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series of specimens in the National Herbarium indicates, however, 
that it is impossible to recognize any of the several segregates 
that have been proposed. Locally some of the forms appear 
distinct enough, but when the whole series of specimens is ex- 
amined all shades of intergradient forms are found. 
EN DOLEPIS- 
ENpoLEPIS COVILLEI Standley, N. Amer. Fl. 21: 73. 1916 
Atriplex phyllostegia S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 9: 108. 1874 (in . 
part). Not Obione phyllostegia Torr. 1871. 
Endolepis phyllostegia Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 39: 312. 1912 
' (in part). 
It is remarkable that a sleet so distinct and apparently far 
from rare has been left so long unnamed, but the explanation is 
found in the fact that Watson confused it with a quite different 
plant, a true Atriplex. The original collection of Obione phyllo- 
stegia consists of immature and poorly prepared specimens, 
which, it now appears, are those of a presumably rare species 
renamed by Jones as Atriplex Draconis.* Because of the unsatis- 
factory material at his disposal, it is not surprising that Watson 
should have considered the Californian plants the same as Obione 
phyllostegia, and that consequently he should have drawn his de- 
scription of Atriplex phyllostegia from them, chiefly. Probably 
as a result of this description Jones was led to describe his new 
species, Atriplex Draconis, and Rydberg, later on, to transfer 
Atriplex phyllostegia to the genus Endolepis. 
SALICORNIA L. 
SALICORNIA FRUTICOSA L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2. 5. 1762 
Apparently referable here is a specimen from Cameron, 
Louisiana, collected by W. L. McAtee in 1910 (No. 1916), as well 
_ as Nash & Taylor’s No. 1122 from Inagua, Bahamas. __S. fruticosa 
is a well-known Old World species, occurring in southern Europe, 
western Asia, Africa, and Polynesia. It is distinguished from 
S. perennis Mill. by the short, conic hairs upon the seeds. 
The common perennial Salicornia of the Atlantic and Gulf 
* Contr. West. Bot. 8: 40. 18098. 
