76 BOTANY. 



Symphoricarpus racemosus, Michx. Fl. \,p. 107. Northern California and Cascade mountains, 

 0. T. 



Linnea borealis, Gronov.; Linn. Sp. PI. p. 880; Hook. & Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. l,p. 125. 

 Cascade mountains, 0. T. 



KUBIACE^]. 



Galium Aparine, Linn.; Pursh. Fl. l,p. 103; Torr. & Gray, Flor. 2, p. 20. Klamath 

 lake and Dalles of Columbia. 



Galium Californicum, Hook. dtArn. Lot. Beechey, Suppl.p. 349. Petaluma ; April, in flower. 



Galium boreale, Linn.; Hook. Flor. Bor.-Am. l,p. 289. Shores of Klamath lake, O. T. 



Galium rubioides, Linn. Spec. 1, p. 105 ; DC. Prod. 4, p. 599 ; Hook. & Am. Bot. 

 Beech. Voy., p. 115 ; Hook. Flor. Bor.-Amer. l,p. 289. Cascade mountains, O. T. 



Galium asprellum, Michx. Fl. I, p. 78; Pursh, Fl. 1, p. 103; Torrey, Fl. 1, p. 166. 

 Banks of Canoe creek, northern California ; July 29. 



Cephalanthus occidentalis, Linn.; Michx. Fl. l,p. 87. Common in Sacramento valley. 



VALERIANACE^. 



Plectritis congesta, DC. Prod. 4, p. 631. Shores of San Pablo and bay, California. 

 Valeriana Sylvatica, Banks; Hook. Flor. Bor.-Am. 1, p. 291. Crater pass, Cascade moun- 

 tains, O. T. 



COMPOSITE.— (By A. Gray.) 



Eupatorium occidentale, Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1, p. 305; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 1, p. 91. On 

 rocks, Canoe creek, northern California ; a low shrubby plant. 



Lessingia Germanorum, Cham.; Torr. & Gray, I. c. 2, p. 451. Upper Sacramento valley. 



Lessingia virgata, Gray, in PI. Hartw. p. 315 ; McCumber's. This very remarkable species 

 was known only by a specimen in the collection of the United States Pacific Exploring Expedi- 

 tion, with which Dr. Newberry's plant well accords. 



Aster salsuginosus, Richards.; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 2, p. 155. Crater pass. 



Aster adscendens, Lindl. in Hook. 1. c. & DC. Prodr. 5, p. 231. 



Aster Novi Belgii, Linn. Upper Des Chutes ; also a dwarf state at the Dalles. 



Aster simplex, Willd.f Torr. & Gray, I. c. Upper Des Chutes river. 



Aster falcatus, Lindl.; Torr. & Gray, I. c. Klamath lake. 



Euigeron filifolium, Nutt.; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 2, p. 177. Cascade mountains, Oregon : 

 flowers white and pink 



Erigeron Douglasii, Torr. & Gray, 1. c; var. foliis latioribus, capitulis (immaturis) mino. 

 ribus. Apparently the E. foliosum of Nuttall. McCumber's, Upper Sacramento. 



Erigeron Canadense, Linn. Common in California and Oregon. 



Hulsea nana, (sp. nov.) : humilis ; foliis pinnatifidis ; pedunculo scapiformi monocephalo ; 

 involucri squamis oblongo-lanceolatis subacutis; floribus luteis; pappi paleis fimbricato-la- 

 ceris. — (Tab. XII.) In beds of scoria, at the line of perpetual snow, Crater pass, Cascade 

 mountains, lat. 44° 10', September. This is one of the most interesting plants of Dr. New- 

 berry's collection, and I have great pleasure in proposing that the species shall bear his name. 

 It opportunely confirms a genus, still unpublished, (but likely soon to be given to the world,) 

 which I characterized two years ago in manuscript, and which was founded on a single specimen 

 of a stem or peduncle, destitute of foliage, but bearing several heads. The floral characters 



