74 PITTONIA. 
the flowers vividly suggesting the idea of a generical affinity 
with Hesperoscordum of Lindley: but the inarticulate pedi- 
cels of Muilla forbid the suggested union of this genus and 
that section of T'riteleia. 
HOOKERA LEPTANDRA. Scape slender, a foot high or less: 
umbels 2-flowered, pedicels 1—3 inches long: perianth pur- 
ple, an inch long, the tube of one fourth that length, segments 
linear, spreading above the middle: free part of filament 3 
lines long or more, supporting a linear anther of equal length 
whieh is bifid at base, obtuse at apex, the whole but a line 
shorter than the segments: staminodia pale, thin, involute- 
petaloid, retuse, a trifle surpassing the anthers. 
A very good species by the characters of the very short 
tube and greatly elongated stamens and staminodia ; obtained 
at Calistoga, California, June 25, 1887, by Dr. C. C. Parry- 
A BOTANICAL Excursion TO THE ISLAND OF SAN 
MIGUEL. 
The results of a botanical reconnoisance of Santa Cruz 
Island made during the summer of 1886 have recently been 
published in Bulletin 7 of the California Academy of Sciences. 
On landing at Santa Barbara late in August with a collec- 
tion so rich in new plants and every way so interesting, I 
could not let slip the opportunity which at once, and as if 
providentially, offered itself for my visiting, while yet several 
vacation weeks were before me, another member of this almost 
unknown group of islands. 
San Miguel is one of the lesser of the units which together 
make up what Mr. Lyon has fitly designated as our South- 
