76 BOTANY. 



SYMPHORICARPUS RACEMOSUS, Michx. Fl. 1, p. 107. Northern California and Cascade mountains, 

 0. T. 



LINNEA BOREALIS, Gronov. ; Linn. Sp. PI. p. 880; Hook. & Am. Sot. Beech. Voy. I, p. 125. 

 Cascade mountains, 0. T. 



RUBIACE^E. 



GALIUM APARINE, Linn.; Pursh. Fl. I, p. 103; Torr. & Gray, Flor. 2, p. 20. Klamath 

 lake and Dalles of Columbia. 



GALIUM CALIFORNICUM, Hook. &Am. Eot. Beechey, Suppl.p. 349. Petaluma ; April, in flower. 



GALIUM BOREALE, Linn.; Hook. Flor. Bor.-Am. I, p. 289. Shores of Klamath lake, 0. T. 



GALIUM RUBIOIDES, Linn. Spec. I, p. 105 ; DC, Prod. 4, p. 599 ; Hook. & Am. Bot. 

 Beech. Voy., p. 115 ; Hook. Flor. Bor.-Amer. \,p. 289. Cascade mountains, 0. T. 



GALIUM ASPRELLUM, Michx. Fl. 1, p. 78; Pursh, Fl. 1, p. 103; Torrey, Fl. 1, p. 166. 

 Banks of Canoe creek, r &amp;lt; rthern California ; July 29. 



CEPHALANTHUS OCCIDENTALS, Linn.; Michx. Fl. I, p. 87. Common in Sacramento valley. 



VALERIANACE^L 



PLECTRITIS CONGESTA, DC. Prod. 4, p. 631. Shores of San Pablo and bay, California. 

 YALERIANA SYLVATICA, Banks; Hook. Flor. Bor.-Am. 1, p. 291. Crater pass, Cascade moun 

 tains, 0. T. 



COMPOSITE. (By A. GRAY.) 



EUPATORIUM OCCIDENTALE, Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1, p. 305 ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 1, p. 91. On 

 rocks,, Canoe creek, northern California ; a low shrubby plant. 



LESSINGIA GERMANORUM, Cham.; Torr. & Gray, 1. c. 2, p. 451. Upper Sacramento valley. 



LESSINGIA VIRGATA, Gray, in PI. Hartw. p. 315 ; McCumber s. This very remarkable species 

 was known only by a specimen in the collection of the United States Pacific Exploring Expedi 

 tion, with which Dr. Newberry s plant well accords. 



ASTER SALSUGINOSUS, Richards.; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 2, p. 155. Crater pass. 



ASTER ADSCENDENS, Lindl. in Hook. I. c. & DC. Prodr. 5, p. 231. 



ASTER Novi BELGII, Linn. Upper Des Chutes ; also a dwarf state at the Dalles. 



ASTER SIMPLEX, Willd.f Torr. & Gray, I. c. Upper Des Chutes river. 



ASTER FALCATUS, Lindl.; Torr. & Gray, I. c. Klamath lake. 



ERIGERON FILIFOLIUM, Nutt.; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 2, p. 177. Cascade mountains, Oregon ; 

 flowers white and pink. 



ERIGERON DOUGLASH, Torr. & Gray, 1. c.; var. foliis latioribus, capitulis (immaturis) mino_ 

 ribus. Apparently the E. foliosum of Nuttall. McCumber s, Upper Sacramento. 



ERIGERON CANADENSE, Linn. Common in California and Oregon. 



HULSEA NANA, (sp. nov.) : humilis ; foliis pinnatifidis ; pedunculo scapiformi monocephalo ; 

 involucri squamis oblongo-lanceolatis subacutis; floribus luteis; pappi paleis fimbricato-la- 

 ceris. (Tab. XII.) In beds of scoria, at the line of perpetual snow, Crater pass, Cascade 

 mountains, lat. 44 10 , September. This is one of the most interesting plants of Dr. New- 

 berry s collection, and I have great pleasure in proposing that the species shall bear his name. 

 It opportunely confirms a genus, still unpublished, (but likely soon to be given to the world,) 

 which I characterized two years ago in manuscript, and which was founded on a single specimen 

 of a stem or peduncle, destitute of foliage, but bearing several heads. The floral characters 



