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Mr. Howell has seut me word that the same shrub which I 

 had supposed to be almost peculiar to the Califoniian Coast 

 Range, is common in the mountains of eastern Oregon and 

 AYashington, retaining there all the peculiarities I had ascribed 

 to it. This is tracing it to the very locality whence Douglas 

 derived his type of C. emarginaia; and, since this is the only 

 one of our Cherries to Avhich the name is applicable, it 

 becomes almost certain that I erred in giving it a name as a 

 new species ; although it must be admitted the leaves of our 

 shrub do not answer to the '*oval or obovate" outline, nor 

 are they " biglandular at the base," as those of the original 

 are said to be. 



Cerasus mollis, Dough 1. c. C. glandulosa, Kelh Proc. 

 Calif. Acad. i. 59, C. emarginaia, Greene, FL Fr. 1. c. and 

 Card, k Forest, L c, not Dough How far this is in nature 

 from being a mere variety of the preceding I have already 

 shown. It rests on the best of characters, although the 



pubescence which suggested the name mollis is by no means 

 constant ; and in California the leaves are wholly glabrous. 

 They are also thinner than in the northern type. Still, it is 

 hardly probable that Dr. Kellogg's C, glandulosa even when 

 better known will prove distinct from C. mollis. 3Ir. Howell, 

 having long recognized in emarginaia and mollis two thor- 

 oughly valid species, assures me that the last named attains 

 not rarely the height of fifty feet. 



New or Noteworthy Species. 



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Berberts Pu:\irLA. A few inches to a foot high, stout and 

 ngid, erect from the base, not sarmentose : leaves very thick 

 and coriaceous ; leaflets 1—5, the terminal one round-ovate, 



