers seem to regard this as legitimate 

 to pamon out '■ certain genera for them to muss over. 



Eiyson was a lovable man, one whom everybody who knew him 

 regarded well. His first work was rather crude, but he steadily im- 

 proved as^he went on. We all regret deeply his untimelv demise. 



NOTES AND NEW SPECIES OF UNITED 



WASKINGTONIA, WENDLAND 



antedates 



but was fc^ ?Mv .1. "^ '''"^"'^y *^"^^^^- The name 



li tbn 5^a \ Lwl "' m^'^r^ ^^ ^^^^°^* ^^ the assumed pub- 

 Neo "sh-^gt'olt l^'^^^^^ R-finesque, and cSled 



rame Nio4shiLt^ia Tn f^". K f * "r"^ '^°^ *^ uselessness of the 



po^ed the sepaaCof certaS sLiS' ^'iSf "^^'^ ]"'"> ^^"^^ P^" 

 grounds. T^ere is no tSmenf of 1. ^"^l'"' '"^ °^ '^' ^^'^''' °^ 

 shows any familiaritv wi^ T. ^1 ^ ^'''*^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ Parish that 



genus as ^pre^STn 1^ wtld WasLln^"^ T"* f"^^ ^'^ ^' 

 deserts, and he knew Ae X fo^s^J^fi^^f' robusta of our Califomian 

 California Fut he doe. nT±™L^L^^^^^^ .^.<^^«vated in sou^em 



any. 



or^Eiythea has perfect, or monoecious or de( 



forms of W. filifera described below 



Wash 



I 



Clous or dioecious or perfect. Whether tC: a^^ ^^ ^^*^^^ " 



no. .no., m flowed a. .ZT'^l^^Z ^^hi^^^^Tf^ 



