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-1— -i— Petals all oblong, short, narrow, and very similar. 



A. Rugelii, Kobinson, n. sp. Low undershrub with flexuous red ferrugiueous-tomentulose 

 stems: early glabrate reticulate-veiny chartaceocoriaceous leaves (inch to iucli and a half 

 in length, half inch in breadth) typically oblong, rounded at the apex, abruptly contracted 

 at the subpetiolate base : iiowers very small, short-pedicelled : petals until their fall not over 

 3 or 4 lines in length, thick, subsimilar : carpels only 2 or 3, pubescent when young ; 

 ovules about 7. — A. reticulata, Shuttl. in distr. pi. Rugel, not of Chapm., nor A. pygmcea, to 

 which reduced by Gray. — In pine woods, near Smyrna, Florida, Rugel, no. 9, May, 1848. 

 With habit of A. pygmcea, but differing in its shorter typically oblong not cuneate leaves, 

 smaller flowers, and thick oblong petals. 



MENISPERMACE^. 



2, MENISP£:RMUM, Xoum. 



M. Canadense, L., p. 66. Extend range west to Kansas, Shear, Hitchcock, and Nebraska, 

 ace. to Small. 



BERBERIDACEiE. 



1 . BERBERIS, p. 66. In generic character for " bracts," read, bractlets. 



1. BERBERIS, Touru. 



B. Nevinii, Gray, p. 69. Add. lit. Gard. & For. ix. 415, f. 54. 



B. pinnata, Lag., p. 69. It is probable that the type of this species was communicated 

 rather than collected by Nee, whose voyage of exploration does not appear to have ex- 

 tended to California. 



B. Aquifolium, Pursh, p. 69. Ranges eastward to Waterton Lake, Alberta, Macoun. 



B. repens, Lindl., p. 69. Extends eastward to Alberta, Macoun, and the Black Hills, 

 Rydberg. Note 1, on p. 70, should apply not to this species but to B. Aquifolium, Pursh, on 

 the preceding page. These species have been the subject of much misunderstanding and 

 several contradictory statements. It is probable that both were collected by Lewis & 

 Clarke, and that both send out procumbent sarmentose branches. Pursh describes his 

 species as having sliining leaves and one of Lewis's specimens, now in herb. Acad. Philad., 

 shows this character. On the other hand, Lindley states that B. repens has leaves glaucous 

 upon each side, so that there seems no good reason to change the general interpretation on 

 pages 69 and 70. To B. repens, as there interpreted, B. nana, Greene, Pittonia, iii. 98, 

 should be added as a synonym. 



B. nervosa, Pursh, p. 70. Extends eastward to Latah Co., Idaho, Sandberg. The time 

 of fruiting extends from May to September. 



NYMPH^ACE^. 



4. NYMPH^A, Tourn. 



N. elegans. Hook., p. 75. In second line of synonymy, for " must be N. ]\lexicana, Zucc," 



substitute, is probably N.Jlava, Leitner. 

 N. reniformis, DC, .p. 76. Abundant near Delaware City, Del., Commons. 



5. NtJPHAR, Smith. 



N. advena. Ait. f., p. 77. Typical specimens with the medium-sized flowers and yellow 

 anthers of this species have been found at Stockton, California, Jepson. 



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