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and almost local species ire quite numerous. The original 
locality, and the only one known to Californian botanists, was 
a certain bit of meadow land between Alameda and Fruit 
Vale, toward the bases of the Oakland Hills. An arm of the 
San Lorenzo Bay runs up in the direction of the place, and 
that particular acre of ground where it grew is only a few 
rods distant from the edge of a somewhat brackish marsh. 
Dr. William P. Gibbons, of Alameda, I think was the dis- 
eoverer of this plant. He showed it to Dr. Kellogg, and 
since Dr. Kellogg’s death he has indicated to me the spot. 
The meadow has now been broken up and converted into a 
grain field. A few small specimens of the plant were found 
a year ago along the fence. If that is the only locality, the 
plant is now nearly or quite extinet. It used to be associated 
there with another perennial the foliage of which is so like 
its own that, iu the early stages of annual growth the two 
were not easily distinguished. This associate species is 
Ranunculus Bloomeri, a plant by no means rare. I mention 
it because of the possibility that our Sanicula may yet be 
found elsewhere associated with and half concealed by the 
Ranuneulus. 
After Dr. Kellogg Mr. G. R. Vasey is credited with hav- 
ing collected the plant. Whether the latter obtained it 
elsewhere, or whether he had his specimens from the origi- 
nal spot, by Dr. Kellogg’s help, I know not. Can he tell 
us ? 
SCANDIX. 
I believe there is no published record of the occurrence of 
any species of this genus in America; but S. pecten veneris 
( Dod. Pempt. 689; Linn. Sp. Pl. 256) is naturalized in Cali- 
fornia. Excellent specimens, obtained in Napa Valley by 
Mr. C. F. Sonne, who thought it some indigenous plant, are 
in the herbarium of the University. It is a pretty weed, and 
