490 TRANS. OF THE ACAD. OF SCIENCE. 
Durand informs me, undoubtedly of European origin; the 
only certain locality in North America is the Californian 
one. 
Pag. 439. J. Remerianus. The New Jersey locality 
rests on the doubtful authority of Pursh; I have seen no spe- 
cimens collected farther north than Wilmington, N. Carolina, 
whence Mr. Canby has sent it, Hb. norm. 1. 
Pag. 441. J. Balticus has been distributed in Hb. norm. 
4 from Pennsylvania, Porter; 3, Michigan, Bigelow; 2, Wis- 
consin, Lapham, and 5, Californian Mountains, Bolander. It 
also oceurs on the Pacific coast at least as far south as the 
Dalles of the Columbia, Lyall ; J. Haenkei, Mey. June. p.10, 
is a depauperate northern form. | 
Pag. 442. In place of “subsp. J. Pacificus,” put: 
5. b. J. Lesuzuri, Bolander, in Proc. Acad. Cal. 2, 179 
(1863): rhizomate repente ; caulibus (2-3-pedalibus) crassio- 
ribus mollibus sepe fistulosis; panicule ramis secundis; flo- 
ribus (bruneo-striatis) majoribus; sepalis lanceolatis exterio- 
ribus acutissimis interiora obtusa paulo superantibus, omnibus 
supra capsulam ovatam vix obtuse angulatam acutam brevio- 
rem vel equilongam conniventibus; antheris 6 late linearibus 
filamento brevissimo quadruplo quintuplo longioribus ; semi- 
nibus magnis ovatis obtusis breviter vel vix apiculatis tenuis- 
sime irregulariter reticulatis vel leviusculis.—J. Balticus, 
Benth. Pl. Hartw. 841; J. Balticus, subsp. Pacificus, p. 442; 
J. compressus, E. Mey. Pl. Cham. in Linn. 3, 368, and J. pic- 
tus, Philippi, ib. 33 (1864), p. 268 (planta Chilensis). 
In saltmarshes and in saline sandy soil near the coast of 
San Francisco bay, Bolander, Kellogg, Hb. n. 6.—FI. July 
and August.—The plant certainly stands close to J. Balticus, 
but may always be recognized by the characters given above, 
and the habit is quite different. The stems of the larger spe- 
cimens are much thicker, often 23-8 lines in diameter, and 
softer ; inflorescence as in all its allies very changeable, some- 
times loose but more commonly compact and with strikingly 
1-sided branches; flowers larger than in J. Balticus, 23-3 
lines long, and capsule from an oval base pointed ; seeds 0.30 
—(0-37 and in Chamisso’s Chilian specimen even 0.40 line long, 
smoothish or usually somewhat reticulate, the network cor- 
responding with the cells of the epidermis, which when re- 
moved leaves the seed, very similar to that of J. Balticus, 
marked with a distinct but delicate transverse reticulation ; 
something of this is also seen on the inside of the detached 
epidermis, perhaps from adhering parts of the second layer 
of cells. J. Balticus has usually smaller flowers, 13-2 lines 
_ long, only in north Pacific specimens have I seen them nearly 
as large as in J. Lesuewrii; its capsule is more prismatic 
and abruptly mucronate, the seeds of the same size, but, evi- 
dently owing to the greater transparency of the epidermis, 
