72 ERYTHEA. 
that of the true D. Hendersonii that one can hardly doubt 
its being of a distinct species; yet in general appearance it 
is quite like the type. 
DoDECATHEON PATULUM, var. Bernalinum. Rather 
smaller than the type, deeper green, the stem and pedicels 
purple-dotted: segments of the corolla mainly of a rose- 
purple, the basal and united portion of a dark purple, this 
encircled by a broad band of white or pale cream-color: 
andreecium more elongated than in the type and manifestly 
tapering, the anthers narrower and erect, never spreading 
away from the style. 
Known only from the highest summit of Bernal Heights, 
San Francisco, where it is plentiful, flowering in March. 
DODECATHEON PATULUM, var. gracile. More slender than 
the type, the leaves narrower: segments of the corolla white, 
linear, narrow, elegantly twisted. 
Grown in the Botanic Garden at Berkeley; the roots hay- 
ing been brought by Mr. Davy, from the slopes of Loma 
Prieta in Santa Clara Co., Calif. An exceedingly beautiful 
variety—if a mere variety—of the species so common on the 
low plains of the interior of the country. 
Solanum cupuliferum. Stems very numerous, slender, 
decumbent or almost prostrate, woody at base; branches and 
foliage green and papillose scabrous, the short simple in- 
curved hairs strongly pustulate at base: leaves ovate and 
ovate-lanceolate 1 or 2 inches long, transversely rugose, the 
margin crisped: flowers in lateral and terminal umbel-like 
clusters, the slender pedicels 1 inch long or more: calyx 
campanulate, cleft to the middle; lobes quadrate or quadrate- 
obovate, cuspidate-pointed: corolla # inch broad, exactly 
rotate; lobes nearly truncate, but with a prominent tri- 
angular acute cusp. 
Hills of the Coast Range of California, from Marin and 
Napa Counties northward. Related to S. umbelliferum, but 
with different pubescence; the plant usually almost her- 
